Bianca Brigitte Van Varenberg (born 17 October 1990), professionally known as Bianca Brigitte Van Damme, is an American actress, film producer, and screenwriter who has appeared in such films as The Shepherd: Border Patrol, Assassination Games, Six Bullets and Full Love. Bianca Bree grew up in the film industry watching her father, martial artist/actor Jean-Claude Van Damme preform on sets all over the world and is extremely athletic due to her mother, ex-bodybuilder and fitness competitor Gladys Portugues. Having two very athletic parents, Bianca was thrown into sports at a young age such as karate, kick-boxing, boxing, ballet and figure skating.
After repetitively watching the Olympics on television, she realized that going to the Olympics was a dream of hers. The cattiness of figure skating made Bianca dislike the sport, many times she was close to quitting but the love she had for the ice kept her sane. Fortunately she came across short track speed skating and that’s when she decided her goal was the 2010 winter Olympics. Within the year of 2002, Bianca trained like an animal, she was entered in many competitions winning all but two. She was also given many awards including one of the hardest awards to receive, “Most improved”. Her motivation was manic until she was told by her parents that they were moving to Vancouver, Canada.
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