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Christine Taylor
Born	Christine Joan Taylor July 30, 1971 (1971-07-30) (age 38)1 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Ben Stiller (2000–present)

Christine Joan Taylor Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Taylor was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joan, a homemaker, and Skip Taylor, an owner of a security company.¹ She grew up in neighboring Wescosville, Pennsylvania. Taylor has a brother, Brian, and attended Allentown Central Catholic High School.²

Career

Taylor 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 lifeguard Melody Hanson. She continued in that role through 1991 while making various guest appearances on other programs. In 1995, Taylor was cast as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and later in A Very Brady Sequel.

Following The Brady Bunch Movie, Taylor's career advanced rapidly, highlighted by several comedic guest appearances on Ellen, landing the lead role in the television series Party Girl, based on the 1995 film of the same name, and more guest appearances on Seinfeld and Friends. She also played Drew Barrymore's cousin, Holly Sullivan, in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer.

Later TV appearances include a guest star in 2005 in two episodes of the cult favorite "Arrested Development" as "Sally Sitwell" and in 2006 in an episode of NBC's My Name Is Earl. In July 2006, Ben Stiller announced plans to direct a CBS comedy series starring Taylor,³ but the series never aired.²

She has co-starred with Mandy Moore in both Dedication and License To Wed.

Personal life

Taylor married actor, scriptwriter, and director Ben Stiller on May 13, 2000. They had met while making the tv show Heat Vision and Jack. Taylor has since appeared opposite Stiller in three films: Zoolander (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Tropic Thunder (2008).

Stiller was raised Jewish and Taylor was raised a Christian.

On April 10, 2002, Taylor gave birth to their first baby, a daughter named Ella Olivia Stiller. Taylor gave birth to her second baby, a son named Quinlin Dempsey Stiller, on July 10, 2005.

Filmography

• Hey Dude (1989–1991) as Melody Hanson
• Dallas: "Conundrum: Part 1" (1991-05-03) as Margaret Barnes
• Life Goes On: "Life After Death" (1991-11-03) as Drama Student #1
• Saved by the Bell: "S.A.T.s" (1991-11-16) as Heather Brooks
• Blossom: "What Price Love?" (1992-09-14) as Patti
• Calendar Girl (1993) as Melissa Smock
• Showdown (1993) as Julie
• Night of the Demons 2 (1994) as Terri
• Breaking Free (1995) as Brooke Kaufman
• The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) as Marcia Brady
• Caroline in the City: "Pilot" (1995-09-21) as Debbie
• Here Come the Munsters (1995) as Marilyn Hyde Munster
• Ellen (1995, two episodes) as Karen Lewis
• The Craft (1996) as Laura Lizzie
• To the Ends of Time (1996) as Princess Stephanie
• A Very Brady Sequel (1996) as Marcia Brady
• Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! (1996) as Unknown
• Party Girl (1996) as Mary
• Rewind (1997, unaired pilot) as Dana
• Murphy Brown: "Who Do You Truss?" (1997-01-13) as Taffy
• Seinfeld: "The Van Buren Boys" (1997-02-06) as Ellen
• Campfire Tales (1997) as Lauren
• Friends (1997, three episodes) as Bonnie
• Denial (1998) as Sammie
• The Wedding Singer (1998) as Holly Sullivan
• Overnight Delivery (1998) as Kimberly Jasney
• Desperate But Not Serious (1999) as Lili
• Heat Vision and Jack (1999) as The Sheriff
• Cupid: "A Great Personality" (1999-01-07)
• Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999) as Deeann Emory
• Spin City: "A Tale of Two Sisters" (2000-01-12) as Catherine Moore, Caitlin's Sister
• True Love (2001)
• Zoolander (2001) as Matilda Jeffries
• Harry's Girl (2003)
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004, three episodes) as Herself
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) as Kate Veatch
• The First Year's A Bitch (2004) as Andrea
• The Commuters (2005) as Sandy
• Arrested Development (2005, two episodes) as Sally Sitwell
• 52 Flights (2006)
• My Name Is Earl: "The Professor" (2006-02-09) as Alex Meyers
• American Dad!: "Camp Refoogee" (2006-09-10) as Candy
• Room 6 (2006) as Amy
• Dedication (2006) as Allison
• The Mirror (2006) as Herself
• License To Wed (2007) as Lindsey Jones
• Tropic Thunder (2008) as Rebecca
• Kabluey (2008) as Betty
• Yogi Bear (2010) as Cindy Bear (voice)

References

External links

• Christine Taylor at the Internet Movie Database