Christine Taylor
{{short description|American actress (born 1971)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Christine Taylor at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (cropped).jpg
| caption = Taylor in September 2024
| birth_name = Christine Joan Taylor
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|7|30}}
| birth_place = Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{Marriage|Ben Stiller|2000}}
| children = 2
| imagesize =
| years active = 1989–present
}}
Christine Joan Taylor Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress. She has played Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel and appeared in The Craft, The Wedding Singer, Zoolander, and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. In television, she has appeared in roles in Hey Dude, Arrested Development, and Search Party.
Early life and education
Taylor was born on July 30, 1971, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Joan, a homemaker, and Albert E. "Skip" Taylor III, who owns a security company.{{cite news|last=Willstein|first=Paul|date=February 12, 1995|title=Here's The Story How Christine Taylor Became Marcia Brady|newspaper=The Morning Call|url=https://www.mcall.com/1995/02/12/heres-the-story-how-christine-taylor-became-marcia-brady/|url-status=live|access-date=20 October 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220224153052/https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1995-02-12-3021322-story.html|archive-date=February 24, 2022}} She grew up in neighboring Wescosville, Pennsylvania, and has a younger brother.
Taylor was raised Roman Catholic and attended St. Thomas More School and then Allentown Central Catholic High School.{{cite web |url= https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800231183/bio |title=Christine Taylor Biography |publisher= Yahoo! Movies|url-status=dead| archive-url= https://archive.today/20120711110441/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/christine-taylor/biography.html|archive-date=2012-07-11|access-date=2020-06-20}}
Career
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In 1989, Taylor began her acting career on the Nickelodeon children's television series Hey Dude in which she portrayed the lifeguard Melody Hanson.{{Cite web|title=Wescosville native Christine Taylor and 'Hey Dude' cast reunites after 25 years|url=https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-xpm-2014-06-13-mc-christine-taylor-hey-dude-reunion-20140613-story.html|access-date=2021-11-19|website=The Morning Call|date=June 13, 2014 |language=en}} She continued in that role through 1991, while making various guest appearances on other programs and films.
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 made several comedic guest appearances on the television series 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 sitcoms, including Seinfeld and Friends.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-04|title=Every Actor Who Appeared On Friends & Seinfeld|url=https://screenrant.com/friends-seinfeld-actors-both-shows-appearances/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=James|first=Caryn|date=1996-09-09|title=Party Girl by Night, Library Clerk by Day|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/09/arts/party-girl-by-night-library-clerk-by-day.html|access-date=2021-11-19|issn=0362-4331}}
In 1996, she portrayed the racist school bully Laura Lizzie in the horror film The Craft, and also portrayed Drew Barrymore's cousin, Holly Sullivan, in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer.{{Cite web|last=McDowell|first=Erin|title=THEN AND NOW: The cast of 'The Craft' 25 years later|url=https://www.insider.com/then-and-now-cast-of-the-craft-2020-10|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Insider|language=en-US}} In 2001, she starred alongside her husband Ben Stiller in Zoolander. In 2005, Taylor guest starred on two episodes of Arrested Development, portraying the character Sally Sitwell; and the following year she performed in an episode of NBC's My Name Is Earl.{{Cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=2015-03-10|title=Christine Taylor Boards NBC Comedy 'Sharing' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/christine-taylor-boards-nbc-comedy-780529/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-19|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119165206/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/christine-taylor-boards-nbc-comedy-780529/ |archive-date=November 19, 2021 }}
