Christa Miller Biography
Summary
"Christa Miller" (born May 28, 1964) is an American actress.
Early life
Miller was born in Manhattan, 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 being 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".
Career
Miller's first role on television was in "Kate & Allie", which starred her real-life aunt, Susan Saint James. She appeared 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 as Kate O'Brien, and was the voice of Cleopatra in the short-lived animated show "Clone High". Miller appeared twice on "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.
In 2001, Miller's husband, writer-producer Bill Lawrence, conceived a new comedy-drama, "Scrubs". Miller was given a guest role as Dr. Cox's (John C. McGinley) acerbic ex-wife Jordan Sullivan. Originally, the character was intended to appear in only one episode; in season 2, the role became recurring. When her young cousin Teddy Ebersol, son of Susan St. James and Dick Ebersol, died in a plane crash in 2004, "Scrubs" dedicated the season 4 episode "My Lucky Charm" to him.
Miller had a leading role in the 2008 two-part TV miniseries "The Andromeda Strain". She now appears on "Cougar Town", a sitcom created and produced by her husband.
Personal life
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). Her last two pregnancies were written into "Scrubs".
External links
(Christa Miller) Latest news and blogs
(Biography) from Disney's Touchstone Television website for "Scrubs"
Credit
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