Christine Lakin
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Christine Helen Lakin is an American
United States
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 actress. She is best known for her role as Alicia "Al" Lambert on the 1990s ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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/CBS
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 situation comedy
Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 Step by Step and as Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" , is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the...

 in Showtime's Reefer Madness
Reefer Madness (2005 film)
Reefer Madness premiered on April 16, 2005 on the Showtime cable network. It is a television movie version of the 1998 musical, and stars Alan Cumming as the Lecturer, Ana Gasteyer as Mae, and Kristen Bell as Mary. The movie also stars siblings Christian and Neve Campbell as Jimmy Harper and Miss...

. She was the sidekick on Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn is an American actor and talk show host. He was the original host of The Daily Show, a former anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter, and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS' The Late Late Show. On June 28, 2010, he launched The Kilborn File after a six-year absence from television...

's short-lived 2010 Fox
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 talk show, The Kilborn File.

Early years

Lakin was born in Dallas, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, the daughter of Karen (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....

 Niedwick) and James Daley Lakin, and raised in Roswell
Roswell, Georgia
Roswell is a city located in northern Fulton County; it is a suburb of northern Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The 2010 Census population was 88,346. It is the eighth largest city in Georgia...

, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

. She graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Communications.

Career

Christine Lakin got her start acting in commercials, before landing her first major role as Young Rose in the American Civil War
American Civil War
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 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 movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

s, such as Showtime's Reefer Madness
Reefer Madness (2005 film)
Reefer Madness premiered on April 16, 2005 on the Showtime cable network. It is a television movie version of the 1998 musical, and stars Alan Cumming as the Lecturer, Ana Gasteyer as Mae, and Kristen Bell as Mary. The movie also stars siblings Christian and Neve Campbell as Jimmy Harper and Miss...

and 2005's Who's Your Daddy?
Who's Your Daddy? (film)
Who's Your Daddy? is a 2003 comedy film directed by Andy Fickman.-Synopsis:Chris Hughes , an adopted and geeky Ohio high school senior discovers that his recently deceased birth parents are the proprietors of a vast pornography empire and he is the inherited heir...

.

In 2006 she was a regular cast member in MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's Wild 'n Out
Wild 'N Out
Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'n Out is a game show on MTV starring Nick Cannon.-Premise:Similar in premise to game-type shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the show puts two teams of comedians: the "Red Squad", captained by Cannon and contained Katt Williams for the first 3 seasons, and the "Black...

, an improv comedy show similar in structure to Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series made for the UK's Channel 4, for a 10 series run...

She also appeared in commercial called "But He Has Bud Light" that aired during Super Bowl XLI
Super Bowl XLI
Super Bowl XLI was an American football game that featured the American Football Conference champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League champion for the 2006 season...

, 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
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...

 in the movie The Hottie and the Nottie
The Hottie and the Nottie
The Hottie And The Nottie is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Paris Hilton, Joel Moore, Christine Lakin, and Greg Wilson. It was written by Heidi Ferrer . The film started shooting in January 2007 and was released February 8, 2008. Its first-day earnings were $9,000, and it went on to earn...

, requiring extensive makeup to make her appear ugly. The film met dismal reviews in the US. As of 2008, she also has several new films in either production or post-production.

In 2010 she became Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn
Craig Kilborn is an American actor and talk show host. He was the original host of The Daily Show, a former anchor on ESPN's SportsCenter, and Tom Snyder's successor on CBS' The Late Late Show. On June 28, 2010, he launched The Kilborn File after a six-year absence from television...

's sidekick (his "Huckleberry Friend" – a reference to his "favorite movie", Breakfast At Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's is a 1961 romantic comedy film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, and featuring Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, and Mickey Rooney. The film was directed by Blake Edwards and released by Paramount Pictures...

) on The Kilborn File on select Fox stations.

Awards and nominations

She was nominated in 1993 for a Young Artist Award
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...

 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
Josh Byrne
Josh Byrne is an American actor best known for his role as Brendan Lambert on the ABC family sitcom Step by Step, a role he played for six out of the show's seven seasons. His disappearance from the show was never explained during the show's final season, which aired on CBS...

, Christopher Castile
Christopher Castile
Christopher Jon Castile is an American actor from Orange County, California. He is best known for his roles as Ted Newton in the movies Beethoven and Beethoven's 2nd, playing the voice of Zachary Sellers and Nick Mulligan in Focus on the Family's Adventures in Odyssey, as well as playing Mark...

, Brandon Call
Brandon Call
Brandon Spencer Lee Call is an American television and film actor.-Early life and career:Born in Torrance, California, Call began his career as a child actor in 1984 appearing in guest roles on Simon & Simon and Hotel. In 1985, he landed a recurring role on the NBC daytime drama, Santa Barbara...

