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.