Andrea Kristina is a screen actor born in Hong Kong raised in England by an Italian father and a Chinese Indonesian mother. She is multicultural having spent her early years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil, before settling in the UK. She pursued her bachelor's degree at the University of Sheffield before attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was during her time there that she was offered an internship with Entertainment Tonight at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, where her dedication to acting grew stronger. Returning to London, she further honed her skills, earning a master's degree in acting at The Arts Educational Schools London, City, University of London.