Crista Flanagan

Crista Flanagan
Born	February 24, 1976 (1976-02-24) (age 35) Mount Vernon, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress/Comedienne
Years active	2003–present
Website
http://www.cristaflanagan.com

Crista Flanagan (born February 24, 1976) is an American comedic actress best known for her work as a cast member on the FOX sketch comedy series MADtv from 2005 to 2009 and for her recurring role as Lois Sadler on the AMC series Mad Men.

Early life

Flanagan was born in Mount Vernon, Illinois, the daughter of Bonnie Jerdon and David Flanagan.^[1] She received a Bachelor of Science in Theatre from the University of Evansville. Flanagan received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine where she sharpened her theatrical skills in plays including Fool for Love, The Time of Our Life, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Marriage of Figaro and Oklahoma!. Her extensive background in theater led to the development of Flanagan's one-person show titled But wait…I have Impressions!. Flanagan currently lives in Los Angeles.

Career

MADtv

Flanagan officially joined the cast of MADtv in 2005 as a feature performer, for the tenth season, then became a repertory cast member at the beginning of the following season. Her frequent impersonations were of Alex Hooser, Ellen Pompeo, Heidi Klum, Patricia Arquette (as Allison DuBois from Medium), Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, and Miley Cyrus (as herself and as Hannah Montana from the Disney Channel show of the same name).

Crista had a long standing gag with fellow cast member Bobby Lee, where their behind scenes characters had a love/hate relationship. This relationship can be seen in the Secret Santa skit, where Bobby proposes to Crista, to which she replies "I cannot marry someone I have a restraining order against." This can also be seen in the celebrity Triathlon skit, where Crista slams the door after Bobby asks for her help where she makes reference to not helping him dig up a dead body, but reluctantly agrees to help him train.

In one of her "Jazzed for Crafts" sketches, as Epic Movie is playing on the TV, her character Denise says "I love Epic Movie. I especially like that girl who plays Hermione". She is talking about herself, since Flanagan played Hermione in Epic Movie.

Characters

Character	Sketch	Season of First Appearance	Catch Phrase	Notes
Christie	QVC: Quacker Factory
Denise	Jazzed for Crafts
Luann Lockhart	Luann Lockhart, Stand-Up Comedian	Season 10, 2005	"I recently broke up with my boyfriend, but that's okay because he hit me! I went to a party and he said, 'Yuck, I thought I smelled you here.'" (to the audience) "Will you talk to me?'"
Nippy	Clownin' and Krumpin'
Sally	Sesame Street
Peggy Partain	Peggy Partain, the Roller Skating Champ		"Dangit!"
Wendy Walker	3 Minute Meal		"Just stop that ticking!" "Okay, let's get this 3 minute meal going!" "Will you stop that clock while I look for my finger?!"

Impressions

• Alex Hooser
• America Ferrera
• Angela Cartwright
• Aaron Carter
• Becky Johnston (Buckwild from Flavor of Love)
• Cheryl Hines
• Ellen Page (as her character Juno)
• Ellen Pompeo (as Meredith Grey)
• Emilie de Ravin (as Claire Littleton)
• Geri Jewell
• Gilbert Gottfried
• Hayden Panettiere (as Claire Bennet)
• Heidi Klum
• Judy Reyes
• Kate Moss
• Khloe Kardashian
• Lindsay Lohan
• Lo Bosworth
• Lynne Spears
• Mary Murphy
• Meredith Vieira
• Mila Kunis (as Meg Griffin from Family Guy)
• Michelle Ryan
• Miley Cyrus / Hannah Montana
• Natalie Horler in a loose parody of Cascada's Everytime We Touch
• Natalie Maines
• Patricia Arquette
• Scarlett Johansson
• Rachel McAdams
• Ron Howard (as Opie from The Andy Griffith Show)
• Tom Cruise
• Toni Basil
• Tracy Hutson
• Vanna White
• Vanessa Hudgens
• Vivian Vance (as Ethel Mertz from I Love Lucy)
• Whitney Port

Other projects

Flanagan's notable guest appearances on television include Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Practice, ER, and a recurring role on You've Got a Friend. She partnered up with the team behind Ask a Ninja to create a video podcast called Hope is Emo. Flanagan played the role of Hermione Granger in the 2007 film, Epic Movie. She later appeared as Ugly Betty/Oracle in the "sequel" Meet the Spartans, and in Disaster Movie played Juney, a parody of Juno, and Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus. She also appeared in Seltzer and Friedberg's 2010 project, Vampires Suck, as 'Eden Sullen'. She posed nude in the August 2010 issue of Playboy.^[2] She has recently appeared in an episode of Big Time Rush as an evil producer named Kennedy.

Hope Is Emo

Crista plays the title character in Hope Is Emo, an Internet comedy podcast that satires the life of a struggling emo girl named Hope. The series was created by Crista and the Ask a Ninja team at Beatbox Giant Productions.

Filmography

Movie appearances

Year	Title	Role	Box Office Performance	Director	Other notes
2007	Epic Movie	Hermione Granger	$86,865,564 (Worldwide)	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer
2008	Meet the Spartans	Ugly Betty Look-a-Like/Oracle and Spartan Woman	$84,558,676 (Worldwide)	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer
2008	Disaster Movie	Hannah Montana and Juney	$34,624,652 (Worldwide)	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer
2010	Vampires Suck	Eden Sullen	$80,547,866 (Worldwide)	Jason Friedberg Aaron Seltzer

Television appearances

• The New Adventures of Old Christine (2009) as Andreea
• Mad Men (2007–present) as Lois Sadler
• MADtv (2005- 2009) as Various Characters
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2005) as Mrs. Seiderman's Nurse
• The Practice (2003) as Marcia
• ER (2003) as Pam
• Brothers & Sisters (2010) as Kevin's former classmate, Stacy Hodges
• "Big Time Rush" (2010) as Kennedy

References

1. ^ http://thesouthern.com/news/local/article_f719523a-697d-5e67-9ec7-167e91deecfc.html
2. ^ Starpulse, "'Mad Men's' Crista Flanagan Gets Naked For Playboy", July 15, 2010

External links

• Crista Flanagan at the Internet Movie Database
• Official MADtv Website
• Crista Flanagan's Homepage
• Hope Is Emo Website
• Suburban Blight Review (Crista Flanagan played Wilma)
• TV.com Crista Flanagan's TV roles and appearances
• MADtv fan site

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