Viva Bianca (born Viva Skubiszewski; 17 November 1983,
; ) is an Australian actress best known for her role as Ilithyia on the
Starz
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network
series ''
Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and ''
Spartacus: Vengeance''.
Bianca graduated from the
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where she received a best actress award.
She is the daughter of
Cezary Skubiszewski
Cezary Skubiszewski is a Polish-born Australian film and television composer. Among others, he has composed film scores for '' Red Dog'', '' Two Hands'', '' The Sapphires'', and TV series '' Picnic at Hanging Rock''.
Career
Skubiszewski first m ...
, a
Polish Australian
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In 2006 52,254 Australian residents declared they were born in Poland. Cities with the ...
composer for film, television and orchestra.
Bianca cites
Cate Blanchett
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and
Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and music video director. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to ...
as Australian actors who have influenced her.
Career
Bianca has appeared in many Australian TV Series such as ''
Eugenie Sandler P.I.'', ''
Marshall Law
''Marshall Law'' is an Australian television series, which aired on the Seven Network in 2002, starring Lisa McCune and Alison Whyte as lawyers and sisters.
History
The show was originally conceived as a legal drama mixed with '' Ally McBeal ...
'', ''
All Saints'' and ''
The Strip
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''. She has also appeared in the Australian films ''
Accidents Happen
''Accidents Happen'' is a 2009 Australian coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Andrew Lancaster and starring Geena Davis, Harrison Gilbertson, Harry Cook, Sebastian Gregory, Joel Tobeck, and Sarah Woods. Written by Brian Carbee, base ...
'' and ''
Bad Bush
''Bad Bush'' is a 2009 Australian psychological thriller film. Starring Chris Sadrinna from television soap ''Home and Away'' and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (born Sydney, 19 September 1973) is an Australian actor.
Education
H ...
''.
Bianca starred as Ilithyia, the daughter of senator Albinius and wife of Glaber, in the Starz originals series ''
Spartacus: Blood and Sand''
and ''
Spartacus: Vengeance''. She starred opposite
Kirk Barker in ''
A Prince for Christmas'' (2015).
Filmography
References
External links
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Australian people of Czech descent
1983 births
Living people
Australian television actresses
Australian film actresses
Australian people of Polish descent
21st-century Australian actresses
Actresses from Melbourne
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts alumni
Australian people of Polish descent
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