Christa Miller

Christa Miller

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Birth name: Christa Miller Lawrence
Date of birth: 28 May 1964
Place of birth: New York, New York, USA
Nickname: Christa up
Height: 5′ 8½” (1.74 m)
Spouse: Bill Lawrence (27 November 1999 – present) 3 children

Famous Quote: “I try to stay low maintenance so I can’t live without Laura Mercier’s tinted moisturizer, which I wear instead of base. I love Kiss Me mascara. It never comes off until you wash it off. I have it on all day. I try to stay low maintenance so I can’t live without Laura Mercier’s tinted moisturizer, which I wear instead of base. I love Kiss Me mascara. It never comes off until you wash it off. I have it on all day. At my school, you could do theater or sports; I chose sports.”

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Christa Miller
United Talent Agency
9560 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 500
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2401, USA 

Biography:  Christa Miller Lawrence (born May 28, 1964) is an American actress. The tomboyish Kate who can hang with the guys with ease on “The Drew Carey Show” (a role she played from 1995-2002), Christa Miller herself was more comfortable with athletics than with powder puffs while in high school. Still, she grew into a lithe and pretty model, and moved into acting with an episode of the CBS series “Kate & Allie” in 1989. Although her aunt, Susan Saint James, played Kate, Saint James was unaware that Miller had auditioned until after she won the role. 

Miller’s mother was the model Bonnie Trompeter and as a child Miller appeared in print ads with her. By the time she was four, she had appeared on the cover of Redbook and in a mother-daughter Ivory Soap ad. Her childhood modeling was curtailed, however, after an operation for a benign bone tumor. Miller recovered completely and became a high school athlete. After high school, Miller followed briefly in her mother’s footsteps as a model before enrolling in acting lessons. When she moved to Los Angeles in 1990, she abandoned modeling.

Miller was born in New York City, the daughter of model Bonnie Trompeter. Miller was a model as a child, appearing in a Wonder Bread commercial when she was six months old, posing at three for Francesco Scavullo in an Ivory soap advertisement, and photographed for the cover of Redbook. Her days as a child model were curtailed after an operation for a benign bone tumor. After attending Convent of the Sacred Heart she returned briefly to modeling, but soon took acting lessons and gave up modeling when she moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1990. She was in the first edition of Maxim.

Christa Miller was introduced to the entertainment world at a very young age. As a toddler, she was photographed by the acclaimed Francesco Scavullo for an Ivory Snow ad with her mother, and, at the age of three, appeared on the cover of “Redbook”. Miller was bitten by the acting bug as a child, but couldn’t pursue her passion because her parents had other plans for her. Her father hoped she’d have a law career, while her mother, a 1960s supermodel, knew all too well how tough a career in entertainment could be. Despite her parents’ concern and her rigorous studies at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, she pursued a modeling career. She appeared in national magazines while working steadily in Europe and Japan. She landed her first commercial (for Polaroid) at age 16. 

Her first prime-time television role was on “Kate & Allie” (1984), a part she auditioned for and landed without the help of her aunt, series co-star Susan Saint James. Upon moving to Los Angeles in 1990, Miller won a guest role in an episode of “Northern Exposure” (1990). Other television credits include guest roles on “Seinfeld” (1990), “Party of Five” (1994) and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” (1990). Her film credits include Deceived (1991) and Love and Happiness (1995). She also starred with Kellie Martin in the acclaimed made-for-television movie A Friend to Die For (1994) (TV).

Miller’s first role on television was in Kate & Allie which starred her real-life aunt, Susan Saint James. She was also in episodes of Northern Exposure, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Party of Five. She had a major role on The Drew Carey Show from 1995-2002 playing Kate O’Brien, and was the voice of Cleopatra in the short-lived animated show Clone High.

In 2001, her husband, writer-producer Bill Lawrence, conceived a new show called Scrubs. Miller was given a recurring guest role as Dr. Cox’s (John C. McGinley) bitter ex-wife Jordan Sullivan. The role increased after season 2. She maintained this minor but crucial role in later seasons. Miller also appeared twice in Seinfeld as two different characters. In “The Sniffing Accountant” she was the boss of George Costanza’s potential employer and in “The Doodle” she was a woman whom George unsuccessfully dates. She had leading role in the 2008 TV miniseries The Andromeda Strain.

Miller married sit-com writer-producer Bill Lawrence, the co-creator of “Spin City,” in 1999 and eventually left the security of her cozy “Drew Carey” gig in 2002 after Lawrence created a recurring role for her in his latest hit series, the hospital sit-com “Scrubs” (2001- ). After primarily providing straight lines and supportive girlfriend shtick on her previous series, Miller was allowed to adroitly break type as the acid-tounged harridan Jordan Sullivan, the former wife of Dr. Cox (series regular John C. McGinley) and a hospital board member who takes pleasure in disrupting the lives of the staff. 

Miller has three children with Bill Lawrence: Charlotte Sarah (born June 8, 2000), William Stoddard (born January 3, 2003), and Henry Vanduzer (born October 8, 2006). Niece of Susan Saint James and Dick Ebersol. Daughter, Charlotte Sarah was born on June 8, 2000 in Los Angeles. She has a recurring role on “Scrubs” (2001), a show that her husband created. Gave birth to her second child, a son named William Stoddard Lawrence, on January 3, 2003.

Favorite football team is the New York Giants. Her uncle, Dick Ebersol, and cousin Charles were seriously hurt in a November 2004 plane crash. The crash claimed the lives of four people, including her 14 year old cousin, Edward “Teddy” Ebersol. Was on the cover of the first issue of Maxim magazine. Her parents are Chuck Miller and the former Bonnie Trumpeter. Has three children: Charlotte Sarah, William Stoddard, Henry Vanduzer. Gave birth to her third child, at age 42. Son, Henry Vanduzer Lawrence was born on October 8, 2006 at 12:05 a.m. in Los Angeles. Close friend with actresses Sarah Chalke and Nicole Sullivan.

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