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Did You Know

• Christina’s top 5 favorite movies are: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe”, “All That Jazz”, “Sophie’s Choice” and “Spinal Tap”.

• Belongs to the Agape church. Has been an active member for over 10 years.

• Has 9 tattoos – some are on her ankles (one on each) and lower abdomen.

• A true animal lover, Christina supports PETA and will not eat anything that walks or flies.

• Left school at age 17 (through passing the GED test) to further her acting career.

• Made her acting debut with her mother Nancy on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” and in a commercial for Playtex baby bottles as an infant.

• Her nickname is “Kiki”, it’s a nickname her mother gave her as a child.

• Wasn’t the first choice for the character of Kelly Bundy, the actress that originally played that part was also in dance class with Christina as a child

• Was in the jury pool for the Robert Blake murder case. She was able to get out of jury duty because of her commitment to her rehearsals for the Broadway play, “Sweet Charity”.

• Went to high school with Milla Jovovich, Corey Haim, and Corey Feldmman.

• Famous friends include Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, Gwen Stefani, Lance Bass, Nicole Eggert, Brent Bolthouse, China Kantner and others.

• Was roommates with choreographer Robin Antin in the early 1990s. They began dancing in their garage and formed the burlesque dance troupe, The Pussycat Dolls. Christina was the emcee for the troupe from 1995 – 2003.

• Her mom wrote and performed a song for Christina, it is called “Christina’s World”.

• Grew up near the site of the notorious 1981 Wonderland (or Four-on-the-Floor) murders involving John Holmes. She later played “Susan Launius”, the sole survivor of the murders, in the movie “Wonderland”.

• Was diagnosed with breast cancer and the BRCA1 gene in one breast in April 2008. In August 2008, she underwent a double mastectomy to remove the potential of the cancer returning. She is now cancer free.


• Loves to play the video games “Dance Dance Revolution” and “Guitar Hero”.

• Christina has been a dancer her whole life and still studies jazz dance.

• Bought a beach house in California in the summer of 2008. Christina says she now enjoys sea glass hunting, also known as Sea Glunking.

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