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Gabrielle Medina on the ABC Television Network's "One Life To Live"
Fiona Hutchison reprised her role as fan favorite Gabrielle Medina in May 2001, having played the part from 1987-91. The scheming Gabrielle returned to Llanview with a plan for payback against her former lover, Max Holden (James DePaiva).
A year later Gabrielle is trying to change her ways as she embarks on a new relationship with the police commisioner, Bo Buchanan (Robert S. Woods).
Ms. Hutchison was born to English parents in Miami, Florida, and raised in Jamaica, West Indies, and Columbia, South Carolina. She is a classically trained ballerina who began dance lessons at age four. She received a scholarship to The School of American Ballet in New York City before joining the American Ballet Theatre to perform professionally, training extensively with Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
When a serious injury forced Ms. Hutchison to stop dancing, she began modeling and acting. She made her acting debut in the television movie "Mirrors," went on to receive an Emmy nomination for the role of Jenna Bradshaw on the Daytime drama "Guiding Light," and also played Celia Frasier on "As the World Turns." She has appeared in several films, including "Biggles," "American Gothic," opposite Rod Steiger, "Rage," "Something To Believe In," and the independent film "Prey of The Jaguar," with Stacey Keach. She also starred "Everything's Jake," with Ernie Hudson.
Ms. Hutchison is also an accomplished theater actress. She has performed frequently with The New English Stage Company and was featured in the off-Broadway productions of Noel Coward's "Private Lives" and "Terra Nova." She co-starred with Tatum O'Neal in "A Terrible Beauty," at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York City, in the Essential Theatre Blah Blah Blah's production of "Naked From The Waist Down," written by her husband, John Viscardi, and also starred in the play "An Ideal Husband" at the Paper Mill Playhouse.
In 2000 Ms. Hutchison hosted the cable talk show "Tea with Fi" for the Romance Classics Network. She also writes a column, "Tea with Fiona," for Upbeat Entertainment News Online, and is the Executive Vice President of Development for Nite Owl Productions, Ltd. Ms. Hutchison resides in New York City with her husband and their two young sons, Hutch and Trevor.
• Soap Opera Digest's Interview with Fiona Hutchison
Related websites:
Fiona Fest: A Fan Fete For Fabulous Fiona Hutchison
An unofficial fan site which contains news, updates, photo gallery, interviews, multi-media, chat transcripts, fan fiction, and more.Filmography:
"As the World Turns" (1956) - (TV Series) - Celia Frasier (2000)
Something to Believe In (1998) - Elaine
Prey of the Jaguar (1996) - Karen Leigh
Rage (1995) - Mary
"Guiding Light, The" (1952) (TV Series) - Jenna Bradshaw Thorpe Morgan Cooper (1992-1994, 1996-1998)
American Gothic (1988) - Lynn
... aka Hide and Shriek (1988)Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986) - Debbie
... aka Biggles (1986)"One Life to Live" (1968) TV Series .... Gabrielle Medina Holden Holden Buchanan (1987-1991, 2001-present)
Notable TV guest appearances:
"Poltergeist: The Legacy" (1996) playing "The Lady of the Endless Night" in episode: "Tenement, The" (episode # 1.4) 6/21/1996
"Cosby Mysteries, The" (1994) playing "Brenda Brackett" in episode: "Mirror, Mirror" (episode # 1.9) 11/30/1994
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Copyright by Katherine Thurston, About One Life to Live Fans Guide,
October, 2002.
Biography used
with permission from ABC MediaNet
