Christine Taylor

Christine Joan Taylor Stiller(born July 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is known for playingMarcia BradyinThe Brady Bunch MovieandA Very Brady Sequel, as well as roles in films likeThe Craft,The Wedding Singer,Zoolander,Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, and her television roles inHey Dude,Arrested Development, andSearch Party.Taylor began her acting career in 1989 on theNickelodeonchildren's television seriesHey Dudewhere she played thelifeguardMelody Hanson. She continued in that role through 1991 while making various guest appearances on other programs. In 1995, Taylor was cast as Marcia Brady inThe Brady Bunch Movieand later inA Very Brady Sequel.FollowingThe Brady Bunch Movie, Taylor made several comedic guest appearances on the TV seriesEllen, landing the lead role in the television seriesParty Girl, based on the1995 film of the same name, and more guest appearances onSeinfeld and Friends.She played the racist school bully Laura Lizzie in the 1996 horror filmThe Craft, and also playedDrew Barrymore's cousin, Holly Sullivan, in the 1998 comedyThe Wedding Singer. In 2001, she starred alongside her husband Ben Stiller in Zoolander and again, in 2016, she reprised her role in Zoolander 2.In 2005, she made television appearances as a guest star in two episodes of Arrested Developmentas Sally Sitwell and, in 2006, in an episode ofNBC'sMy Name Is Earl. In July 2006, her husband,Ben Stillerannounced plans to direct a CBS sitcom starring Taylor, but the series never aired. In 2008, she was in the film, Tropic Thunder, along with her husband, Ben Stiller.She has appeared withMandy Moorein bothDedicationandLicense to Wed.In 2010, she guest starred inHannah Montana Forever and she starred in the Hallmark ChannelChristmas movieFarewell Mr. Kringle.In 2013, she reprised her role as Sally Sitwell in two episodes of the revivedArrested Development. She also guest starred onElementaryin 2017, playing villainess Gail Lundquist.Beginning in 2016, Taylor had a recurring role as Gail onSearch Party. In 2021, Taylor joined the cast ofHigh Desert, anApple TV+series.Christine and her husband, Ben Stiller, separated in 2017, after 17 years of marriage, but have since rekindled their marriage.