Dina Morrone, a blue-eyed, blonde, Canadian, was born in the remote northern Ontario city of Thunder Bay, situated on the northwestern tip of Lake Superior. Dina’s Italian Immigrant parents instilled in her the importance of being bilingual. This gift would one day go on to serve her well in her professional life. From an early age, she was encouraged by her grandfather to perform. Her first time on stage was at the age of four when, along with her older sister, she sang at the Local Italian Hall Annual Christmas Party for five hundred hungry, distracted, screaming Italians. This surreal moment left her with a burning desire to be in front of an audience. After performing in numerous school plays and talent shows, Dina joined a modeling/talent agency. This brought her briefly to New York City, where she not only fell in love with the Big Apple, but also discovered a passion for designing clothes. After graduating from the Ryerson University Fashion Design Program in Toronto, Canada, she designed clothes for local rock bands and private clients. But Dina yearned to perform and soon embarked on a successful career in front of the camera, as well as at the microphone. Dina landed some high profile commercials for Kodak, RCA Records, and American Express. While on location in Antigua, hosting a Travel Show, she met an Italian Film Crew, who encouraged her to take her talent to Italy. Dina moved to Rome and in a very short time was selected by FORD Automobiles, Italy Division, for a National Ad campaign. This lead to work in Films, Theater, and Commercials. Several European and Italian/American co-productions cast her in feature projects. She feels extremely honored to have worked with the likes of Alain Delon, Klaus Kinski, Martin Sheen, Roberto Benigni, Inna Tchourikova, Alexander Gallin, Claudia Koll, Jacques Deray, Ralph Thomas, Tinto Brass, Elvio Porta, Bruno Corbucci, and Norman Jewison. Because of Dina’s bilingual abilities, RAI Television hired her to host a number of Culturally Informative TV shows. Her sultry voice was used by the Italian dubbing community to re-voice well over one hundred films, narrate documentaries, and record animation. One of Dina’s many highlights in Rome, besides meeting Federico Fellini, was the opportunity to work with American screen and stage actress Susan Strasberg, as her personal assistant during Susan’s “Intensive Master Acting Workshops.” Since moving to Los Angeles, Dina has been actively involved with various Theatre Groups; Theatre West and West End, and continues to work as an Actress, Voice Over talent, and Writer. Dina is the Voice Announcer at the American Cinema Editor’s ACE Eddie Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The awards are for outstanding achievement in Film Editing. Through countless short stories Dina has written over the years, she has given birth to a very entertaining and funny One Woman Show entitled, “The Italian in Me,” which had its World Premiere at the Globe Playhouse, in Los Angeles. She garnered rave reviews by critics and audiences for both her acting and writing and she was subsequently selected by reviewplays.com as one of the Top Ten Best Actresses of 2006. Dina was also invited to perform “The Italian in Me” at the Los Angeles Women’s Theater Festival, Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, Theatre WEST – WEST FEST Festival, LA, CA, The Feast of San Gennaro, Hollywood CA, The Italian Cultural Institute, and The Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, Santa Monica Playhouse, Santa Monica CA, and The Diesel Playhouse, in Toronto, Canada.
Dina is a member of Women In Theatre, Theatre West, West End Theatre, and Dramatists Guild of America www.dramatistsguild.com