Early life

Krista Allen was born in Ventura, California. Allen has an older brother, Dalton Earl Allen, Jr. She grew up in Houston and later lived in Austin, Texas, going to school at Austin Community College and majoring in education. Krista transferred to, and graduated from, the University of Texas with an education degree. She considered teaching as a profession, interning as a kindergarten teacher, but decided to move back to California and pursue an acting career. Allen also is a certified yoga instructor.

Career

Allen first gained attention playing the lead role in the erotic cable television series Emmanuelle in Space (1994)

She appeared on the television shows Days of Our Lives in the role of Billie Reed from 1996-2000, and Baywatch Hawaii as Jenna Avid (2000-2001).

Allen also is well known for playing a sexy virtual reality character Maitreya/Jade Blue Afterglow in an episode of The X-Files. And she is remembered for her brief appearance as the "Elevator Girl" in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar.

In 2002, she appeared in an episode of Friends, "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel" as Joey's girlfriend Mable. 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. In 2001 Allen guest starred in supernatural TV series Charmed as "The Oracle" for three episodes, She also appeared in Toby Keith's video "A Little Too Late", and had a small role in CSI as Kristy Hopkins, a hooker 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 2002, she had a role in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

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 had a recurring role on the ABC series What About Brian as Bridget, a reluctant but potential love interest for the main character Brian, 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. Allen appeared on the second season of Denise Richards: It's Complicated which premiered on June 7, 2009. Allen also appeared on an episode of NBC's Love Bites in 2011.

In August 2015, Allen began appearing as Lydia Marlowe on The CW series Significant Mother.

In addition to acting, Allen also has done nude modeling, being featured in Spanish magazine, Interviu, and French magazine, Newlook. Allen was featured in Maxim magazine's Girls of Maxim gallery and was Named #70 on the Maxim "Hot 100 of 2005" list. Allen also is a certified yoga instructor.

Allen had a T-shirt line called Superexcellent for several years.

Personal life

Allen is vegan. She runs a blog called Veggie Boom Boom with Katrina McCaffery. VBB started out as just a vegan blog but grew into much more. Krista reviews a variety of products for OM Magazine.

On 14 September 1996, she married Justin Moritt, a production manager and producer. She gave birth to her first child at age 26, a son named Jakob Nolan Moritt (aka Jake Moritt) on July 12, 1997. The couple later divorced in 1999.

On October 10, 2010, she married Mams Taylor, an Iranian rapper. They separated in April 2011 and Allen filed for divorce at Los Angeles County Superior Court on February 12, 2012.

In 2015, Allen began dating Castle star, Nathan Fillion.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Raven	Cali Goodwin	Video
1997	Liar Liar	Woman in Elevator
1997	Haunted Sea, TheThe Haunted Sea	2nd Mate Johnson
2000	Sunset Strip	Jennifer
2001	Totally Blonde	Meg Peters
2002	Face Value	Syd Deshaye
2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Pretty Woman
2003	Anger Management	Stacy
2003	Paycheck	Holographic Woman
2004	Shut Up and Kiss Me!	Tiara Benedette
2004	Tony n' Tina's Wedding	Maddy
2005	Feast	Tuffy
2007	Leo	Krista	Short film
2007	All Along	Dr. Sara Thompson
2008	Meet Market	Lucinda
2008	Third Nail, TheThe Third Nail	Hannah
2009	Alien Presence	Waymar
2009	Locker 13	Patricia	Short film
2009	Shannon's Rainbow	Jessica
2009	Silent Venom	Dr. Andrea Swanson	Video
2009	Final Destination, TheThe Final Destination	Samantha Lane
2010	Black Widow	Jennifer
2012	Amazing Racer	Jessica
2012	Little Women, Big Cars	Doro

