Kellie Martin

Martin began her acting career at age 7, when her aunt who was a nanny for actor Michael Landon's children helped her land a guest spot on the Landon-produced series Father Murphy. At the age of 11, she was a contestant during Young People's Week on the Bob Eubanks-hosted version of Card Sharks.{{cite episode|date=1987|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPOfU1Ud2xk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310030250/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPOfU1Ud2xk|archive-date=March 10, 2016|title=Kellie Martin on Card Sharks (Part 1)|series=Card Sharks|access-date=December 24, 2012|via=YouTube|url-status=bot: unknown}}

Martin had a recurring role on season three of Valerie's Family: The Hogans (1987–1988). She also contributed the voice of Daphne Blake on the animated series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo in 1988–1991. In 1989, Martin began the role of Rebecca "Becca" Thatcher on the family drama Life Goes On, which ran on ABC for four seasons. She also played the role of Emily in 1989's Troop Beverly Hills, starring Shelley Long. Martin also co-hosted the 1989 pilot of America's Funniest Home Videos alongside Bob Saget.

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From 1991 to 1995, Martin supplied the voice of Molly Tasmanian Devil on Taz-Mania. In 1993, she played Sherry in Matinee, and made a guest appearance as Cleo Walker on an episode of seaQuest DSV titled "Brothers and Sisters".

In 1994, she starred in her own series, Christy.{{cite web|url=http://www.neilandchristy.com/interview-km.html|title=Exclusive Interview with Kellie Martin|date=December 18, 2001|website=neilandchristy.com}} Also in 1994, she starred in the Lifetime film A Friend to Die For. In 1995, she starred in The Face on the Milk Carton, a TV film based on the book by Caroline Cooney about a teenager who finds out she was kidnapped from her real family 13 years prior and had been raised by the parents of her kidnapper. She was in A Goofy Movie as the voice of Roxanne, Max's love interest.

In 1996, Martin starred in the Lifetime films After the Silence and Hidden in Silence. From 1998–2000, Martin appeared on the medical drama ER as medical student Lucy Knight. Martin was still attending Yale at the time and postponed her education so that she could join the cast. When she left ER, she stopped acting for three years and returned to Yale to finish her degree in art history.{{cite journal|title=Kellie Martin |author=Altman|journal=Biography|date=October 1999|volume=3|issue=10|page=10}}

In 2003, Martin starred in Mystery Woman, a Hallmark Channel film about the owner of a mystery bookshop who solves actual crimes. From 2005 to 2007, she made ten more Mystery Woman films for Hallmark, two of which she directed. Also in 2003, Martin had a supporting role on the comedic film Malibu's Most Wanted.

In 2006, she starred in the Lifetime film Live Once, Die Twice, followed by No Brother of Mine in 2007. Also in 2007, Martin provided the voice for the adult-version of Barbara Gordon on "Artifacts", an episode of The Batman.

In 2009, Martin was a guest on Grey's Anatomy, episode "No Good at Saying Sorry." She also guest starred in the Ghost Whisperer episode "Stage Fright" as Cally O'Keefe. She has guest starred on the Private Practice episode "The Way We Were".

In 2012, she played Army Captain Nicole Galassini on the Lifetime Network television series Army Wives.{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2011/10/21/army-wives-kellie-martin-robert-john-burke-ryan-michelle-bathe/|title=Exclusive: Army Wives Enlists Stars of ER, Rescue Me and Boston Legal For Season 6|website=TVLine|date=October 21, 2011|access-date=December 20, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092706/http://tvline.com/2011/10/21/army-wives-kellie-martin-robert-john-burke-ryan-michelle-bathe/|url-status=dead}}

In 2016, Martin began starring in a new Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel show Hailey Dean Mystery as the protagonist Hailey Dean who is a former prosecutor turned therapist and solves mysteries. The Hailey Dean Mysteries are based on characters from Nancy Grace's New York Times best-selling series of mystery books about Dean.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Kellie-Martin-to-Reprise-Role-for-Hallmark-Movie-Mysteries-HAILEY-DEAN-MYSTERY-DEADLY-ESTATE-20170308|title=Kellie Martin to Reprise Role for Hallmark Movie & Mysteries' Hailey Dean Mystery: Deadly Estate|date=March 8, 2017 |website=broadwayworld.com}}

In 2017, she played police officer Kimberly Leahy in seven episodes of the TBS comedy series The Guest Book.

Martin graduated from Yale University{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1995/04/30/kellie-martin/7cda8fc8-9b1b-4811-a64e-2ac3dbd8d346/|title=Kellie Martin|newspaper=Washington Post}} in 2001 with a degree in art history. She was a member of the Saybrook Fellowship. She married Keith Christian on May 15, 1999, in his hometown of Polson, Montana. They have two daughters.{{cite journal|title=Passages|author=Wren, Jennifer |journal=People|date=November 20, 2006|volume=66|issue=21}}{{cite web |title=Make Room for Maggie |url=https://people.com/archive/make-room-for-maggie-vol-67-no-7/ |website=PEOPLE.com |access-date=March 1, 2020 |date=February 19, 2007}}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/kellie-martin-pregnant-expecting-second-child-daughter/|title=Baby Girl on the Way for Kellie Martin|website=People |access-date=March 1, 2020}}

Martin owns and operates her own toy store and has authored a novel, Madam: A Novel of New Orleans from Plume.[https://business.time.com/2012/04/16/from-hollywood-actress-to-toy-store-ceo/ "From Hollywood Actress to Toy Store CEO"], time.com; retrieved April 16, 2012.

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