Christine Toy Johnson is an award-winning writer, actor, director, filmmaker, and advocate for inclusion based in New York City.

As a performer, she has been breaking the color barrier for over 35 years, and has been featured extensively on Broadway, off-Broadway, in regional theatres across the country, in film, television, and concerts worldwide. She currently plays “Diane and others” on the First National/North American tour of Come From Away. Other highlights include the New York revivals of The Music Man, Merrily We Rollalong, Pacific Overtures, Falsettol And and Grease!, the national tours of Cats, Flower Drum Song and Bombay Dreams, and other leading roles at some of the most well-respected theatres across the country including the Guthrie Theater, New York Shakespeare Festival, the Mint Theatre, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Huntington Theatre, Yale Rep, Syracuse Stage, The Denver Center Theatre Company, The Minnesota Opera and New York City Opera. Over 100 film and television appearances include playing “Sherry Yang” on Season 2 of the Netflix/Marvel TV series Iron Fist, recurring roles on Bull, The Americans, You and Law And Order: SVU, NCIS New Orleans, Madam Secretary, Mr. Robot, The Good Fight, Braindead, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Mozart In The Jungle, The Blacklist, Smash, 666 Park Avenue, 30 Rock, Ugly Betty, The Big C, Fringe, Royal Pains, Crossing Jordan, many episodes in the Law And Order franchise, and two years as “Lisa West” on One Life To Live.

Philanthropic/Activist Causes: Dramatists Guild podcast “The Dramatists Guild Presents Talkback” and shifting perceptions about AAPI artists and the relationship to stopping anti-Asian hate crimes