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Before They Were Famous: Actors' Early Roles

See some of Hollywood&#39;s biggest stars before they became household names. How many do you recognize?

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Born and raised in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Christan is a multi-international award-winning, multi-optioned American Screenwriter, based in Texas. She has been in the industry since 2008, working a variety of positions on the production teams. She obtained her Master Screenwriting Certification in 2010 and has received over 700 awards via festival circuit for screenwriting. She's known for the Festival de Cannes featured, holiday, romcom script, Curbside Service (Winner at Cannes-SRFA, Hollywood Gold Awards, New York Movie Awards, Florence Film Awards) which is currently shopping with The Film Co-Operative, LLC., Less Traveled (Cannes Indies Cinema Awards Official Selection), Combobulate (2022) with Rivertree Productions, the hit, drama film D After C (2021) with All Dog Entertainment, Violent Delights, The Expected Unexpected (2021) (available on Amazon Prime, Tubi), In the Cards (2025) currently in post-production with Jobie James Films, among many others. She began filmmaking in 2008, assisting in the production shorts and learning the industry craft. After joining the crew for the production of The Details (Tobey Maguire, Laura Linney, Elizabeth Banks, Ray Liotta), Produced by LD Entertainment, Produced by Mark Gordon, writing became her so passion. She has been the staff Screenwriter for six production companies and was an Official Screenplay Jury Member of the International Cinema Center and Waco Faith & Family International Film Festival in 2019-2021. Her latest works in development include an award-winning, coming of age, romcom, Lover Haters Club, the post-apocalyptic, thriller, The Silent Rebellion, and a dark comedy, post-apocalyptic, End It On This, among many others. She is quite accustomed to working remotely and writing on assignment if the need arises as well. She is represented by agent, The Wayne Agency in Los Angeles and managed by Nuala Quinn-Barton with Mania Entertainment, The Film Co-Operative, and is currently their go to writer.

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