Early life and career Born Christine Frances Masave Horii, and appeared in over 40 television commercials. She then moved to
New York, where she performed as a
Rockette at
Radio City Music Hall, in
off-Broadway productions, and in
Broadway shows including
Shogun: The Musical and
Miss Saigon. she fell in love with Todd Factor, a Jewish television commercial producer, who told her that he had to marry someone Jewish. At first she was hesitant about converting, but decided to look into Judaism and was interested in what she learned. She studied for and underwent a
Conservative conversion before her marriage and afterwards lived as a secular Jew, continuing to perform in the theater. However, until after the birth of her first child in 2002, and the child's
circumcision by an Orthodox
mohel, she and her husband began moving toward an Orthodox lifestyle. Her second show,
Not Even Normal, depicted her journey from Broadway performer to
kollel wife. Her third show,
Becoming Rich, explores the themes of faith and trust in God while living on a kollel salary. In 2005 she opened the Jerusalem Women's Center for Theatre Arts (
HaMachol Shel Bnos Miriam), a dance-and-wellness center in downtown Jerusalem. ==Discography==