, Staci Keanan
Staci Keanan
Staci Keanan is an American actress. Keanan is best known for her roles in the television series My Two Dads and Step by Step .-Life and career:...

 and Angela Watson
Angela Watson
Angela Christine Watson is an American model and actress best known for her role on the American sitcom Step by Step, where she played one of the daughters of Suzanne Somers' character.-Early years:...

 - both for Step by Step (1991
1991 in television
For the American TV schedule, see: 1991-92 United States network television schedule.The year 1991 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1991.-Events:-Debuts:-1950s:...

). She also won a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple with Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...

 in The Hottie and the Nottie
The Hottie and the Nottie
The Hottie And The Nottie is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Paris Hilton, Joel Moore, Christine Lakin, and Greg Wilson. It was written by Heidi Ferrer . The film started shooting in January 2007 and was released February 8, 2008. Its first-day earnings were $9,000, and it went on to earn...

.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Rose and the Jackal Little Rose TV movie
1991 Step by Step Alicia 'Al' Lambert 159 episodes (1991–1998)
1998 7th Heaven
7th Heaven
7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on the WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from August 26, 1996 to May 13, 2007...

Cassandra Episode: "Let's Talk About Sex"
1999 3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet...

Michelle Solomon Episode: "Dick Solomon of the Indiana Solomons"
Promised Land Dawn Sterling Episode: "In the Money"
2000 Lost in Oz Jade TV movie
Finding Kelly Kelly Harrington
Odd Man Out
Odd Man Out (TV series)
Odd Man Out is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC television network as a part of the TGIF lineup. It aired from September 24, 1999 to January 7, 2000. Created by Ed Decter and John J...

Gwen Episode: "My Life as a Dog"
Big Monster on Campus Macy
Whatever It Takes
Whatever It Takes (film)
Whatever It Takes is a teen comedy starring Shane West, Marla Sokoloff, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, and James Franco. It was first released in America on 31 March 2000...

Sloane
Seven Days Karen Episode: "Witch Way to the Prom"
Opposite Sex
Opposite Sex (TV series)
Opposite Sex is an American comedy-drama series that aired during FOX's summer 2000 schedule. The series was one of the first teen dramas to primarily use independent artists on its soundtrack by such acts as Elliott Smith and Ben Lee.-Synopsis:...

Lisa Episode: "Pilot"
Episode: "The Field Trip Episode"
2001 Buck Naked Arson Becca
Ruling Class Sara Olszewski TV movie
2002 Boston Public
Boston Public
Boston Public is an American drama television series created by David E. Kelley and broadcast on Fox. It centered on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts. The show was named for the real public school district in which it takes place...

Cindy Episode: "Chapter Forty-Two"
Getting Out Natasha
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...

Ashlee Episode: "Two Sides to Every Angel"
2003 Who's Your Daddy?
Who's Your Daddy? (film)
Who's Your Daddy? is a 2003 comedy film directed by Andy Fickman.-Synopsis:Chris Hughes , an adopted and geeky Ohio high school senior discovers that his recently deceased birth parents are the proprietors of a vast pornography empire and he is the inherited heir...

Kate Reeves Video
Going Down Jamie
2004 Combustion Carmen TV movie
Rodney
Rodney (TV series)
Rodney is an American television sitcom that was shown on ABC from September 21, 2004, to June 6, 2006. Ric Swartzlander was the creator and executive producer of the comedy series...

Ms. Preston Episode: "Teacher"
Blue Demon Katie Video
2005 Dirty Famous Tanya Bremer TV movie
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Joan of Arc / Female Dancer TV movie
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during television network UPN's final two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Veronica Mars was produced by Warner Bros...

Susan Knight Episode: "Mars vs. Mars"
In Memory of My Father
In Memory of My Father
In Memory of My Father is a 2005 film directed, written, and produced by Christopher Jaymes. It documents the interactions and reactions that take place among three brothers on the day that their father passes away, which one brother films at the final request of the father. The movie stars Jeremy...

Christine
Suits on the Loose Danielle
2006 Mystery Woman: At First Sight Francy TV movie
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold
The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold is an American romantic drama film that follows the 1992 film The Cutting Edge. The film was produced for the ABC Family cable channel in 2005 and was released on DVD in March 2006...

Luanne King Video
Sons & Daughters Sydney Episode: "Karaoke"
Episode: "House Party"
One on One
One on One (TV series)
One on One is an American sitcom that aired on the now-defunct UPN from its September 3, 2001 premiere until May 15, 2006. The series stars Flex Alexander as a single sportscaster, who becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the country and his teenage daughter...

