Christine Barger

{{Short description|American actress}}

Christine Barger (born 1980){{cn|date=January 2024}} is an American entertainer originally from Indiana.{{Cite web |title=Christine Barger |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/christine-barger/3030146234/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}} Barger has made appearances as a ventriloquist{{Cite web |date=2021-01-20 |title=Potempa: Masked days harder, not easier, for local ventriloquist with national fame |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-potempa-column-st-0121-20210121-nh5cbtu7snaapljnxb4qfc7yoq-story.html |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Chicago Tribune}} on television shows including Penn & Teller Fool Us,{{Cite web |date=2018-09-22 |title=Indiana ventriloquist to appear on Penn and Teller: Fool Us |url=https://fox59.com/morning-news/indiana-ventriloquist-to-appear-on-penn-and-teller-fool-us/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Fox 59 |language=en-US}} as well as gaining an internet following with her puppets on social media platforms such as TikTok, YouTube and Likee. As an actress she is best known for her roles of Margie in American Pie Presents Beta House and Dana Buckowski in iCarly.{{Cite web |last=WKVI |first= |date=2012-10-25 |title=NJSP Graduate to Appear on Nickelodeon Saturday |url=https://wkvi.com/2012/10/njsp-graduate-to-appear-on-nickelodeon-saturday/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=WKVI Information Center |language=en-US}}

In the niche market of Escape Rooms and Haunted Attractions, she is better known as “The Haunt Girl”{{Cite web |last=Law |first=Peih-Gee |date=2023-10-17 |title=REPOD S6E3: Pics or It Didn't Happen with Christine Barger, The Haunt Girl |url=https://roomescapeartist.com/2023/10/17/rs6e3-christine-barger-haunt-girl/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Room Escape Artist |language=en-US}} also the title of her decade old blog on the subject.{{Cite web |title=Christine Barger – Midsummer Scream |url=https://midsummerscream.org/christine-barger/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |language=en}} After establishing herself as an expert in that community,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-04 |title=Best Escape Room (2023) - USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards |url=https://10best.usatoday.com/awards/travel/best-escape-room-2023/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=10Best |language=en}} she and her partner created the 13th Basement escape room at their company Exit Game in Anaheim, California.{{Cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.theexitgame.com/about |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Exit Game |language=en}}