TINA MAJORINO - biography & trivia

Biography

Tina Majorino is clearly one of the most talented young actresses to come out of the early 1990s. She starred in three feature films that opened within three months of each other. She began her career by appearing in national television commercials before playing Sophie in the ABC television series, "Camp Wilder" (1992). In 1994, Majorino made her feature film debut starring opposite Meg Ryan and Andy Garcia in Touchstone's When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). She stole audiences' hearts by portraying the other daughter caught in the middle of a family falling apart at the seams because of the disastrous effects of alcohol abuse. Majorino was seen shortly thereafter in Corrina, Corrina (1994), a comedy set in the 1950s about finding love and family in the most unlikely places. She played Molly, the only child of a recently widowed father (Ray Liotta), who finds a helping hand from Corrina (Whoopi Goldberg), an unconventional housekeeper who uses a combination of charm and sensitivity to help the family adjust to their new lives. In her follow-up to Corrina, Corrina, Majorino starred in Andre, a film based on a true story of a harbor seal who journeyed from Boston to Maine for 23 years every summer to visit Toni (Majorino), the only child who helped rescue him. Majorino played the role of Enola, along-side of Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Dennis Hopper in Waterworld. Enola was a young girl who had the map to dry land on her back. She was being fought over by the Smokers and the The Drifters. At the time, she was just turning ten. After completing the film, Alice In Wonderland (1999) in which she portrayed Alice, Majorino decided to take a break from acting. A five year break to be exact. At the tender age of 13 Majorino disappeared from the screens to finish school and spend time with her family. Napoleon Dynamite has marked the return of the young starlet. The surprise smash hit blew into theaters in 2004, and continues to entertain audiences around the world becoming one of the top grossing independent films and earning it the new title of "Cult Classic." In Napoleon, Majorino portrays "Deb", a quiet, shy, boondoggle door-to-door salesman (because she's "trying to earn money for college") who quickly befriends Napoleon and his hilarious Mexican side-kick Pedro. Upon meeting Deb, Napoleon starts crushing hard. Who wouldn't? Majorino's portrayal as the sweet sincere Deb melts all of our hearts. Majorino has aspirations to produce, direct, write, and design in the very near future. Already she singing in The AM Project - the rock band (her brother Kevin playing on drumms).

Tina Majorino is also a dancer. She like hip-hop style and she teaching it for a years. This is the quote of message she wrote to me:

"(...) I teach Hip Hop once a week for 3 hours. It's a blast. I've been dancing since I was a baby and I've been teaching Hip Hop for almost 7 years now. I love dancing. Dancing of all kinds really but I mostly dance hip hop since I teach it."

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Trivia & rumors

Fact - Tina Majorino has Italian descent.

Fact - Tina is trained in martial arts (Tang Soo Do). She has black belt.

Fact - Tina Majorino will appearence in new TV show called "Big Love" in 2006.

Fact - When she was 13 she walked away from show business for a 5 years. She says:

"I lost the passion for it at 13. I had been working on back-to-back projects since I was 3 so I was happy to get to spend time with friends and family. I'm either all in or it doesn't feel right so taking that break gave me a chance to get to know myself better and make the decision to act again." (according to Moviehole)

Fact - Celebrity Judge for UCLA Spring Sing 2005

Rumor - Has been a trained Opera Singer since the age of 7 and still studies it.

Fact - She is allergic to peanuts ;-)

Tina Majorino about herself (text from The AM Project blog).