Christine Taylor

Christine Joan Taylor Stiller (born July 30, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and A Very Brady Sequel, as well as roles in films including The Craft, The Wedding Singer, Zoolander, and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story as well as for her television roles in Hey Dude, Arrested Development, and Search Party. Early life Taylor was born on July 30, 1971, in Allentown, Pennsylvania to Joan, a homemaker, and Albert E. "Skip" Taylor III who owns a security company. She grew up in neighboring Wescosville, Pennsylvania. She has a younger brother, Brian. Taylor was raised Roman Catholic and attended St. Thomas More School and Allentown Central Catholic High School. Career Taylor began her acting career in 1989 on the Nickelodeon children's television series Hey Dude where she played the lifeguard Melody Hanson. She continued in that role through 1991 while making various guest appearances on other programs and films. In 1995, Taylor was cast as Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie and later in A Very Brady Sequel. Following The Brady Bunch Movie, Taylor made several comedic guest appearances on the TV series Ellen, landing the lead role in the television series Party Girl, based on the 1995 film of the same name, and more guest appearances on Seinfeld and Friends. She played the racist school bully Laura Lizzie in the 1996 horror film The Craft, and also played Drew Barrymore's cousin, Holly Sullivan, in the 1998 comedy The Wedding Singer. In 2001, she starred alongside her husband Ben Stiller in Zoolander.