Editing Christina Vidal (section)

=== Acting ===
Vidal's acting career began when one of her teachers told her there was an audition for the film ''[[Life with Mikey]]'' (1993), starring Canadian actor [[Michael J. Fox]]. She auditioned and got the part of "Angie Vega", becoming the first Puerto Rican child actress to play a lead in a US film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackfilm.com/20060512/features/cvidal.shtml |title=May 2006 &#124; An Interview with Christina Vidal |publisher=Blackfilm.com |access-date=June 4, 2014}}</ref> Since then, Vidal has appeared in feature films and television series. She portrayed Taina Maria Morales in the [[Nickelodeon]] sitcom ''[[Taina (TV series)|Taina]]'' in 2001 and 2002. The series ran for two seasons with speculation that it would be renewed for more; according to Vidal, the reason for the show being cancelled was likely due to her recording deal with MCA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://shadowandact.com/taina-christina-vidal-reveals-likely-reasons-why-the-nickeloden-classic-was-canceled|last=Simon|first=Jordan|title=Christina Vidal Reveals Likely Reasons Why The Nickelodeon Classic Was Cancelled|work=Shadow And Act|access-date=August 2, 2023|date=June 28, 2021}}</ref> Scripts for a third season and a [[made-for-television movie]] of the series were already written before Nickelodeon canceled the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-06-13/latino-gap-christina-vidal-recounts-taina-role-nickelodeon|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|title=Taina at 20: Christina Vidal on playing the pioneering Latina everygirl|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 2, 2023|date=June 13, 2021}}</ref>

The next year she played Maddie in the film ''[[Freaky Friday (2003 film)|Freaky Friday]]'' alongside [[Lindsay Lohan]] and starred in the short-lived [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] action TV series about police officers called ''[[10-8: Officers on Duty]]'' until she suddenly left after two months on the show. Also in 2003 she guest-starred in ''[[Sabrina, the Teenage Witch]]'' as Paris Fate. In 2006 she did an untitled sitcom pilot with her sisters for ABC (which was executively produced by [[George Lopez]]). The show was not picked up, but later that year she starred in the film ''[[See No Evil (2006 film)|See No Evil]]'' and also had a brief stint on the hit sitcom ''[[Girlfriends (U.S. TV series)|Girlfriends]]''. More recently she has made cameo appearances in the films ''[[I Think I Love My Wife]]'', ''Mask of the Ninja'', and the Internet comedy short "Love Automatically", written by Mylinda Royer and directed by Allison Haislip.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQ41xlVLn0  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/0oQ41xlVLn0| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Love Automatically (remix) |publisher=YouTube |date=July 29, 2009 |access-date=June 4, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Most recently, Vidal played a supporting character in the film ''[[Magic Man (film)|Magic Man]]'', which was released in 2009.