About Mary Christina

Mary Christina Brown is an American actress whose diverse background in the performing arts has shaped her into a genuine, experienced, and versatile talent. Born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, her journey began with a rich tapestry of influences, as her father served in the United States Army stationed in South Korea, where he met her mother. With both parents being visual artists and musicians, Mary Christina was immersed in creativity from an early age. Her mother's guitar melodies and lyrical singing ignited her passion for dance and music, and classic Hollywood musicals inspired her. The rich blend of her father's Scottish, English, Danish, Welsh, Irish, and Dutch heritage, paired with her mother's South Korean and Japanese roots—and her stepmother's Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish influences—contributes to Mary Christina's captivating screen presence, showcasing a celebration of cultural richness.

Gracefully educated with foundational values of the ethnic spectrum, Mary Christina embodies the spirit of a cultural chameleon, effortlessly adapting to diverse environments and cultures. With transient beginnings living in the South, Midwest, and New York, her family eventually settled in San Francisco, where her artistry continued to flourish. 

Raised in a talented warrior home, passion for the arts was inevitable from a young age, foreseeing a journey that would enact her vocation in visual arts, acting, voice, music, dance, martial arts, and performing on stage throughout San Francisco, as well as booking commercials and modeling for print ad campaigns. During her elementary school years through early teens, identity discovery revealed an inherent competitive drive that deepened her interest in various martial arts styles and the performing arts. She didn't stop there, eventually adding theater, classical vocal and instrumental training in violin and cello, and professional dance in styles such as tap, jazz, modern, modern jazz, ballet, hip-hop, Afro-Haitian, and traditional Hawaiian and Tahitian. 

Mary Christina's teen years saw further evolution as she performed on stages around San Francisco, and she attended a raft of performing arts schools (Young People's Musical Theater Company, A.C.T. Conservatory, School of the Arts High School, and Bennett Theatre Lab, to name a few). Her creative path became clearer with a full commitment; visions of performing on Broadway came within reach. Ultimately, life had an alternative plan. The blessing of motherhood came with the birth of her beautiful daughter, Isabella, and with it, a surge of dynamic professional action beyond her previous goals. 

Mary Christina revisited her experience and education in Silicon Valley's growing Information Technology field as a Network technician and Internet Systems Engineer. Although prosperous and professionally stable, her passion lay in performing. Never married, she relocated to Los Angeles with the strength and support of her family to explore entertainment opportunities. Knowing the struggle of family, auditions, sustainable employment, and maintaining marketable proficiency in her performance and martial arts training, she persisted. 

Seasoned from balancing motherhood and corporate life, she reclaimed her stride, cutting her teeth on BOTH sides of the camera. Her career progression has since landed her next to the likes of The Walking Dead headliner Norman Reedus, martial arts action star Michael Jai White, Bokeem Woodbine, John David Washington, Luke Goss, Russell Crowe, Steven Bauer, music and movie multi-hyphenate R.Z.A., Corin Nemic, Jaime King, Maurice Compte, Udo Kier, Julian Sands, Peter Greene, Sean Patrick Flanery, Taryn Manning, Jake Weber, Mike Hatton, Paul Sloan, the late film and television legend David Carradine, and the Academy Award-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss. 

Her film and T.V. roles invoke a wide range of depth and scope in her acting caliber with select credits such as that of undercover agent Monica in the American crime thriller "AWOL 72" (2015), Barrington's Henchwoman Swan in HBO's pulse-pounding action film "Vigilante Diaries" (2016), Fasma, a Special Forces soldier in the SyFy television feature thriller "MindBlown" (2016), Kana, a Yakuza hitwoman whose centuries-old Samurai lineage has since destined her with a longstanding duty to protect the world from the evil power of the sought after Japanese doomsday stone in SyFy / Lionsgate "Doomsday Device" (2017) (a.k.a. Pandora's Box). 

Mary Christina plays Kioko, a free-spirited burner from Joshua Tree, in the American crime thriller "Paydirt" (2020), which stars Val Kilmer and Luke Goss. She plays Jan in "Karen" (2021), an Asian American woman living in the fictional, affluent suburban Atlanta community of Harvey Hill. She is part of the HOA - a nosy neighbor living next door to a closeted racist woman named Karen, played by Taryn Manning; it also stars Cory Hardrict, Jasmine Burke, and Brandon Sklenar. Mary Christina also plays the role of Kim, a deputy sheriff who sets out to find the missing girls who vanished in her small town in the desert. While uncovering information and in pursuit, she crosses paths with an ex-Black Ops soldier, played by Paul Sloan, desperate to find his missing daughter and uncover what happened the night she disappeared. Kim discovers that his daughter has vanished, just like the other lost girls; he helps her uncover the truth in the American action-thriller film "Every Last One of Them" (2021), which also stars Jake Weber, Taryn Manning, Mike Hatton, Michael Madsen, and Richard Dreyfuss. 

Collectively, along with characters such as that of a henchwoman, raver, courtesan, martial arts master, troubled mother, and burlesque dancer, that very depth and scope she has earned, in part, hails from playing roles generally meant for men (i.e., special-ops soldier, enigmatic minimalist vengeful swordswoman, international undercover special agent, lieutenant). 

Mary Christina worked internationally on Star World Asia's longest-running reality competition television show, The Apartment, on Netflix. On social media, she maintains a fan following via Instagram at @themarychristinabrown, posting content that resonates with audiences, aiming not only to interact but also to motivate and inspire. 

More than the average face, a set of legs, and perfunctory memes popular in today's societal currents, Mary Christina is as real as real gets, the quintessence of her life story. She's far from intangible and materialistic in her day-to-day life, with a proven acumen for health and a concern for today's important issues, valuing insight in all things related to one's own health for one's own growth on a spiritual and humanistic level. 

She's a mother, an animal lover, a daughter, a friend and confidant to a deserving few, and a progressive, motivational figure to many. Her craft is further amplified by all the aforementioned, having attained an array of values and qualities that deem her vital to any director or showrunner seeking a diverse, professional, mature, and organic performer - all of which she has proven and continually demonstrated time and again. 

A vibrant resident of Los Angeles, California, Mary Christina Brown infuses every day with passion and creativity. Deeply connected to the arts, she explores voice, guitar, and piano, continuously refining her martial arts prowess and nurturing her well-being through meditation and yoga. Currently pursuing a degree in Communicative Disorders with a focus on Speech-Language Pathology, she gracefully balances academic pursuits with the joys of single life, cherishing time with her daughter Isabella, her beloved dog Peanut, and her close-knit circle of family and friends. As a talented mixologist, she delights in crafting original drinks, while her love for the outdoors finds expression in hiking and running. Her fascination with arthropods—especially jumping spiders—exemplifies her boundless curiosity and appreciation for life's marvels.