Kellie Martin Biography

Kellie Noelle Martin (born October 16, 1975) is an American television actress who is known for her roles as Rebecca "Becca" Thatcher in Life Goes On, Christy Huddleston in Christy, Lucy Knight on ER, and Samantha Kinsey in Mystery Woman.

Early life

Martin was born in Riverside, California, the daughter of Debbie, a kindergarten teacher, and Doug Martin, a department store buyer and retail executive. Martin loved to perform for her close-knit family. She began her acting career at age seven, when her aunt, who was a nanny for actor Michael Landon's children, helped her land a guest spot on the Landon produced series Father Murphy. At the age of eleven, she was a contestant during Young People's Week on Card Sharks.

Career

Among many roles on motion pictures, made-for-TV movies and television series, she is perhaps most famous for her role as Rebecca "Becca" Thacher on the drama Life Goes On, which ran on ABC (1989"1993), and for her role as med student Lucy Knight on the NBC drama ER (1998"2000). Martin also contributed the voice of Daphne Blake on the animated series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo and that of Molly Tasmanian Devil on Taz-Mania, and made several appearances as Tracy Nash on Valerie's Family. She also played the role of Emily in 1989's Troop Beverly Hills and Sherry in 1993's Matinee.

1990s

In 1993, she made a guest appearance as "Cleo Walker" on an episode of seaQuest DSV titled "Brothers and Sisters." In 1994, she starred on her own series, acting alongside Tyne Daly in the CBS period drama Christy. The series was based on a popular spiritually-themed novel by the author Catherine Marshall and told the story of a young missionary teacher in an isolated community in the Appalachian Mountains. The show was well received and had an avid fan base, but its ratings suffered from being moved around the television schedule in unpredictable time slots. She also reunited with her Troop Beverly Hills co-star Emily Schulman on this series.

In 1994, she starred on the Lifetime movie A Friend to Die For (also known as "Death of a Cheerleader") in a lead role. In 1995, she starred on The Face on the Milk Carton, a TV film based on the book by Caroline Cooney about a teenager who finds out she was kidnapped from her real family 13 years prior and had been raised by the parents of her kidnapper. She also was on A Goofy Movie as the voice of Roxanne. In 1996 Martin starred as deaf abuse victim Laura Keyes on Lifetime's TV movie "After the Silence (aka Breaking Through)" and in 1997, she starred on the short-lived NBC drama Crisis Center, which lasted only six episodes.

From 1998"2000, Martin appeared on the medical drama ER as medical student Lucy Knight. Martin was still going to Yale at the time and postponed her education so that she could join the cast.

2000s

In 2003, Martin starred on Mystery Woman, a Hallmark Channel movie about the owner of a mystery bookshop who solves actual crimes. It proved a popular vehicle for Martin; since 2005 she has gone on to make ten more Mystery Woman movies for Hallmark, two of which she directed. Also in 2003, Martin had a supporting role on the comedic film Malibu's Most Wanted.

In 2006, Martin starred in the Lifetime movie Live Once, Die Twice, followed by No Brother of Mine in 2007. Also in 2007, Martin provided the voice for the adult-version of Barbara Gordon on "Artifacts", an episode of The Batman.

In 2009 Martin was a guest on Grey's Anatomy, episode "No Good at Saying Sorry." She also guest starred in the Ghost Whisperer episode "Stage Fright" as Cally O'Keefe. More recently, she has guest starred on the Private Practice episode "The Way We Were".

2010s

In 2012, Martin played Army Captain Nicole Galassini on the Lifetime Network television series Army Wives.

Personal life

Martin graduated from Yale University in 2001 with a degree in art history. She was a member of Saybrook College. She married Keith Christian on May 15, 1999 in his hometown of Polson, Montana. The pair had their first child, a daughter named Margaret "Maggie" Heather Christian, on November 4, 2006, named after Martin's sister Heather, who died due to lupus erythematosus at age 19.

