"I am a big fan of everything you are and do." -Moritz Von Stuelpnagel, Award Winning Broadway Director

Christina Shipp is a spirited actress and incisive entrepreneur with a powerful imagination and perspicacious insight. 

As an actress she is fascinated with secrets, pushing boundaries, intrigue, and all that is curious, forbidden, or hidden. Slightly rebellious and obsessed by uncovering motivation of why people do what they do, she seeks to get right to the heart of things. Possesses the unique ability to see beyond facades, cut right to the core, and comprehend what is puzzling or hidden. 

Classically and New York Studio trained, with Improv and Comedy Chops. 

CEO of Accelerated Artist, Christina is strategic and refreshingly direct, and has been working as a one-on-one career coach empowering artists and executives in their presence, packaging, concept, and design for over 10 years. Passionate in speech, she creates and presents workshops at prestigious studios and training programs like SAG-AFTRA, Spotlight Workshops at CBS Radford, Beverly Hills Playhouse, Columbia College, Relativity Media, Syracuse University, and the much needed Minority and Women’s Leadership Conference. Innovates and facilitates lectures in the subjects of Productivity and Time Management, Intentional Branding and Marketing, and Effective Networking Strategies. With a team on the ground in LA, NYC, Philly, and Atlanta, Accelerated Artist is committed to helping creative professionals achieve branding, marketing, and business skills to effectively compete in the business of entertainment in the Digital Age.  www.AcceleratedArtist.com

Christina graduated cum laude from the College of Charleston, South Carolina, with a Bachelor’s Degree in the Arts for Acting and a Bachelor’s Degree in Science for Sociology—dual thesis: The Artistry of Feminism and Deconstruction in Race Relations. Holds an Acting Degree from the Youth Performing Arts School in her beloved hometown Louisville, KY.

Full steam ahead,

Christina