Krista Tesreau
{{short description|American actress (born 1964)}}
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|birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
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|occupation = Actress
|yearsactive = 1983–present
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Krista Tesreau (born January 10, 1964, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actress.
Career
Tesreau is best known for her role as Melinda “Mindy” Lewis on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, which she portrayed from 1983 to 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.kristatesreau.com/biores.htm|title=Krista Tesreau: Biography|publisher=KristaTesreau.com|accessdate=February 19, 2009}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,303078,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011030422/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,303078,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2008|title=Taking a Tina Turn|date=July 22, 1994|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|last=Carter|first=Alan|publisher=EW.com|accessdate=February 19, 2009}} In 1987 Tesreau was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Ingenue for the role,{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1987/index.html |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1987 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |accessdate=February 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818230126/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/emmys/winners1987/index.html |archivedate=August 18, 2004 }} and received a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination in 1988.
Tesreau also played Andie Klein on Santa Barbara from August 20, 1992, to January 15, 1993, and "whirling dervish" Tina Lord on One Life to Live from July 6, 1994, to January 24, 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/cast/653/Tina_Lord |title=Tina Lord profile |publisher=Soaps.com |accessdate=December 4, 2008}} Reappeared on Guiding Light as Mindy briefly in 2002, 2004,{{cite book |chapter=Comings and Goings: Krista Tesreau (Mindy Lewis) |title=Soap Opera Digest |pages=18 |date=March 3, 2009 |volume=34 |issue=9}} and again starting March 6, 2009.{{cite book |chapter=Comings and Goings: Krista Tesreau (Mindy Lewis) |title=Soap Opera Digest |pages=15 |date=March 10, 2009 |volume=34 |issue=10}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0856305|name=Krista Tesreau}}
- [http://www.kristatesreau.com/ Krista’s Official Website]
{{Tina Lord actresses}}
{{Mindy Lewis actresses}}
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Category:Actresses from St. Louis
Category:American television actresses