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Christine Joan Taylor (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress.¹

Biography

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 in Allentown.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 1996, Taylor was awarded the lead role in the television series Party Girl, based on the 1995 film of the same name. The title character is 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, NBC's Friends(in one episode her character shaves her head) and Seinfeld. She also played Drew Barrymore's cousin, Holly Sullivan in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer and made several successful comedic guest appearances on Ellen. In 1995, Taylor was cast as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel, for which she received attention from critics due to her physical resemblance to Maureen McCormick.

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, Ben Stiller announced he would be directing a comedy starring Taylor 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.³

Personal life

In the 1990s, Taylor dated actors Neil Patrick Harris⁴ and Matthew Lillard. On May 13, 2000, she married actor, writer, and director Ben Stiller whom she met while filming 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). 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.

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

References

External links

• Christine Taylor at the Internet Movie Database.
• Christine Taylor at NNDB.
• Christine Taylor at Famous Why.