Christine Toy Johnson was born and bred in the suburbs of New York City. A performer at an early age, she began modeling when she was four for national campaigns such as Buster Brown, Life Cereal and Scotchgard. She got her Equity card the summer she graduated from high school, playing “Liat” in a production of SOUTH PACIFIC, later attending the University of Southern California School of Music for Vocal Performance, graduating from Sarah Lawrence College and much later the Screenwriting Program at NYU.

Christine made her New York debut in the Autumn following her college graduation as the leading lady of the Off-Broadway musical OH, JOHNNY. She has enjoyed a varied and extensive career on stage and in film and television ever since. Broadway, National Tour and Off-Broadway credits include the revivals of THE MUSIC MAN (“Ethel Toffelmier”) GREASE! (“Patty”), FLOWER DRUM SONG (“Rita Liang”), MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG (cast album), PACIFIC OVERTURES, and FALSETTOLAND (“Charlotte”) as well as BOMBAY DREAMS (“Kitty”) and CATS (“Sillabub”) and original productions of GENESIS (NYSF), BALANCING ACT (cast album), and CHU CHEM. Regional highlights include leading roles with the Huntington Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Indiana Rep, Missouri Rep, Paper Mill Playhouse, Denver Center Theatre Company, Minnesota Opera, California Musical Theatre and the HangarTheatre. Film and television credits include writing, producing and starring in the award-winning short film ALL AMERICAN EYES, “Lisa West” on ONE LIFE TO LIVE (2000 and 2001 aMedia Award nominations), UGLY BETTY, CROSSING JORDAN, GROUNDED FOR LIFE, NUNSENSE and NUNSENSE 2 (PBS and A&E), LAW AND ORDERS: SVU and CRIMINAL INTENT, OZ, AS THE WORLD TURNS, CONSPIRACY THEORY, JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE and L.I.E.

An avid anti-discrimination advocate, she was a semi-finalist in 2001 for the Ford Foundation’s “Leadership for a Changing World” Award, is on the board of Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, a nationally elected Councillor of Actors’ Equity Association and co-chair of its Equal Employment Opportunity Committee. A sought after speaker on inclusion and diversity issues, she has also written many nationally published articles on the subject.

Christine is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright. Her play, THE NEW DEAL, was the first project to be developed by the Roundabout Theatre Company's "Different Voices" program in June, 2006. Other plays include PAPER SON (which is in the "Multi-cultural drama" curriculum at the University of Michigan/Flint and the "Playwriting" curriculum at Wesleyan University), INTERNAL BLEEDING, ADVENTURES OF A FAUX DESIGNER HANDBAG, 'EVER SEE A FAT CHINESE?", and THE PERFECT WIFE. She founded ReImagined World Entertainment with Bruce Johnson in 2003 to produce film and theatre projects that celebrate the experiences of society's underdogs. Their award-winning Documentary film, TRANSCENDING - THE WAT MISAKA STORY, was completed in September of 2008.

She happily lives in New York City with her husband, filmmaker/photographer/graphic designer Bruce, and their favorite dog, Snowy.