Early life

Lakin was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Karen (née Niedwick) and James Daley Lakin, and raised in Roswell, Georgia. She graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Communication.

Career

Lakin got her start acting in commercials, before landing her first major role as Young Rose in the American Civil War drama The Rose and the Jackal. That movie aired in 1990, one year before she was cast as Al Lambert, the tomboyish daughter, on Step by Step. After Step by Step was cancelled in 1998, she continued to appear in television movies, such as Showtime's Reefer Madness and 2005's Who's Your Daddy?. In 2006 she was a regular cast member in MTV's Wild 'n Out, an improv comedy show similar in structure to Whose Line Is It Anyway? She also appeared in a commercial called "But He Has Bud Light" that aired during Super Bowl XLI, in which her male companion wants to pick up a hitchhiker who has Bud Light beer in one hand and an axe in the other.

In 2008, she starred alongside Paris Hilton in the movie The Hottie and the Nottie, requiring extensive makeup to make her appear ugly. The film met dismal reviews in the US. In 2010, she became Craig Kilborn's sidekick (his "Huckleberry Friend" - a reference to his "favorite movie", Breakfast at Tiffany's) on The Kilborn File on select Fox stations. She was a judge on the YouTube competition Internet Icon alongside Ryan Higa on the YouTube channel, YOMYOMF, and she also is the creator of Worst Audition Ever, a live evening of comedy. Beginning in 2013 she has also been narrating audiobook adaptations. She also voiced the character Jane from The Walking Dead: Season Two video game.

Radio and Podcast Appearances

Lakin appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on March 11, 2016.

Awards and nominations

She was nominated in 1993 for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series and in 1994 for another Young Artist Award for Outstanding Youth Ensemble in a Television Series shared with Josh Byrne, Christopher Castile, Brandon Call, Staci Keanan and Angela Watson - both for Step by Step (1991). She also won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple with Paris Hilton in The Hottie and the Nottie.

LA Weekly Theater Awards

• 2009: Won the award for Female Comedy Performance for the Havok Theatre Company production of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

Ovation Awards

• 2012: Nominated for Featured Actress in a Musical for the role of Julia in the Troubadour Theater Company production of Two Gentlemen of Chicago

Personal life

Lakin married actor Brandon Breault in October 2014. In November 2015, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. Their first child, a daughter, was born in March 2016.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Finding Kelly	Kelly Harrington
2000	Big Monster on Campus	Macy
2000	Whatever It Takes	Sloane
2001	Buck Naked Arson	Becca
2002	Getting Out	Natasha	Short film
2003	Going Down	Jamie
2004	Who's Your Daddy?	Kate Reeves	Video
2004	Blue Demon	Katie	Video
2005	In Memory of My Father	Christine
2005	Suits on the Loose	Danielle
2006	Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold, TheThe Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold	Luanne King	Video
2007	Georgia Rule	Grace Cunningham
2007	Dark Mirror	Tammy
2007	Game Plan, TheThe Game Plan	Nichole
2008	Hottie and the Nottie, TheThe Hottie and the Nottie	June Phigg
2008	Chronic Town	Kelly
2008	Patsy	Patsy
2008	Red Canyon	Regina
2009	Race to Witch Mountain	Sunday
2009	Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion	Red
2009	Buttf**keer	Skyler	Short film
2010	Valentine's Day	Heather
2010	Elektra Luxx	Venus Azucar
2010	Caught in Crossfire	Tracy
2010	Life's a Beach	Rebecca
2010	Alpha and Omega	Reba (voice)
2010	You Again	Taylor
2010	Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story	Kiki Hamilton
2010	Just Married	Claire	Short film
2010	Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend	Wilimina Stansbury
2011	Dead Space: Aftermath	Leslie Pallas
2011	New Year's Eve	Waitress Alyssa
2012	Jewtopia	Helen O'Connell
2012	Parental Guidance	Helen
2013	Frankenstein Theory, TheThe Frankenstein Theory	Annie
2014	Veronica Mars	Susan Knight
2014	Small Town Saints	Lucy
2014	Somebody's Mother	Maggie	Short film
2015	Bethlehem	Connie Talbot	Announced
2015	The Leisure Class	Carla	HBO's Project Greenlight season 4 film
2016	Mother's Day	The Hostess

