'An answer to prayer'

Rebecca St. James talks about moving into acting and her new starring role | Megan Basham

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She may be best known as an award-winning singer, but in the last few years, Rebecca St. James has been slowly making her way into acting. After testing the water with several supporting roles, she plunged into the deep end as the star of Sarah's Choice, where she plays a young woman whose life is derailed by an unplanned pregnancy.

Why did you decide to make the transition into acting, and why this film? God ignited my heart for faith and family films a couple of years ago, and I really felt that there should be more Christians active in the movie-making business helping shape content. So I'd been taking quite a few meetings and a few doors opened to get involved in several film projects. But it was because of my work with a crisis pregnancy center in Los Angeles that I decided to take this part. After seeing the amazing things they were doing at the center, I prayed, "God, show me what else I can do to help because I see such a great need." A couple of months later I was asked to audition for Sarah's Choice, and I thought it was an answer to prayer.