Christina Vidal Mitchell
Biography
Christina Vidal Mitchell (born Christina Mari Vidal, November 18, 1981, in Whitestone, Queens, New York City) is an American actress, singer, and producer of Puerto Rican descent, the youngest child of Josephine and Manuel Vidal. She began acting by chance when her junior high school teacher handed her a flyer for an open audition in Life with Mikey (1993, with Michael J. Fox), where she played Angie Vega and became the first Puerto Rican child actress to play a lead in an American film. By age 16 she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career, and she is best known for starring as Taina Maria Morales in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina (2001–2002, 26 episodes). She is married to Marcus Mitchell (since September 25, 2016) and they have two children. Her most notable film credits include Gabriella in Brink! (1998), Maddie in Freaky Friday (2003, with Lindsay Lohan), Christine in See No Evil (2006) and See No Evil 2 (2014), and Sgt. Denise Wade in The Guilty (2021). On television she is best known as Detective Valeria Chavez in Training Day (2017, CBS, with Bill Paxton), Gina Perrello in Code Black (2015–2016), Jo Rodriguez in United We Fall (2020, ABC, 8 episodes), Mac Wilson in The Terminal List (2022, Amazon, 5 episodes, with Chris Pratt), Hannah in The Shrink Next Door (2021, Apple TV+, with Will Ferrell), Valerie in Sneaky Pete (2015, Amazon, 4 episodes), Detective Ayala in Grand Hotel (2019, ABC, 4 episodes), and Drea in Primo (2023, 8 episodes). More recently she reprised her role as Maddie in Freakier Friday (2025).
Known for
House
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
Monk
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
Girlfriends
A friend group of black women face life's tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce, and friends to family to relationships, Joan, Maya, Lynn and Toni support each other despite their differing backgrounds.
The Terminal List
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons he's learned from nearly two decades of warfare to hunt down the people responsible.
Castle
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.
Touched by an Angel
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
In Plain Sight
U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.
Sneaky Pete
A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.
All That
A zany sketch comedy featuring many wacky characters hosted for kids and by kids.
Providence
Providence is an American television drama series.
The Commish
Tony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for Scali, this is no desk job. He's a tough yet compassionate boss, a loving husband and father, and a hands-on law enforcer with an unorthodox style of bending the rules. From parenthood to politics, from sex crimes to murder cases, one man takes it day-to-day with offbeat humor and street- smart skill.
FX: The Series
Rollie Tyler, a special effects expert, helps his detective friend solve crimes by making criminals see what they want to see. But what is real and what is illusion?
Fairly Legal
Kate Reed is a firm believer that justice can always be found – even if it's not always in the courtroom. Once a lawyer at her family's esteemed San Francisco firm, Kate's frustration with the legal system led her to a new career as a mediator. Thanks to her innate understanding of human nature, thorough legal knowledge, and wry sense of humor, Kate is a natural when it comes to dispute resolution. Except, it seems, when it comes to conflicts in her own life.