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

Nickelodeon's Hey Dude

After graduating from Allentown's Central Catholic High School, Taylor began her acting career in 1989 on the Nickelodeon Network children's television series Hey Dude, where she played the perky character Melody Hanson, a lifeguard. She continued in that role through 1991, while making various guest appearances on other programs.

The Brady Bunch, Party Girl, The Wedding Singer

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

In 1996, Taylor was awarded the lead role in the television series, Party Girl, in which she played the role of 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 the best friend role in the successful Drew Barrymore/Adam Sandler film The Wedding Singer
.

My Name is Earl

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

Trivia

Because of their near identical names, Christine is often mistaken for Christi Taylor (Playboy "Special Editions Model of the Year" for 1999) or Cristi Taylor (Penthouse Pet of the Month for April 2000). With a picture however, they are easy to tell apart: Christi is blonde, Cristi is brunette, and Christine is considerably less well endowed and does not pose naked.

Personal

In the 1990s, Taylor dated actor Matthew Lillard. In May 2000, she married actor and writer Ben Stiller.

Taylor has since appeared opposite Stiller in a number of films, including Zoolander
(2001) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(2004). Like Stiller, Taylor is considered a gifted comedic actress whose success in television and film acting has been varied, but not often heralded.

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.

Christine Taylor quote

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

Filmography

The Mirror (2006) (completed)
Room 6
(2006)
The First Year's A Bitch (2004)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(2004)
Zoolander
(2001)
Kiss Toledo Goodbye (1999)
Desperate But Not Serious (1999)
Heat Vision and Jack (1999) (TV)
Overnight Delivery
(1998)
The Wedding Singer
(1998)
Denial (1998)
Campfire Tales
(1997)
Party Girl (1996) (TV series)
Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! (1996)
A Very Brady Sequel
(1996)
To the Ends of Time (1996) (TV)
The Craft
(1996)
Here Come the Munsters (1995) (TV)
The Brady Bunch Movie
(1995)
Breaking Free (1995)
Night of the Demons 2 (1994) (V)
Showdown (1993)
Calendar Girl (1993)
Hey Dude (1989) (TV series)

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