Christa Miller
Christa Miller ( born May 28, 1964 in New York City ) is an American actress and former fashion model.
Christa Miller, daughter of model Bonnie Trompeter photo, made her first steps in show business even as a small child as a model by Francesco Scavullo. One of her paintings can be seen on a cover of the magazine Redbook. She wanted to be an actress at an early stage, but this dream could not use their implement due to other plans of their parents. My father hoped for them on a career as a lawyer and her mother knew as a former top model itself only too well, could be a career in show business as hard. Miller was sent to a convent school. Despite everything, she decided on a career as a model and was in various magazines to see, among others, on the cover of Maxim first. Their work also led to Europe and Japan.
At 16, Miller made her first commercial for Polaroid. She played her first role in 1985 as a guest on the television series Kate & Allie. For this role, she had even auditioned for and receive without the help of her aunt, Susan Saint James, who played the lead role in the series. 1990 Miller moved to Los Angeles. First, she appeared in television series such as Northern Exposure, Seinfeld, The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air and Party of Five in guest roles. Film appearances Miller had mostly only in television movies such as The Stepfather III - Father's Day or Andromeda - Deadly dust from space.
In 1995 she got a role as Kate in the new sitcom Drew Carey Show and made its breakthrough here. In 1999 she married the television producer Bill Lawrence. After she had the Drew Carey Show leave in 2002, she frequently appeared as a regular guest star on Scrubs - The Beginners, a production of her husband on. With Lawrence she has three children (* 2000, 2003 and 2006). Your last two pregnancies were incorporated into scrubs in her role as Jordan Sullivan. For her role in Scrubs Miller in 2003 and 2004 as "Best Supporting Actress in a Series ( Comedy / Musical) ( Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Comedy or Musical) " nominated for a Satellite Award.
Since 2009, Miller can be seen in the role of Ellie Torres in the comedy series Cougar Town, which is also produced by her husband.