Bianca Amato was born in South Africa, where she graduated with Distinction from the University of Cape Town's Drama Department. She worked extensively in theatre and television in South Africa, most notably as the lead in Isidingo: The Need (2005), South Africa's premiere television series. Her portrayal of Phillipa De Villiers, a feisty young Englishwoman romantically involved with a black mine manager (a groundbreaking interracial storyline for post-Apartheid South African television), made her a household name in South Africa. Bianca moved to the US in 2001. She is based in NYC. Bianca is a multi-award-winning Audiobook Narrator. Her American stage work includes "Private Lives", "The Broken Heart", "Arcadia", "The Taming of the Shrew", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Trumpery", "The Coast Of Utopia", "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Mr Fox: A Rumination " "As You Like It", "Pride and Prejudice", "Pygmalion", and "Topgirls".