Fiona Hutchison

Fiona Hutchison

Fiona Hutchison: A Brief Biography

At A Glance

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 taking dance lessons at the age of 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 Ma.k.arova and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

When a serious injury forced Hutchison to stop dancing, she began modeling and acting. She made her acting debut in the television movie, Mirrors, and 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, Rage, Something To Believe In, and the independent film Prey of The Jaguar, with Stacey Keach. She also stars in the film Everything's Jake with Ernie Hudson.

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, and also starred in the Essential Theatre Blah Blah Blah's production of Naked From The Waist Down, written by her husband, John Viscardi. Most recently, she starred in the play An Ideal Husband at the Paper Mill Playhouse.

In 2000, Hutchison hosted the cable talk show Tea with Fi for the Romance Classics Network. She writes a column Tea with Fiona for Upbeat Entertainment News Online, and is the Executive Vice President of Development for Nite Owl Productions, Ltd. Hutchison resides in New York City with her husband and their two young sons, Hutch and Trevor.


Acting Portfolio: TELEVISION

One Life to Live

Gabrielle Medina Buchanan

1987 to 1991; May 11, 2001 to January 5, 2004; January 9, 2012 [guest appearance]

As the World Turns

Celia Frasier

2000

Guiding Light

Jenna Bradshaw Thorpe Morgan Cooper

March 30, 1992 to December 12, 1994; December 26, 1994; December 26, 1996 to December 7, 1998; May 10, 2006; February 9, 2009; February 17, 2009

The Cosby Mysteries

Brenda Brackett

1994


Acting Portfolio: FILM

Something to Believe In

Elaine

1998

Prey of the Jaguar

Karen Leigh

1996

Rage

Mary

1995

American Gothic

Lynn (a.k.a. Hide and Shriek)

1988

Biggles: Adventures in Time

Debbie

1986


Awards & Acclaim

Soap Opera Awards Nomination, Best Villainous (1990)

Daytime Emmys Nomination, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1994)


Vital Statistics

PLACE OF BIRTH: Miami, Florida


DATE OF BIRTH: May 17, 1960


HAIR: Blonde


EYES: Blue


CHILDREN: Two sons, Hutch and Trevor