Cristine Prosperi Binnington is a Canadian actress. She is known for portraying

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on the long-running television series ''

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''. She also starred as Aria on the web series ''Totally Amp'd'', and as Mikayla Walker on the YTV and TeenNick television series '' Open Heart''.

Career

Prosperi was born in

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, to a family of Greek and Italian descent and debuted on screen when she was three in an advertisement for Unico. A singer and dancer, she began her acting career with small roles in the 2007 movies '' Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming'' and ''Your Beautiful Cul de Sac Home''. In 2009, she guest starred on the Family Channel comedy series ''

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''. In 2011, Prosperi was cast as

on the long-running television

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'', a role she began playing during the show's eleventh season. She remained on ''Degrassi'' until the end of the show in 2015 with the fourteenth season. For her performance, she won the Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actress Award at

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in 2012, and she attracted a following in the

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. In 2012, Prosperi starred in the web series ''Totally Amp'd'' as Aria, and in 2013, she starred in the

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television movie '' Nicky Deuce''. In 2015, she appeared in the TeenNick series '' Open Heart'', where she played the role of the bright and gossipy Mikayla Walker. In 2017, she starred as Destiny in the '' Bring It On'' film '' Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack''. In 2016, she starred in the Lifetime movie ''His Double Life''. Since 2017, she continued to act in Lifetime films.

Personal life

Prosperi got engaged to

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player Jordan Binnington in September 2021. The two were married on July 8, 2023 and had a son in July 2024.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web series

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prosperi, Cristine 1993 births Living people 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Toronto Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian people of Greek descent Canadian people of Italian descent