Christina Hawthorne

Christina Hawthorne, RN is a fictional character on the TNT medical drama, HawthoRNe. She has been portrayed by Jada Pinkett Smith since 2009. A woman with a fiery passion for nursing, Christina Hawthorne was the Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, during the first season of HawthoRNe. She prides herself in standing up for her patients and preventing them from falling through the cracks of hospital bureaucracy. During this season, Christina copes with the death of her husband, Michael, from cancer, while dealing with her mother-in-law, Amanda (Joanna Cassidy), a benefactor at Richmond Trinity, who believes that Christina should move on. Christina also works to diminish the strained relationship...