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Christine TaylorAdd to My CelebsAge 40 Birthday Jul. 30th, 1971 Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA Height 5' 6 1/2 |
Christine Taylor's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2008 - Tropic Thunder2007 - Dedication 2007 - Kabluey 2007 - License To Wed 2006 - Room 6 2004 - DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story 2001 - Zoolander 1998 - The Wedding Singer 1998 - Overnight Delivery 1997 - Campfire Tales 1996 - The Craft 1996 - A Very Brady Sequel 1995 - The Brady Bunch Movie 1994 - Night Of The Demons 2 |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Taylor was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joan, a homemaker, and Skip Taylor, an owner of a security company. She grew up in neighboring Wescosville, Pennsylvania. Taylor has a brother, Brian, and attended Allentown Central Catholic High School.
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, 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, but the series never aired.
She has co-starred with Mandy Moore in both Dedication and License To Wed.
Taylor has since appeared opposite Stiller in three films: Zoolander (2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), and Tropic Thunder (2008).
In 2010, Taylor guest starred on Hannah Montana.
Taylor married actor, scriptwriter, and director Ben Stiller on May 13, 2000. They had met while making the TV show Heat Vision and Jack.
The couple has two children: Ella Olivia Stiller (born April 10, 2002) and Quinlin Dempsey Stiller (July 10, 2005). The family resides in Hollywood Hills.
TRIVIA:
- Daughter-in-law of 'Anne Meara' (qv) and 'Jerry Stiller' (qv).
- Sister-in-law of 'Amy Stiller' (qv).
- Daughter, Ella Olivia Stiller, born 10 April 2002 in Los Angeles.
- Born on the same day as actor/comedian 'Tom Green (III)' (qv).
- While growing up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Taylor acted in many community productions.
- Attended Allentown Central Catholic High School (Allentown, PA, USA) and graduated in 1989.
- 2nd child with husband 'Ben Stiller' (qv) born July 10, 2005 in Los Angeles named Quinlin Dempsey Stiller.
- She and her husband 'Ben Stiller' (qv), have both guest-starred on the TV series _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv) and _"Arrested Development" (2003)_ (qv), although not in the same episode.
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