Krista Allen Biography

Krista Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for her work in the television series Days of Our Lives, Baywatch Hawaii, and What About Brian; and in the Hollywood films Liar Liar, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and The Final Destination.

Early life

Allen was born in Ventura, California. Allen has an older brother, Dalton Earl Allen, Jr. She grew up in Houston and later lived in Austin, Texas, going to school at Austin Community College and majoring in education. Krista is a certified yoga instructor.

Career

Allen is 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 "Elevator Girl" in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar.

In 2002, she appeared in an episode of Friends, "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel" as Joey's girlfriend Mabel. In 2005, she appeared in the short-lived Fox sitcom Head Cases. In both Smallville and Mutant X, Allen played a woman who could control men with her sex pheromones. In 2001, Krista guest starred in supernatural TV series Charmed as "The Oracle" for three episodes, She also appeared in Toby Keith's video "A Little Too Late", and had a small role in CSI as Kristy Hopkins, a hooker who caught the eye of Nick Stokes, in the pilot episode on October 6, 2000. She returned later in the first season as a murder victim.

In 2002, she had a role in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

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 gallery and was Named #70 on the Maxim "Hot 100 of 2005" list.

Allen had a recurring role on the ABC series What About Brian as Bridget, a reluctant but potential love interest for the main character Brian, played by Barry Watson. In 2007, Allen appeared in the ABC reality television series Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race, featuring a dozen celebrities in a stock car racing competition. In the first round, she matched up against skateboarder Tony Hawk and rodeo champion Ty Murray. Allen appeared on the second season of Denise Richards: It's Complicated which premiered on June 7, 2009. Allen also appeared on an episode of NBC's Love Bites in 2011.

In addition to acting, Allen had a t-shirt line called SuperEXcellent.

Personal life

Allen is vegan. She runs a blog called Veggie Boom Boom with Katrina McCaffery.

On September 14, 1996, Allen married Justin Moritt, they were divorced in 1999.

On October 10, 2010, she married Mams Taylor, an Iranian rapper. They separated in April 2011 and Allen filed for divorce at Los Angeles County Superior Court on February 12, 2012. They were only together for a total of 6 months.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Emmanuelle, Queen of the Galaxy	Emmanuelle
1996	Raven	Cali Goodwin	Video
1997	Liar Liar	Busty Woman in Elevator
1997	'	2nd Mate Johnson
2000	Sunset Strip	Jennifer
2001	Totally Blonde	Meg Peters
2002	Face Value	Syd Deshaye
2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Pretty Woman
2003	Anger Management	Stacy
2003	Paycheck	Holographic Woman
2004	Shut Up and Kiss Me!	Tiara Benedette
2004	Tony n' Tina's Wedding	Maddy
2005	Feast	Tuffy
2007	Leo	Krista	Short film
2007	All Along	Dr. Sara Thompson
2008	Meet Market	Lucinda
2008	'	Hannah
2009	Alien Presence	Waymar
2009	Locker 13	Patricia	Short film
2009	Shannon's Rainbow	Jessica
2009	Silent Venom	Dr. Andrea Swanson	Video
2009	'	Samantha Lane
2010	Black Widow	Jennifer
2012	Amazing Racer	Jessica
2012	Little Women, Big Cars	Doro

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Emmanuelle 2: A World of Desire	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 3: A Lesson in Love	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 4: Concealed Fantasy	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 5: A Time to Dream	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 6: One Final Fling	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle 7: The Meaning of Love	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1994	Emmanuelle in Space	Emmanuelle	TV movie
1995	The Bold and the Beautiful	Shelley
1995	Deadly Games	Mrs. Fleisig	Episode: "One Mean Mother"
1995	High Tide	Patty	Episode: "Bikini Patrol"
1996	High Tide	Patty	Episode: "A Three Hour Tour" Episode: "Sunspirit"
1996	Silk Stalkings	Cora Jean Riggs / Sharon Grayson	Episode: "Black and Blue"
1996	Diagnosis: Murder	Page Tanner	Episode: "Misdiagnosis Murder"
1996	Married with Children	Crystal Clark	Episode: "Calendar Girl"
1996	Weird Science	Annabel	Episode: "Gary and Wyatt's Bloodsucking Adventure"
1996	Rolling Thunder	Michelle	TV movie
1996-1999	Days of our Lives	Billie Reed	41 episodes
1996	Pacific Blue	Theresa Vanoni	Episode: "Takedown"
1999	Pacific Blue	Ann Fairchild	Episode: "Just a Gigolo"
2000	'	Jade Blue Afterglow / Maitreya	Episode: "First Person Shooter"
2000	18 Wheels of Justice	Jessica Macy	Episode: "Smuggler's Blues"
2000-2001	Baywatch	Jenna Avid	26 episodes
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kristy Hopkins (uncredited)	Episode: "Pilot"
2001	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Kristy Hopkins	Episode "I-15 Murders" Episode: "Boom"
2001	Arli$$	Krista	Episode: "Hard Choices"
2001	Spin City	Jesse (uncredited)	Episode: "Yeah Baby!"
2001	Charmed	The Oracle	3 episodes
2001	Inside Schwartz	Kelsie Anders	Episode: "Comic Relief Pitcher"
2002	Zero Effect		TV movie
2002	Friends	Mable	Episode: "The One Where Joey Dates Rachel"
2002	Glory Days	Melanie Stark	Episode: "Miss Fortune Teller"
2002	Mutant X	Lorna Templeton	Episode: "Deadly Desire"
2002	Smallville	Desiree Atkins	Episode: "Heat"
2003	Fastlane	Skyler Kase	Episode: "Defense" Episode: "Offense"
2003	Andromeda	The Princess	Episode: "The Illusion of Majesty"
2003	Just Shoot Me!	Mary Elizabeth	Episode: "The Last Temptation of Elliot"
2003	'	Gloria	Episode: "The Quantum Theory" Episode "Separation Anxiety"
2003	Frasier	Liz Wright	Episode: "The Placeholder"
2003	Two and a Half Men	Olivia Pearson	Episode: "Did You Check with the Captain of the Flying Monkeys?"
2004	I'm with Her	Jennifer	Episode: "I'm Not with Her"
2004	'	Singer	TV series
2005	Monk	Teresa Telenko	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Vegas"
2005	Jake in Progress	Lisa	Episode: "Take a Number"
2005	Head Cases	Laurie Payne	Episode: "Pilot" Episode: "S(elf) Help"
2006	Out of Practice	Kathy Kelly	Episode: "Restaurant Row"
2006	Freddie	Kaitlyn	Episode: "Freddie and the Hot Mom"
2006-2007	What About Brian	Bridget Keller	11 episodes
2007	Business Class	Lori	TV movie
2008	Held Up		TV movie
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Victoria	Episode: "Conference Call"
2008	'	Eve	4 episodes
2009	Dirty Sexy Money	Dana Whatley	Episode: "The Unexpected Arrival" Episode: "The Bad Guy"
2009	'	Julia Rist	3 episodes
2010	Jesse Stone: No Remorse	Cissy Hathaway	TV movie
2010	Life Unexpected	Candace Carter	Episode: "Homecoming Crashed"
2011	'	Miss Monroe	Episode: "Pilot"
2011	Love Bites	Janine	Episode: "Sky High"
2012	'	Jennifer Bell	Recurring Role