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Krista Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for her role on Days of Our Lives and for headlining the Emmanuelle in Space film series. Possessed of a ravishing beauty and one of the most bodacious bodies in Hollywood, it's not surprising that raven-haired Krista Allen was able to make her mark in several sexpot roles. What is more surprising, however, is Allen's natural ease as an actress, projecting a convincing warmth and vulnerability that often supercedes her upfront sexuality. Allen was born in Ventura, California, the daughter of Katherine Mary (née Raposa) and Dalton Earl Allen, Sr., who later divorced. Allen has an older brother, Dalton Earl Allen, Jr. She lived in Austin, Texas. She went to school at Austin Community College and majored in education. She considered teaching as a profession but ultimately decided to move to California and pursue an acting career. However, Allen had also made a career decision that might have ultimately derailed the serious ambitions of another actress when she agreed to star in a serialized erotic revival of French novelist Emmanuelle Arsan's sexually uninhibited character Emmanuelle. Allen played the lead role in 1994's "Emmanuelle In Space," which amounted to little more than an unending series of soft-core sex vignettes strung together by an absurd storyline in which Emmanuelle teaches space aliens the joys of sex and love. The actress appeared frequently in the nude and displayed all of her natural (and possible unnatural endowments) and yet even in this unrepentant tripe she projected an unexpected likeability and sincerity that, when the series eventually surfaced on U.S. pay-cable and home video, won her legions of admirers well after her career took a more "legitimate" turn. Allen appeared on the television shows Days of Our Lives (as Billie Reed, 1996-1999) and Baywatch Hawaii (Jenna Avid, 2000-2001). Television proved to be fertile ground for Allen, and she snared guest spots on many series, including "Married With Children," "Pacific Blue," "Arli$$," "Friends," "Spin City," "Charmed," "Smallville," "Frasier," "Two and Half Men" and a brief recurring role on "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation." The actress increased her fan base dramatically with a guest shot on a 2000 episode of the cult favorite "The X-Files" titled "First Person Shooter," where she played Maitreya, a buxom Lara Croft-style computer-generated video vixen who comes to life, as well as the sultry actress the CGI bombshell was based on. She also turned a recurring guest spot on "Baywatch Hawaii" into a regular role as Jenna Avid, the troublemaking lifeguard-turned-lawmaker in the tight yellow swimsuit (2000-2001). Allen has also appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and the Project Greenlight horror film Feast. Allen is also well known for playing a sexy virtual reality character Maitreya/Jade Blue Afterglow in an episode of The X-Files, and is remembered for her brief appearance as the busty "Elevator Girl" in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar. She also played the lead role in the erotic series Emmanuelle in Space. In 2005, she appeared in the short-lived FOX sitcom Head Cases. In both Smallville and Mutant X, Allen played a woman who could control men with her sex pheromones. She also appeared in Toby Keith's video "A Little Too Late", and had a small role in CSI as a hooker, Kristy Hopkins who caught the eye of Nick Stokes in the pilot episode on October 6, 2000. She returned later in the first season as a murder victim. In 2005, she was one of the stars of HBO's Unscripted, playing herself as an actress who struggles to overcome her sex symbol status in order to win more serious roles. Allen is featured in Maxim magazine's Girls of Maxim gallery and was Named #70 on the Maxim "Hot 100 of 2005" list. In 2005 Allen proved to be the revelation of the Steven Soderbergh-George Clooney-produced HBO series "Unscripted" which drew heavily on her real-life persona, including using her actual name, career details and her life as a single mother (her son Jake Morritt appeared with her on the show) struggling to evolve out of sexpot roles and emerge as an actress of serious craft. Not surprisngly, the series provided the proof of the actual Allen's depth and talent. Allen had a recurring role on the ABC series What About Brian as Bridget who is a reluctant but potential love interest for the main character, Brian which played by Barry Watson. In 2007, Allen appeared in the ABC reality television series Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, featuring a dozen celebrities in a stock car racing competition. In the first round, she matched up against skateboarder Tony Hawk and rodeo champion Ty Murray. In addition to acting, Allen also has a t-shirt line called SuperEXellent. Allen enjoyed a sideline as a clothing designer: to express her political opposition to President George W. Bush, she designed a line of panties that read "No More Bush" which proved solid sellers in the trendy L.A. boutique Kitson. She followed up with a t-shirt line titled SexBrand, with tops emblazoned with messages like "You Were Never My Boyfriend," "On the Wrong Side of 30" and "My Mom Says I'm a Catch." Allen is sometimes credited as Krista Allen-Moritt as a result of her marriage to Justin Moritt which lasted from 1996 to 1999; they have one son, Jacob Nolan, born on July 12, 1997. Allen also dated actor George Clooney on and off since 2002, however, that relationship ended in 2004. |
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