Melissa Joan Hart is proud of her faith — but has good reason for not limiting herself to Christian-based films.

“When I did [the 2015 movie] God’s Not Dead 2, a lot of people asked me, ‘Are you going to only do Christian roles now?’ And I was like, ‘But what does that look like?’ Because, you know, in the story of Jesus, someone plays Judas,” Hart, 49, exclusively told Us Weekly while discussing her partnership with Ancestry.com.

“As an actor, I like to explore all the different reasons why people do things for good or for bad,” she continued, “I’ve played evil [people], I’ve played hoarders, and I just love diving into the psychology of, ‘Why would someone do that? Let me discover why, and then let me try to portray it as honestly as possible.’ And I think that goes across the board in

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