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Emmanuelle 1: First Contact	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 2: A World of Desire	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 3: A Lesson in Love	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 4: Concealed Fantasy	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 5: A Time to Dream	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 6: One Final Fling	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 7: The Meaning of Love	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 8: Queen of the Galaxy	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1995	The Bold and the Beautiful	Shelley
1995	Deadly Games	Mrs. Fleisig	Episode: "One Mean Mother"
1995	High Tide	Patty	Episode: "Bikini Patrol"
1996	High Tide	Patty	Episode: "A Three Hour Tour" Episode: "Sunspirit"
1996	Silk Stalkings	Cora Jean Riggs / Sharon Grayson	Episode: "Black and Blue"
1996	Diagnosis: Murder	Page Tanner	Episode: "Misdiagnosis Murder"
1996	Married... with Children	Crystal Clark	Episode: "Calendar Girl"
1996	Weird Science	Annabel	Episode: "Gary and Wyatt's Bloodsucking Adventure"
1996	Rolling Thunder	Michelle	TV movie
1996-1999	Days of Our Lives	Billie Reed	41 episodes
1996	Pacific Blue	Theresa Vanoni	Episode: "Takedown"
1999	Pacific Blue	Ann Fairchild	Episode: "Just a Gigolo"
2000	X-Files, TheThe X-Files	Jade Blue Afterglow / Maitreya	Episode: "First Person Shooter"
2000	18 Wheels of Justice	Jessica Macy	Episode: "Smuggler's Blues"
2000-2001	Baywatch	Jenna Avid	26 episodes
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kristy Hopkins (uncredited)	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kristy Hopkins	Episode "I-15 Murders" Episode: "Boom"
2001	Arli$$	Krista	Episode: "Hard Choices"
2001	Spin City	Jesse (uncredited)	Episode: "Yeah Baby!"
2001	Charmed	The Oracle	3 episodes
2001	Inside Schwartz	Kelsie Anders	Episode: "Comic Relief Pitcher"
2002	Zero Effect		TV movie
2002	Friends	Mable	Episode: "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel"
2002	Glory Days	Melanie Stark	Episode: "Miss Fortune Teller"
2002	Mutant X	Lorna Templeton	Episode: "Deadly Desire"
2002	Smallville	Desiree Atkins	Episode: "Heat"
2003	Fastlane	Skyler Kase	Episode: "Defense" Episode: "Offense"
2003	Andromeda	The Princess	Episode: "The Illusion of Majesty"
2003	Just Shoot Me!	Mary Elizabeth	Episode: "The Last Temptation of Elliot"
2003	Lyon's Den, TheThe Lyon's Den	Gloria	Episode: "The Quantum Theory" Episode "Separation Anxiety"
2003	Frasier	Liz Wright	Episode: "The Placeholder"
2003	Two and a Half Men	Olivia Pearson	Episode: "Did You Check with the Captain of the Flying Monkeys?"
2004	I'm with Her	Jennifer	Episode: "I'm Not with Her"
2004	Screaming Cocktail Hour, TheThe Screaming Cocktail Hour	Singer	TV series
2005	Monk	Teresa Telenko	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas"
2005	Jake in Progress	Lisa	Episode: "Take a Number"
2005	Head Cases	Laurie Payne	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "S(elf) Help"
2006	Out of Practice	Kathy Kelly	Episode: "Restaurant Row"
2006	Freddie	Kaitlyn	Episode: "Freddie and the Hot Mom"
2006-2007	What About Brian	Bridget Keller	11 episodes
2007	Business Class	Lori	TV movie
2008	Held Up		TV movie
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Victoria	Episode: "Conference Call"
2008	Starter Wife, TheThe Starter Wife	Eve	4 episodes
2009	Dirty Sexy Money	Dana Whatley	Episode: "The Unexpected Arrival" Episode: "The Bad Guy"
2009	Philanthropist, TheThe Philanthropist	Julia Rist	3 episodes
2010	Jesse Stone: No Remorse	Cissy Hathaway	TV movie
2010	Life Unexpected	Candace Carter	Episode: "Homecoming Crashed"
2011	Protector, TheThe Protector	Miss Monroe	Episode: "Pilot"
2011	Love Bites	Janine	Episode: "Sky High"
2012	L.A. Complex, TheThe L.A. Complex	Jennifer Bell	Recurring Role
2012	Rules of Engagement	Heidi	Episode: "Timmy Quits"
2013	Melissa & Joey	Candice	Episode: "Teach Your Children"
2014	Hawaii Five-0	Nani Kahanu	Episode: "Ho'i Hou"
2014	Mistresses	Janine Winterbaum	2 Episodes
2014	Castle	Naomi Duvray	Episode: "Last Action Hero"
2015	Significant Mother	Lydia Marlowe	Upcoming series

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