Biography: Spanish actress Christina Ochoa is best known for her current roles on TNT's Animal Kingdom and as the lead for SyFy's upcoming Blood Drive, to air in Summer 2017. Born in Barcelona, Spain. Grand niece of Nobel Prize winner Severo Ochoa. Daughter of Spanish Sculptor Victor Ochoa, Christina spent her childhood between Madrid, Barcelona and Miami. She studied Oceanographic Engineering in Las Palmas University in the Canary Islands and Advanced Marine Biology in James Cook Univ. in Australia.