In July 2006, Taylor's husband Ben Stiller announced plans to direct a CBS sitcom starring Taylor,{{cite web | title=Stiller, CBS down home for Taylor-tailored comedy | url=http://social.moldova.org/news/stiller-cbs-down-home-for-taylortailored-comedy-13871-eng.html | website=moldova.org | access-date=July 5, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722151949/http://social.moldova.org/news/stiller-cbs-down-home-for-taylortailored-comedy-13871-eng.html | archive-date=July 22, 2011 }} but the series never aired. Taylor has appeared with Mandy Moore in both Dedication and License to Wed.{{Cite news|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=2007-07-03|title=Ready to Put This Union Asunder|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/movies/03wed.html|access-date=2021-11-19|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news|last=Catsoulis|first=Jeannette|date=2007-08-24|title=In a World of Heartbreak, He's a Catch (Quirks a Plus)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/movies/24dedi.html|access-date=2021-11-19|issn=0362-4331}} In 2010, Taylor guest starred in Hannah Montana Forever and the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie Farewell Mr. Kringle.{{Cite news|date=2010-07-05|title="Hannah Montana" starts final season as Miley moves on|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hannahmontana-idUSTRE66434K20100705|access-date=2021-11-19}}{{Cite web|last=Piane|first=Charlie|title=Christine Taylor Stars In 'FAREWELL MR. KRINGLE,' A Hallmark Channel Original Movie|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Christine-Taylor-Stars-In-FAREWELL-MR-KRINGLE-A-Hallmark-Channel-Original-Movie-20100419|access-date=2021-11-19|website=BroadwayWorld.com|language=en}}
In 2013, Taylor reprised her role as Sally Sitwell in two episodes of the revived fourth season of Arrested Development.{{Cite web|title=Actress Christine Taylor loved getting 'Arrested' again|url=https://www.mcall.com/entertainment/tv/mc-xpm-2013-05-25-mc-christine-taylor-arrested-development-20130525-story.html|access-date=2021-11-19|website=The Morning Call|date=May 25, 2013 |language=en}} She also guest starred on Elementary in 2017, playing villainess Gail Lundquist. From 2016 to 2022, Taylor had a recurring role as Gail on Search Party.{{Cite web|title=Rosie Perez, Christine Taylor join cast of TBS mystery-comedy 'Search Party'|url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2016/05/05/Rosie-Perez-Christine-Taylor-join-cast-of-TBS-mystery-comedy-Search-Party/9901462454281/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=UPI|language=en}} In 2021, Taylor joined the cast of High Desert, an Apple TV+ series.{{Cite web|last=Holmes|first=Martin|title=Apple Series 'High Desert' Adds Matt Dillon, Bernadette Peters, Christine Taylor & More|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1020515/apple-series-high-desert-adds-matt-dillon-bernadette-peters-christine-taylor-more/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=TV Insider|date=November 3, 2021 |language=en-US}} In 2023, she reunited with her Hey Dude co-star David Lascher for the Hey Dude...The 90s Called! podcast.{{cite web|title=Hey Dude... The 90s Called!|url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-hey-dude-the-90s-called-105643301/|website=iheart.com}}
Personal life
Taylor dated actor Neil Patrick Harris from 1997 to 1998.[https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64040823/ "Neil Patrick Harris realized he was gay while dating a famous woman"], IMDb, April 16, 2023
In May 2000, Taylor married Ben Stiller, whom she first met in 1999 while they were both filming Heat Vision and Jack.{{cite news |first=Marcus |last=Errico |title=Ben Stiller Hitched! |url=https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/39862/ben-stiller-hitched |work=E! |date=May 16, 2000 |access-date=June 20, 2020}} Taylor and Stiller appeared together in the films Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Tropic Thunder, and Zoolander 2, and the television series Arrested Development and Curb Your Enthusiasm. They live in Westchester County, New York,{{cite news |first=Lee|last=Tulloch|url= http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/ben-stiller-in-the-moment-20131111-2xani.html|title= Ben Stiller in the moment |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media|location=Sydney, Australia|date= November 16, 2013|access-date=October 14, 2018}} and have a daughter and a son.{{cite news|last=Thompson |first=Bob |work=National Post |title=Group Outing |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=7601301e-15e5-42de-9c5e-5ff46fd1a9d6&k=32249 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208132451/http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=7601301e-15e5-42de-9c5e-5ff46fd1a9d6&k=32249 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 8, 2012 |date=December 16, 2006 |access-date=March 29, 2009 }} Taylor and Stiller are both vegetarians.{{cite web |first=Karin |last=Yates |url=http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/05/18/christine-taylor-and-ben-stiller-embrace-plant-based-lifestyle/ |title=Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller Embrace Plant-Based Lifestyle |website=Ecorazzi.com |date=May 18, 2012 |access-date=February 22, 2013 |archive-date=May 25, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525093250/http://www.ecorazzi.com/2012/05/18/christine-taylor-and-ben-stiller-embrace-plant-based-lifestyle}}{{Cite web|last=Denson|first=Jarrod|date=2013-01-09|title=Living Green with Christine Taylor|url=https://www.organicspamagazine.com/living-green-with-christine-taylor/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Organic Spa Magazine|language=en-US}}
