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For the Playboy model, see Christi Taylor.

Christine Joan Taylor (born July 30 1971 in Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American actress.

Biography

Christine Taylor was born in Allentown and grew up in neighboring Macungie, Pennsylvania. She began her acting career in 1989 at the age of 18 on the Nickelodeon Network children's television series Hey Dude where she played the perky lifeguard character Melody Hanson. She continued in that role through 1991 while making various guest appearances on other programs.

In 1996 Taylor was awarded the lead role in the television series Party Girl as a self-destructive rave party organizer who indulges in drugs and all-night partying.

Following Party Girl Taylor's career advanced rapidly, highlighted by guest television appearances on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, FOX's Arrested Development, and NBC's Friends and Seinfeld. She also played best friend character Holly Sullivan in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer.

Taylor's physical resemblance to Maureen McCormick of The Brady Bunch coupled with several successful comedic guest appearances on Ellen led to her being cast as Marcia Brady in the 1995 film The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel the following year.

In the 1990s Taylor dated actor Matthew Lillard. In May 2000 she married actor and writer Ben Stiller whom she met while filming Heat Vision and Jack. Taylor has since appeared opposite Stiller in a number of films including Zoolander (2001) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). On April 10 2002 Taylor and Stiller had their first child, a daughter named Ella Olivia Stiller. They had a second child, a son named Quinlin Dempsey Stiller, on July 10 2005.

On February 9 2006 Taylor guest-starred on NBC's My Name Is Earl. The episode titled "The Professor" featured her as a sexy and beautiful college professor. Earl becomes infatuated with her after attempting to return a laptop that he stole from her.

In July 2006 Stiller announced he would be directing a comedy starring his wife in the lead role. The show will be featured on CBS and will use a single camera format. Stiller will make several cameos as husband to his wife's character.

Quote

• "Someday I'd love to do Shakespeare. And to play a bitch." Christine Taylor in People magazine, March 13, 1995.

Trivia

• Taylor and Stiller appear among the audience members caught on amateur camera footage during the Beastie Boys' 2006 in-concert movie Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! Both appear in concert audience footage, and also in a brief vox pops-style interview during the closing credits.

Filmography

References

1. Yahoo! Stiller, CBS down home for Taylor-tailored comedy (7/5/06).

External links

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• Christine Taylor profile at E Online.

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