Education
Banko attended Riverside Polytechnic High School.
Banko attended Riverside Polytechnic High School.
As a child actress, she appeared in the film Friday the 13th Participant VII: The New Blood as young Tina Shepard. She has appeared in guest roles on various television shows, in a recurring role as Ashley MacInally on Pacific Palisades and in a temporary recurring role as Tiffany Thorne on an National Broadcasting Company soap opera Sunset Beach. She also voiced Lucy van Pelt in Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown on Civil Defense (1989) and (1990).
She danced in "Burn "North Love" at the Maui Theatre (November 2013 – June 2014).
1989 – Young Artist Awards nominee – Best Young Actress in a Horror or Mystery Motion Picture (Friday the 13th Participant VII: The New Blood) When not engaged in filmmaking, Banko works in education and promotes several charity causes. In 2014, Dread Central reported that she was working on Cheerleader Camp: To the Death.