After 17 years of marriage, Taylor and Stiller separated in 2017.{{cite news|first=Jayme|last=Deerwester|title=Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor separate after 17 years of marriage|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/05/26/ben-stiller-christine-taylor-separate-after-17-years-of-marriage/102214466/|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 26, 2017|access-date=May 28, 2017}} The couple later reconciled after living together during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.{{Cite web |last=D'Agostino |first=Ryan |date=February 22, 2022 |title=Ben Stiller Sees the World Differently Now |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a39139152/ben-stiller-severance-profile/ |access-date=November 2, 2024 |website=Esquire |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Jakiel |first=Olivia |date=February 23, 2022 |title=Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor Are Back Together After Separating in 2017: 'We're Happy' |url=https://people.com/movies/ben-stiller-christine-taylor-are-back-together-after-separating/ |access-date=November 2, 2024 |website=People |language=en}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saved by the bell 1994 | Christine | one episode S.A.T's
| rowspan=2|1993 | Calendar Girl | Melissa Smock | Credited as Christine Joan Taylor |
| | Showdown | Julie | ||||
| 1994 | Night of the Demons 2 | Terri | |||
| rowspan=2|1995 | Breaking Free | Brooke Kaufman | |||
| | The Brady Bunch Movie | Marcia Brady | ||||
| rowspan=4|1996 | The Craft | Laura Lizzie | |||
| | A Very Brady Sequel | Marcia Brady | ||||
| | Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks! | Ballerina | ||||
| | To the Ends of Time | Princess Stephanie | ||||
| 1997 | Campfire Tales | Lauren | |||
| rowspan=4|1998 | Denial | Sammie | |||
| | The Wedding Singer | Holly Sullivan | ||||
| | Overnight Delivery | Kimberly Jasney | ||||
| | Desperate but Not Serious | Lili | ||||
| 1999 | Kiss Toledo Goodbye | Deeann Emory | |||
| rowspan=2|2001 | True Love | Unknown | |||
| | Zoolander | Matilda Jeffries | ||||
| rowspan=2|2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Katherine "Kate" Veatch | |||
| | The First Year's a Bitch | Andrea | ||||
| rowspan=3|2006 | Room 6 | Amy | |||
| | Dedication | Allison | ||||
| | The Mirror | Herself | ||||
| 2007 | License to Wed | Lindsey Jones | |||
| rowspan=2|2008 | Tropic Thunder | Rebecca | |||
| | Kabluey | Betty | ||||
| 2012 | The First Time | Mrs. Miller | |||
| rowspan=2|2016 | Zoolander 2 | Matilda Jeffries | |||
| Little Boxes | Joan | ||||
| 2020 | Friendsgiving | Brianne | |||
| 2024 | Sweethearts | Diane | |||
| TBA | The Dink | Filming |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989–1991 | Hey Dude | Melody Hanson | Main cast; 5 seasons |
| rowspan=3|1991 | Dallas | Margaret Barnes | 1 episode: "Conundrum" |
| | Saved by the Bell | Heather Brooks | 1 episode | |
| | Life Goes On | Drama Student #1 | 1 episode, as Christine Joan Taylor | |
| 1992 | Blossom | Patti | 1 episode, as Christine Joan Taylor |
| rowspan=3|1995 | Caroline in the City | Debbie | 1 episode |
| | Here Come the Munsters | Marilyn Hyde (Munster) | Television film | |
| | Ellen | Karen Lewis | 2 episodes | |
| rowspan=2|1996 | Party Girl | Mary | 4 episodes |
| | To the Ends of Time | Princess Stephanie | Television film | |
| rowspan=4|1997 | Rewind | Dana | Unaired pilot |
| | Murphy Brown | Taffy | 1 episode | |
| | Friends | Bonnie | 3 episodes | |
| | Seinfeld | Ellen | 1 episode: "The Van Buren Boys" | |
| rowspan=2|1999 | Cupid | Yvonne | 1 episode |
| | Heat Vision and Jack | The Sheriff | Pilot | |
| 2000 | Spin City | Catherine Moore (Caitlin's Sister) | 1 episode |
| 2003 | Harry's Girl | Harry's Girl | Television film |
| 2004 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Herself | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | The Commuters | Sandy | Television film |
| 2005–2019 | Sally Sitwell | 11 episodes | |
| rowspan=3|2006 | My Name Is Earl | Alex Meyers | 1 episode: "The Professor" |
| | American Dad! | Candy (voice) | 1 episode | |
| | 52 Flights | Jennifer | Television film | |
| rowspan=3|2010 | Phineas and Ferb | Mrs. Khaka Peü Peü (voice) | 1 episode |
| | Hannah Montana Forever | Lori | 2 episodes | |
| Farewell Mr. Kringle | Anna | Television film | |
| 2011 | Rip City | Janet Marsh | Television film |
| 2012–2013 | Burning Love | Symphony | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | Sharing | Polly | Television film |
| 2016 | Zoolander: Super Model | Matilda Jeffries (voice) | Television film |
| 2016–2022 | Search Party | Gail | 11 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2017 | Elementary | Gail Lundquist | 1 episode |
| Odd Mom Out | Barrett | 1 episode | |
| 2018 | Insatiable | Gayle Keene | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | iCarly | Argenthina Woolridge | 1 episode |
| 2023 | High Desert | Dianne | Recurring role |
References
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