Erin Episode: "I Love L.A.: Part 1"
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

Ethan Parker's Girl Episode: "Death Pool 100"
2007 Georgia Rule
Georgia Rule
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Grace Cunningham
The Loop
The Loop (TV series)
The Loop is an American sitcom that ran from March 15, 2006 to July 1, 2007 on Fox. The show starred Bret Harrison as Sam Sullivan, a young professional trying to balance the needs of his social life with the pressures of working at the corporate headquarters of TransAlliance Airways, a major U.S....

Leeza Episode: "Stride"
Dark Mirror
Dark Mirror (film)
Dark Mirror is a 2007 horror-thriller film, which was directed by Pablo Proenza, and stars Lisa Vidal, David Chisum, Christine Lakin, Lupe Ontiveros and Joshua Pelegrin, with a brief cameo by Daeg Faerch.- Plot :...

Tammy
The Game Plan
The Game Plan (film)
The Game Plan is a 2007 family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and starring The Rock. This is the last film in which Johnson uses his ring name "The Rock." This is also the last Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista, due to Disney semi-retiring the name in May 2007, making all other...

Nichole
2008 The Hottie and the Nottie
The Hottie and the Nottie
The Hottie And The Nottie is a 2008 romantic comedy film starring Paris Hilton, Joel Moore, Christine Lakin, and Greg Wilson. It was written by Heidi Ferrer . The film started shooting in January 2007 and was released February 8, 2008. Its first-day earnings were $9,000, and it went on to earn...

June Phigg
Chronic Town Kelly
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...

Margo Delphi Episode: "The Theory of Everything"
Wainy Days
Wainy Days
Wainy Days is an internet video series starring David Wain that is hosted on the website, My Damn Channel. It is currently running in its fourth season. The web series follows a fictionalized version of Wain through his everyday life as he tries to form relationships with numerous women and...

Nan Episode: "Nan and Lucy"
Patsy Patsy
Red Canyon
Red Canyon (2008 film)
Red Canyon is a 2008 film by writer/producer Laura Pratt and writer/director Giovanni Rodriguez. Red Canyon was filmed in the badlands of Utah in 2007. It stars Norman Reedus, Justin Hartley, and Christine Lakin...

Regina
Naked: A Guy's Musical High School Girlfriend
Valentine
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Kate Providence 8 episodes (2008–2009)
2009 Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 science fiction/thriller film and a remake of the original 1975 fantasy film, Escape to Witch Mountain. Both versions of the film are based on the 1968 novel Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key...

Sunday
Bones
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Vanessa Newcomb Episode: "The Bones That Foam"
Super Capers
Super Capers
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Red
Buttf**ker Skyler
Wiffler: The Ted Whitfield Story Kiki Hamilton
Family Guy
Family Guy
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(voice) Episode: "Quagmire's Baby
Quagmire's Baby
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"
Rita Rocks
Rita Rocks
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Stephanie Episode: "The Jealous Kind"
2010 Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day (film)
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Heather
NCIS
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Rachel Wells Episode: "Double Identity"
Elektra Luxx
Elektra Luxx
Elektra Luxx is a 2010 comedy film directed and written by Sebastian Gutierrez featuring Carla Gugino. The film is a sequel to the ensemble comedy, Women in Trouble. The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival 2010, and was released to the rest of the country on March 11, 2011...

Venus Azucar
Caught in the Crossfire Tracy Completed
Untitled Beach Movie Rebecca Post Production
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 News Reporter Post Production
You Again
You Again
You Again is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and written by Moe Jelline. The film stars Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, and Betty White...

Taylor
Alpha and Omega
Alpha and Omega (film)
Alpha and Omega is a 2010 3D American computer animated comedy-drama film produced by Crest Animation Productions and Richard Rich. The film is directed by Anthony Bell and Ben Gluck, starring the voices of Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper , Danny Glover and Christina Ricci.The film...

Reba (voice)
Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend Wilimina Stansbury Post Production
The Kilborn File Herself (Sidekick) 2010–present (Fox)
Family Guy Joyce Kinney (voice) 2010–present
Don't Forget the Lyrics Herself (Celebrity contestant) Celebrity edition episode #5 11/12/2010
2011 Hellcats
Hellcats
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Kellie Episode: "Papa, Oh Papa"
Episode: "I'm Sick Y'all"
Melissa & Joey
Melissa & Joey
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Jackie Episode: "Waiting for Mr. Right"
2012 Uncharted: Golden Abyss Marisa Chase Video game

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
The Break Up Notebook: The Lesbian Musical
The Break Up Notebook is a musical with music and lyrics by Lori Scarlett and David Manning and a book by Patricia Cotter. Cotter also wrote the play the musical was based on....

Casey / Sheila
Ann E. Wrecksick Olivia Whorebucks
Wrong Turn at Lungfish Anita / Nurse
Sneaux Darla / Sissy

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