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Rose and the Jackal, TheThe Rose and the Jackal	Little Rose	TV film
1991-1998	Step by Step	Alicia "Al" Lambert	Main role (160 episodes)
1998	7th Heaven	Cassandra	Episode: "Let's Talk About Sex"
1999	3rd Rock from the Sun	Michelle	Episode: "Dick Solomon of the Indiana Solomons"
1999	Promised Land	Dawn Sterling	Episode: "In the Money"
2000	Odd Man Out	Gwen	Episode: "My Life as a Dog"
2000	Seven Days	Karen	Episode: "Witch Way to Prom"
2000	Opposite Sex	Lisa	Episodes: "Pilot", "The Field Trip Episode"
2000	Lost in Oz	Jade	Unsold TV pilot
2001	Ruling Class	Sara Olszewski	TV film
2002	Boston Public	Cindy	Episode: "Chapter 42"
2002	Touched by an Angel	Ashlee	Episode: "Two Sides to Every Angel"
2004	Combustion	Carmen	TV film
2004	Rodney	Ms. Preston	Episode: "Teacher"
2005	Reefer Madness	Joan of Arc	TV film
2005	Dirty Famous	Tanya Bremer	TV film
2005	Veronica Mars	Susan Knight	Episode: "Mars vs. Mars"
2006	Mystery Woman: At First Sight	Francie McPhillips	TV film
2006	Sons & Daughters	Sydney	Episodes: "Karaoke", "House Party"
2006	One on One	Erin	Episode: "I Love L.A.: Part 1"
2007	Loop, TheThe Loop	Leeza	Episode: "Stride"
2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Margo Delphi	Episode: "The Theory of Everything"
2008	Wainy Days	Nan	Episode: "Nan and Lucy"
2008-2009	Valentine	Kate Providence	Main role (8 episodes)
2009	Bones	Vanessa Newcomb	Episode: "The Bones That Foam"
2009	Rita Rocks	Stephanie	Recurring role (4 episodes)
2010-present	Family Guy	Joyce Kinney (voice)	Recurring role (23 episodes)
2010	Iceman Chronicles, TheThe Iceman Chronicles	Barbie Pedderson	TV series
2010	NCIS	Rachel Wells	Episode: "Double Identity"
2011	Hellcats	Kelly	Episodes: "Papa, Oh Papa", "I'm Sick Y'all"
2011	Melissa & Joey	Jackie	Episode: "Waiting for Mr. Right"
2012	Stevie TV	Taylor Armstrong / Mackenzie's Mom	Episodes: "1.1", "1.2"
2012	Lovin' Lakin	Christine Lakin	TV miniseries
2012	Melissa & Joey	Jackie	Episode: "The Donor"
2012	CSI: NY	Courtney Jensen	Episode: "The Real McCoy"
2013	Police Guys	Christine Lakin	TV film
2014	Female Moments	Maude	Episode: "Stuck"
2014	TripTank	Claire / Christine (voice)	Episodes: "Roy & Ben's Day Off", "Candy Van Finger Bang", "XXX Overload"
2014	Melissa & Joey	Jackie	Episodes: "You're the One I Want", "Maybe I'm Amazed"
2014	Clarence	Sumo's Mom (voice)	Minor role (4 episodes)
2014	Acting Dead	Snotty Casting Director	Episodes: "Career Suicide", "This Town Needs an Exorcist"
2016	Modern Family	Lisa Delaney	Episode: "Playdates"

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2011	Might & Magic Heroes VI	Irina
2011	Uncharted: Golden Abyss	Marisa Chase
2012	Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse	Joyce Kinney
2013	Walking Dead: Season Two, TheThe Walking Dead: Season Two	Jane
2014	WildStar	Mordesh Female, Lowborn Female

Theatre

Title	Role
Big, the Musical	Choreographer
Oedipus the King, Mama!	Antigone
Heathers	Heather Duke
As U2 Like It	Choreographer
Alice 2: Through the Looking Glass	Choreographer
Dog Sees God	Tricia
Zanna Don't!	Choreographer
Happy Days: A Family Musical	Joanie
Alice in One-Hit Wonderland	Alice
The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical	Casey / Sheila
Ann E. Wrecksick	Olivia Whorebucks
Wrong Turn at Lungfish	Anita / Nurse
Sneaux	Darla / Sissy
Silence! The Musical	Clarice Starling

Audiobook Narrations

The Royal We	Author
Unmarked	Kami Garcia
Broken Monsters	Lauren Beukes
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown	Holly Black
Parasite	Mira Grant
Symbiont	Mira Grant
Chimera	Mira Grant

[ Source: Wikipedia ]