Bio
Christy Lee Hughes is an award winning actress, comedienne and film producer. She is a member in excellent standing with SAG, AFTRA, and AEA. She was born and raised in upstate New York and graduated with an AAS in Paralegal Studies and a BA in Communications from the University at Albany.
Christy studied comedy and improvisation with Upright Citizens Brigade in Manhattan, Lesly Kahn in Hollywood and is currently with The Groundlings.
Some of her work includes a principal role in the National IBM commercial What Makes YOU Special as well as playing a supporting role opposite Thora Birch in the feature film, Winter of Frozen Dreams. In 2007 Christy earned and accepted the Critic's Choice Award for Best Actress for the role of Anna in Amerikan Partizan at the Edwood Film Festival, New York. Christy had a lead role in Thoreauly Lost which was chosen for the Audience Choice Award at The Lake Placid Film Festival in 2008. She went on to play the supporting role of Janice opposite the Academy Award winning actress Melissa Leo (The Fighter) in the film, Predisposed written by Phil Dorling and Academy Award nominated writer, Ron Nyswaner. In 2009, Predisposed was accepted to the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.
In 2010, Christy relocated to Hollywood to further her career. Her acting skills were stretched even to a deeper level for the role of a distressed mother in The Boy Who Became King, an emotional drama short written by Ramin Nematollahi and directed by Trudy Sargent. Together with Trudy Sargent and Alyson Fouse (Scary Movie 2, Bring it On: All Or Nothing), she is now developing a feature length psychological thriller called Summerland, aiming to shoot 2011.
Christy studied comedy and improvisation with Upright Citizens Brigade in Manhattan, Lesly Kahn in Hollywood and is currently with The Groundlings.
Some of her work includes a principal role in the National IBM commercial What Makes YOU Special as well as playing a supporting role opposite Thora Birch in the feature film, Winter of Frozen Dreams. In 2007 Christy earned and accepted the Critic's Choice Award for Best Actress for the role of Anna in Amerikan Partizan at the Edwood Film Festival, New York. Christy had a lead role in Thoreauly Lost which was chosen for the Audience Choice Award at The Lake Placid Film Festival in 2008. She went on to play the supporting role of Janice opposite the Academy Award winning actress Melissa Leo (The Fighter) in the film, Predisposed written by Phil Dorling and Academy Award nominated writer, Ron Nyswaner. In 2009, Predisposed was accepted to the prestigious Sundance Film Festival.
In 2010, Christy relocated to Hollywood to further her career. Her acting skills were stretched even to a deeper level for the role of a distressed mother in The Boy Who Became King, an emotional drama short written by Ramin Nematollahi and directed by Trudy Sargent. Together with Trudy Sargent and Alyson Fouse (Scary Movie 2, Bring it On: All Or Nothing), she is now developing a feature length psychological thriller called Summerland, aiming to shoot 2011.