Christine Helen Lakin was born on January 25th, 1979 in Dallas, Texas.
After moving several times as a child, her family finally settled in
Atlanta, Georgia, where Christine started her acting career. There, she
attended the Atlanta workshop players - a theater group which plays in
schools in the Atlanta metro area. Her first audition was for a
TV-commercial - "Got Milk?!", and after not getting that job, she
didn't have to wait long for her next opportunity, which was the part
as the young Rose in the civil-war flick Die Liebe einer Spionin (1990), which also starred
Christopher Reeve. In 1991, she took her first step towards big fame and landed
the role as the tomboyish Al on the Friday night hit Eine starke Familie (1991).
During the sitcom's long run, Christine gracefully grew up, graduated
from high school in 1997 and made various appearances on other
television shows. When Eine starke Familie (1991) was cancelled in 1998, Christine, while
attending UCLA and majoring in film, looked for other film roles. She
landed jobs in independent films such as Frankenstein lebt (2000) and Kelly sucht das Weite (2000). Hoffnungslos verliebt (2000)
was Christine's first wide theatrical film release. Since then, she has
had a slew of independent coming-of-age films along with guest
appearances on such hit shows as Boston Public (2000), and Opposite Sex (2000). Still attending
UCLA and handling a film career, Christine is managing to do what few
child actors tend to do, which is continue.
