MARIA-CHRISTINA OLIVERAS is a New York-based stage, television and film actor and singer.  Originally from the Bronx, NY, she received her B.A. with honors from Yale University and her M.F.A. in Acting from the National Theatre Conservatory. She also is an alumna of the NYSF/Public Theatre Shakespeare Lab.

New York credits include BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON (Broadway/Bernard Jacobs Theater and NYSF/Public Theater, directed by Alex Timbers), THE REALLY BIG ONCE (Target Margin World Premiere, directed by David Herskovits), NIGHT SKY (with Jordan Baker, directed by Daniella Topol), SLAVEY (Clubbed Thumb, directed by Robert O'Hara), MAREA (Packawallop/HERE, directed by Scott Ebersold), 30+NYC ("In the Zone" by Michael John Garces, Directed by Portia Krieger),THE CRAZY LOCOMOTIVE (Classical Theatre of Harlem-AUDELCO Nomination), LONNIE JAKE (The Barrow Group), SHE LIKE GIRLS (Lark, directed by Kristin Horton), and numerous readings and workshops with the Lark, the Working Theatre, New Dramatists, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center Directors' Lab, NYSF/Public Theatre, the Playwrights' Realm, Ensemble Studio Theater, Ars Nova, hotInk, Page 73, Ma-Yi, PRTT, NYTW, EST, Urban Stages, NAMT Festival of New Musicals, and Partial Comfort, among others. 

Regional credits include Lynn Nottage's FABULATION at Baltimore Centerstage (directed by Jackson Gay),  Jose Rivera's BOLEROS FOR THE DISENCHANTED (Huntington Theatre Company-directed by Chay Yew), RENT (Hangar Theatre, directed by Devanand Janki), the world premiere of UNBEATABLE (for which she received the AriZoni Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical), Berkshire Theatre Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, Colorado Shakespeare Festival and Denver Center Theatre Company, among others. 

Her television credits include Ugly Betty, Nurse Jackie, All My Children and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.  She will be seen as Maria Sanchez in the upcoming feature film, VAMPERIFICA (2011 release), directed by Bruce Ornstein.

Maria-Christina is dedicated to developing and nurturing new work, and is a proud member of the Packawallop's The Pack, Partial Comfort Productions, the Lark Playground and NYU's First Look Company.

She has also served as a mentor and teaching artist for Greenwich Village Youth Council, Step Up Women's Network and Children's Aid Society, working with young artists in Harlem, the Village and Washington Heights.  She has guest lectured at Coppin State, Morgan State, and University of Colorado-Boulder.