Actor / Director Profile

Born in Bangalore, India. Received her BA in Medieval History with Distinction (Magna Cum Laude) from Yale University. Also studied at the Universite de Paris, Sorbonne. Left the academic life after Yale, and studied acting with Anna Devere Smith at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, before being accepted to The Juilliard School's prestigious Drama Division. After graduating from Juilliard, she acted extensively in regional theatre, including the Williamstown Theatre Festival (MA), Asolo Center (FL), Syracuse Stage (NY), and others. She also appeared off-Broadway with The New Group in Halfway Home.Christina played the role of "C" in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Three Tall Women, by Edward Albee, both off-Broadway, and in the National Tour with Marian Seldes and Michael Learned.In the fall of 2001, Christina married actor Matthew Greer (Broadway's Cabaret). The day after returning from their brief honeymoon in England, she flew to Virginia to begin shooting Richard Squires's "Goose Creek Story" with Roger Rees, Mary McDonnell, and Paul Fitzgerald.