KRISTA ALLEN

'Krista Allen' (born April 5, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her role on ''Days of Our Lives'' and for headlining the ''Emmanuelle in Space'' film series.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Allen was born in Ventura, California to Dalton Earl Allen, Sr. and Katherine Mary Raposa, who later divorced. Allen's paternal grandparents, Roy Areatus Allen and Ima Jean Flenniken, were several-generation Texans, while her maternal grandfather, Antone Pacheco Raposa, was of Portuguese origin and her maternal grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Nolan, was of English and Irish ancestry.^[1] Allen has an older brother, Dalton Earl Allen, Jr., and lived in Austin, Texas, where she went to school at Austin Community College and majored in education. She then interned as a kindergarten teacher before she decided to pursue her acting career.

Career

Allen appeared on the television shows ''Days of Our Lives'' (as Billie Reed, 1996-1999) and ''Baywatch'' (Jenna Avid, 2000-2001). Allen has also appeared in films like ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'', ''Anger Management'', and the Project Greenlight horror film ''Feast''. Allen is also well known for playing a sexy virtual reality character Maitreya/Jade Blue Afterglow in an episode of ''The X-Files'' and is remembered for her brief appearance as the busty "Elevator Girl" in the Jim Carrey comedy ''Liar Liar'', in which she wore a tight low-cut shirt. She also played the lead role in the erotic series ''Emmanuelle in Space''. She also starred in the failed FOX sitcom ''Head Cases''.
In both ''Smallville'' and ''Mutant X'', Allen played a woman who could control men with her sex pheromones. She also appeared in Toby Keith's video "A Little Too Late" and had a small role in '' as a hooker who caught the eye of Nick Stokes in the pilot episode. She returned later in the first season as a murder victim.
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 is featured in ''Maxim'' magazine's Girls of Maxim^[2] gallery and was Named #70 on the ''Maxim'' "Hot 100 of 2005" list. She has her own T-shirt line called SuperEXcellent (formerly called Sex Brand). Allen is also featured on Stuffmagazine.com.^[3]
Krista had a recurring role on ABC's ''What About Brian'' ^[4] as Bridget who is a reluctant but potential love interest for the main character, Brian which starred Barry Watson.
In 2007, Krista appeared in the ABC reality television series , featuring a dozen celebrities in a stock car racing competition. In the first round, Krista matched up against skateboarder Tony Hawk and rodeo champion Ty Murray.

Personal life

Allen is sometimes credited as 'Krista Allen-Moritt' as a result of her marriage to Justin Moritt which lasted from 1996 to 1999; they have one son: Jacob Nolan, born on July 12, 1997.
She also dated George Clooney, whom she met on the set of ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind''.

References

1. Family trees of Allen can be found at [1] and [2]
2. http://www.maximonline.com/girls_of_maxim/pictures_and_bio/1008/KristaAllen.girl?src=wiki
3. http://www.stuffmagazine.com?src=fc
4. http://abc.go.com/primetime/whataboutbrian/index.html

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