Bianca Chiminello

Bianca Chiminello (born 5 September 1976) is an Australian model and actress best known for her role as "Jenavian Charto" on the television series Farscape. Chiminello's breakout film performance is in the December 2008 release of David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Chiminello plays Blanchett's best friend. --- Chiminello was brought up in a single-parent family in the bohemian suburb of Fitzroy in Melbourne, Australia. As a child Bianca's first love was dance; she trained as a classical ballerina with the Victorian Ballet School under the guidance of Dianne Parrington. Bianca Chiminello attended Methodist Ladies' College; during her education she was discovered by a modeling agent and started working whilst finishing her high school certificate. In 1993 while still in the middle of her high school studies, she won Ford Models' Supermodel of the World Contest (Australia) and was subsequently signed with Ford Models and was taken to New York City, where she lived with Eileen Ford and worked with the publications Allure, Seventeen, She, Elle, Harper's Bazaar and Vogue. Chiminello has walked for top fashion shows such as Armani, Burberry, Moschino, Hussein Callahan,Collette Dinnigan, and Dolce & Gabbana. Chiminello is known for her unique style and individual approach; she has always been a chameleon to photographers and designers alike, often being compared to Linda Evangelista. --- Chiminello's first passion has always been acting; she studied in Australia at St Martin's, The National Theatre, with the Dean of Acting and Voice at NIDA and currently works with Hollywood-famous Ivanah Chubbuck. In 2002 Chiminello appeared in the hit Sci-Fi series Farscape. Her character 'Jenavian Charto' was so hugely popular with audiences that Chiminello was called upon to appear at conventions around the USA. Because of the overwhelming demand and audience response, she relocated to Los Angeles in 2004 to pursue a full-time film career. Bianca Chiminello has worked on the independent features Toxic, due for release through The Weinstein Company in June 2008, and Devils Highway. Her first acting assignment for American television was as a guest star on the hit USA Network series Monk opposite Tony Shaloub. Chiminello's natural comic timing was evident and she has since gone on to appear as a guest star in comedy shows: Emily's Reasons Why Not, opposite Heather Graham, Ugly Betty with America Ferrera and the 2007 break-out show for ABC Dirty Sexy Money with Donald Sutherland, Peter Krause and Samaire Armstrong.