Christina July Kim
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Christina July Kim was born in Monterey Park, California and moved to
Albuquerque, New Mexico when she was 6 years old. She grew up in the
Northeast Heights of Albuquerque and was the only Korean-American girl
in her class all throughout school. Although Christina seemed very
happy, she was very ashamed of her Korean heritage growing up. She
first took a speech and drama class taught by M. Mercer in 8th grade
where she landed the role of "Buttercup" in her school's production of
"The Princess Bride". She escaped racial prejudices through acting and
found freedom of expression through the theatre. In high school, she
continued to study acting and with the counsel of her high school drama
teacher D. Keyson, she decided to apply to the Bachelor of Fine Arts
acting program at the University of Southern California. Out of 500+
applicants, Christina was accepted into the prestigious BFA program.
Christina was Taft-Hartlied into SAG for her role as "Xiu" in the film
Doc West (2009), starring
Paul Sorvino and
Terence Hill, produced by DAP
Italy.
