Early life

Taylor was born on July 30, 1971, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Joan, a homemaker, and Albert E. "Skip" Taylor III, who owns a security company. She grew up in neighboring Wescosville, Pennsylvania. Taylor has a brother, Brian, and attended Allentown Central Catholic High School.

Career

Taylor began her acting career in 1989 on the Nickelodeon children's television series Hey Dude where she played the lifeguard Melody Hanson. She continued in that role through 1991 while making various guest appearances on other programs. In 1995, Taylor was cast as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and later in A Very Brady Sequel. Following The Brady Bunch Movie, Taylor made several comedic guest appearances on Ellen, landing the lead role in the television series Party Girl, based on the 1995 film of the same name, and more guest appearances on Seinfeld and Friends. She played the racist school bully Laura Lizzie in the 1996 horror film The Craft, and also played Drew Barrymore's cousin, Holly Sullivan, in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer. In 2001, she starred alongside her husband Ben Stiller in Zoolander.

Later, she made television appearances as a guest star, in 2005, in two episodes of Arrested Development as "Sally Sitwell" and, in 2006, in an episode of NBC's My Name Is Earl. In July 2006, Taylor's husband Ben Stiller announced plans to direct a CBS sitcom starring Taylor, but the series never aired. She has appeared with Mandy Moore in both Dedication and License to Wed. In 2010, Taylor guest starred on Hannah Montana Forever. In 2010, she also starred in the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie Farewell Mr. Kringle. In 2013, Taylor reprised her role as Sally Sitwell in two episodes of the revived Arrested Development.

Personal life

Taylor married Ben Stiller on May 13, 2000. They met while making the TV show Heat Vision and Jack. Stiller and Taylor appeared onscreen together in Zoolander, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Tropic Thunder, Zoolander 2, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Arrested Development. They reside in Westchester County, New York and have a daughter, Ella Olivia, and a son, Quinlin Dempsey. Both have adopted a vegan diet for health reasons.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Calendar Girl	Melissa Smock	Credited as Christine Joan Taylor
	Showdown	Julie
1994	Night of the Demons 2	Terri
1995	Breaking Free	Brooke Kaufman
	The Brady Bunch Movie	Marcia Brady
1996	The Craft	Laura Lizzie
	A Very Brady Sequel	Marcia Brady
	Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks!	Ballerina
1997	Campfire Tales	Lauren
1998	Denial	Sammie
	The Wedding Singer	Holly Sullivan
	Overnight Delivery	Kimberly Jasney
	Desperate But Not Serious	Lili
	Heat Vision and Jack	The Sheriff
1999	Kiss Toledo Goodbye	Deeann Emory
2001	True Love	Unknown
	Zoolander	Matilda Jeffries
2004	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Katherine "Kate" Veatch
	The First Year's a Bitch	Andrea
2006	Room 6	Amy
	Dedication	Allison
	The Mirror	Herself
2007	License To Wed	Lindsey Jones
2008	Tropic Thunder	Rebecca
	Kabluey	Betty
2012	The First Time	Mrs. Miller
2016	Zoolander 2	Ghost of Matilda Jeffries
2016	Little Boxes	Joan	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989-91	Hey Dude	Melody Hanson	62 episodes
1991	Dallas	Margaret Barnes	1 episode
	Saved by the Bell	Heather Brooks	1 episode
	Life Goes On	Drama Student #1	1 episode, as Christine Joan Taylor
1992	Blossom	Patti	1 episode, as Christine Joan Taylor
1995	Caroline in the City	Debbie	1 episode
	Here Come the Munsters	Marilyn Hyde (Munster)	Television film
	Ellen	Karen Lewis	2 episodes
1996	Party Girl	Mary	4 episodes
	To the Ends of Time	Princess Stephanie	Television film
1997	Rewind	Dana	Unaired pilot
	Murphy Brown	Taffy	1 episode
	Friends	Bonnie	3 episodes: "The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion" (season 3: episode 24) "The One at the Beach" (season 3: episode 25) "The One with the Jellyfish" (season 4: episode 1)
	Seinfeld	Ellen	1 episode: "The Van Buren Boys"
1999	Cupid	Yvonne	1 episode
2000	Spin City	Catherine Moore (Caitlin's Sister)	1 episode
2003	Harry's Girl	Harry's Girl	Television film
2004	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Herself	3 episodes
2005	The Commuters	Sandy	Television film
2005-13	Arrested Development	Sally Sitwell	4 episodes
2006	My Name Is Earl	Alex Meyers	1 episode
	American Dad!	Candy (voice)	1 episode
	52 Flights	Jennifer	Television film
2010	Phineas and Ferb	Khakka Peu Peu's nagging wife	1 episode
	Hannah Montana Forever	Lori	2 episodes
	Farewell Mr. Kringle	Anna	Television film
2011	Rip City	Janet Marsh	Television film
2012-13	Burning Love	Symphony	4 episodes
2015	Sharing	Polly	Television film

Charities

Christine Taylor supports the following charitable causes: AIDS, ALS (amyrotrophic lateral sclerosis).

[ Source: Wikipedia ]