Kristina Anapau

Kristina Anapau
Kristina Anapau (2005)
Born	October 30, 1979 (1979-10-30) Hawaii
Occupation	actress
Years active	1997-present

Kristina Anapau (born October 30, 1979) is an American actress

Private life

Kristina Elizabeth Anapau Roper, was born and raised on the island of Hawaii, is the daughter of Richard Stephen Roper, a scientist and Gloria Lea Kaiser Roper, an artist. Shortly after graduating from high school at fifteen and entering the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, she was cast in the Oahu-filmed television movie Escape From Atlantis, that was to be the start of her acting career.

She is a classically trained pianist^{[citation needed]} and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Skidmore College in New York.

Before gaining success as a film and TV actress, Anapau had intended to become a classical ballerina, having trained since the age of 5^{[citation needed]}.

She is a descendant of British nobility, specifically, The Baron Teynham (Sir John Roper)^{[citation needed]}.

Career

Anapau apppeared in 2010's Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder and Vincent Cassel. She has recently been seen on HBO's hit series, True Blood, and will be starring in the 2012 feature film, Sighting, directed by Tedi Sarafian.

Anapau starred with Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg in the Dimension Films thriller Cursed, directed by Wes Craven, and also appeared in the films Madison, starring Jim Caviezel and Academy Award Nominee Bruce Dern.

Anapau has also appeared in television productions such as House, M.D., Monk, CSI: NY, Once and Again, General Hospital, For the People, Haunted, The Opposite of Sex, "Knight Rider" and the VH1 telefilm They Shoot Divas, Don't They? Anapau also starred opposite comedian Dane Cook in the Sony Television produced pilot Cooked and on the hit A&E series, "The Glades".

Anapau was a cover model for Stuff magazine. She was also one of Stuff magazine's "103 Sexiest Women in the World". as well as Stuff Magazine's "Hollywood's Most Wanted- 50 Hottest Women to Watch"

Filmography

• General Hospital (unknown episodes) .... Nurse Quinn
• Escape from Atlantis (1998) (TV) .... Katriana (as Kristina Roper)
• Locoweed & Other Discoveries (1999) (V) .... Elizabeth Ann
• Opposite Sex (1 episode, "The Virgin Episode", 2000) .... Helen
• 100 Girls (2000) .... Sasha
• Undressed (unknown episodes, 2000) .... Roxy
• Madison (2001) .... Tami Johnson
• Once and Again (1 episode, "Best of Enemies", 2001) .... Kimberly
• Haunted (1 episode, "Grevious Angels", 2002) .... Tierney Eastway
• They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002) (TV) .... Tara Quinn
• For the People (1 episode, "Nexus", 2003) .... Cissy Bunton
• Cruel Intentions 3 (2004) (V) .... Cassidy Merteuil
• Cooked (2005) (TV) .... Sydney
• Cursed (2005) .... Brooke
• Self Medicated (2005) .... Nicole
• CSI: NY (1 episode, "City Of The Dolls", 2005) .... Virginia Felton
• Celebrity Deathmatch (1 episode, "New Celebrity Deathmatch: Bigger & Better Than Ever", 2006) .... Nicole Richie (voice)
• House, M.D. (1 episode, "Living the Dream", 2008) .... Marie
• Monk (1 episode, "Mr. Monk Falls in Love", 2008) .... Amanda
• Knight Rider (1 episode, "Journey to the End of the Knight", 2008) .... Celine Lea
• Black Swan (film) (2010) .... Galina
• True Blood (1 episode S04E12, "Soul of Fire", 2011) (TV).... Maurella
• "The Speak" (2011) .... Paige Stone (post-production)
• "The Glades" (2010)...Darcy Owens
• "5 Souls" (2011)...Jessica
• "Sighting" (2012) .... Theresa (post-production)
• "BlackJacks" (2013) ... Lisa Westbrook

Awards and nominations

She won the Copper Wing Award at the 2006 Phoenix Film Festival for Best Ensemble for Self Medicated (2005)
She was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble for Black Swan^{[citation needed]}.
Kristina won the Actress No Ka Oi award at the 2011 Big Island Film Festival.

External links

• Official website
• Kristina Anapau at the Internet Movie Database
• Kristina Anapau at AllRovi