C.C. DeNeira

C.C. DeNeira aka Cecilia DeNeira is an Actress/Dancer/Voiceover/Movement Coach. Her birth name was Cecilia Rivadeneira. She is an Ecuadorian-American raised in the United States. She can do different U.S. accents, speak fluent Spanish and basic Dutch. She resides in Belgium but travels regularly back home to Miami, Florida. C.C. has appeared professionally on T.V., film, theatre, commercials, music videos, print, cruise ships, and has worked with various dance companies. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA and has studied drama and dance in N.Y. & Miami (The Conservatory of Fine Arts, etc.). She got her start on film in "Only the Strong" directed by Sheldon Lettich. In Belgium she played the role of the Catholic Nun in the short film "Marquet Place" directed by Annick Christiaens. She has also appeared in cameos on T.V.'s "Familie", "Thuis", & "Zie Mij Graag". Other film & TV roles can be found on IMDb. She was a featured dancer on TV, mainly for Univision's "Sabado Gigante" with Mario Kreutzberger aka "Don Francisco". C.C. was very much involved with Miami Vice's Philip Michael Thomas in his Miami Way Theatre where Drama & Theatre Workshops and other gathering of local talent were held on a regular basis. As an actress she has been in several theatrical productions in the U.S. She portrayed Vietnam Army nurse LeeAnn in "A Piece of My Heart" for the Public Theatre and co-starred as the Japanese servant Nokouchi in the White-Willis Theatre Production of "Harry Houdini, I Love You", in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In Brussels Belgium she starred in The American Theatre Company's productions of "A Streetcar Named Desire"(Eunice), "Steel Magnolias"(Clairee), "The Front Page"(Mrs.Grant) and "The Elephant Man". She was the Creative Movement Coach for "Mixed & United Improv Theatre" in Belgium. C.C. was destined to follow an artistic career since creativity runs in her family for generations. She is the granddaughter of famed Poet Pedro Enrique Ribadeneira Avendano and her grand-uncle is famed writer Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses. Her cousin is Ecuadorian Artist Marcos Ribadeneira Salmon. - IMDb Mini Biography By: C.C. DeNeira