Martin currently owns and operates her own toy store and as a result, she has put much of her acting career aside.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Kristi Carlson
1986	Body Slam	Missy Roberts
1988	Doin' Time on Planet Earth	Sheila
1989	Troop Beverly Hills	Emily Coleman
1993	Matinee	Sherry
1995	The Face on the Milk Carton (film)	Jennifer Sands/Janie Jessmon
1995	'	Roxanne (voice)
2001	All You Need	Beth Sabistan Starnes
2003	Malibu's Most Wanted	Jen
2004	Open House	Debbie Delaney
2005	Thru the Moebius Strip	Allana (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Father Murphy	Flossie	Episode: "Sweet Sixteen"
1984	Highway to Heaven	Lisa Ratchett	Episode: "Another Song for Christmas"
1985	'		TV movie
1986	Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	Linda Veronica	Episode: "Help Wanted: Kids" Episode: "The Richest Cat in the World"
1986	Dallas	Brenda Crane	Episode: "J.R. Rising"
1986	Life With Lucy	Patty	Episode: "World's Greatest Grandma" Episode: "Lucy Gets Her Wire Crossed"
1986	Potato Head Kids	Lolly (voice)	TV series
1987	My Two Dads	Rose/Rebecca	Episode: "Whose Night Is It, Anyway?"
1987-1988	'	Tracy Nash	5 episodes
1988	My Two Dads	Rebecca	Episode: "The Wedge"
1988	thirtysomething	Robin Kramer	2 episodes
1988	'	Kari	Episode: "2.21"
1988	Secret Witness	Jennie Thomas	TV movie
1988	Fantastic Max	Additional Voices	TV series
1988	ABC Weekend Specials	Karen	Episode: "Runaway Ralph"
1988	Superman	(voice)	Episode: "Superman and Wonder Woman vs. the Sorceress of Time/The Birthday Party"
1988-1991	'	Daphne Blake	19 episodes
1989	Charles in Charge	Heather Curtis	Episode: "Adam See, Adam Do"
1989	Mr. Belvedere	Miriam	Episode: "The Election"
1989	Baywatch	Chelsea Carroll	Episode: "Panic at Malibu Pier"
1989	'	Lauren Brody	TV short
1989-1993	Life Goes On	Rebecca 'Becca' Thacher	83 episodes
1991-1995	Taz-Mania	Molly Tazmanian Devil	22 episodes
1993	SeaQuest DSV	Cleo Walker	Episode: "Brothers and Sisters"
1993	ABC Afterschool Specials	Samantha Wheeler	Episode: "Montana Crossroads"
1994	Christy	Christy Huddleston	TV movie
1994	'	Angela Delvecchio	TV movie
1994	Aladdin	Sadira (voice)	4 episodes
1994-1995	Christy	Christy Huddleston	20 episodes
1995	If Someone Had Known	Katie Liner	TV movie
1995	'	Jennifer Sands / Janie Jessmon	TV movie
1995	Her Hidden Truth	Billie Calhoun	TV movie
1996	Hidden in Silence	Fusia Podgorska	TV movie
1996	Her Last Chance	Alex Saxen	TV movie
1996	Breaking Through	Laura Keyes	TV move
1997	Crisis Center	Kathy Goodman	6 episodes
1997	On the Edge of Innocence	Zoe Taylor	TV movie
1998	About Sarah	Mary Beth McCaffrey	TV movie
1998-2000	ER	Lucy Knight	36 episodes
2001	Man in the Kitchen		TV movie
2002	Fiona	Det. Fiona Fitzgerald	TV movie
2003	Mystery Woman	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Melinda Granville	Episode: "Tragedy"
2004	Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas	Mona (voice)	Video
2005	Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2005	Mystery Woman: Snapshot	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2005	Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2005	Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2005	Mystery Woman: Game Time	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2006	Mystery Woman: At First Sight	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2006	Live Once, Die Twice	Nicole Lauker	TV movie
2006	Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2006	Mystery Woman: Oh Baby	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2006	Mystery Woman: Redemption	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2007	Mystery Woman: In the Shadows	Samantha Kinsey	TV movie
2007	'	Oracle (voice)	Episode: "Artifacts"
2007	No Brother of Mine	Nina St. Clair	TV movie
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Cally O'Keefe	Episode: "Stage Fright"
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Julie Zelman	Episode: "No Good at Saying Sorry"
2009	Private Practice	Michelle Larsen	Episode: "The Way We Were"
2010	Drop Dead Diva	Joan Feiner	Episode: "Senti-Mental Journey"
2010	'	Claire Thompson	TV movie
2011	Smooch	Gwen Cole	TV movie
2012	Army Wives	Army Captain Nicole Galassini	4 episodes
2012	I Married Who?	Jordan Grady	TV movie