Queen of theatre

AMATO: MADE WAVES ON BROADWAY

- Hein Kaiser

Bianca Amato walked away from Broadway, turned down a steady stream of American screen work, and left behind a career many would still be trying to break into. She came home. Not because the work had dried up. On the contrary, she came back to South Africa to raise a family, and to do the kind of work she wanted to do.

Amato spent 15 years in the United States after leaving South Africa in 2002. She returned about eight years ago. "I left South Africa just after 9/11," she said. "And I had an extraordinary time."

During those years, she performed in The Coast of Utopia and Macbeth on Broadway, and featured in Arcadia, Neva, The Broken Heart, Private Lives, and King Lear.

She worked with respected directors and actors across New York and regional stages.

Her screen credits include a guest appearance on Sex and the City and a lead in Powers on the PlayStation Network.