Martin, Kellie 1975–

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MARTIN, Kellie 1975–

PERSONAL

Full name, Kellie Noelle Martin; born October 16, 1975, in Riverside, CA; daughter of Doug (a retail executive and department store buyer) and Debbie (a kindergarten teacher) Martin; married J. Keith Christian, May 15, 1999. Education: Studied art history at Yale University. Avocational Interests: Photography, cartoons, playing tennis, running, visiting museums, dancing (ballet), travel, charity work.

Addresses: Agent—The Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—Willie Mercer, Rozon Mercer Management, 345 North Maple Dr., Suite 376, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Publicist— Baker Winokur Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor, West Tower, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Actress and producer. Appeared in television commercials.

Awards, Honors: Young Artist Award nominations, Young Artist Foundation, best young actress in a supporting role in a television series, 1990, and best young actress starring in a television series, 1993, Young Artist awards, best young actress starring in a television series, 1991 and 1992, Q Award, Viewers for Quality Television, best supporting actress in a quality drama series, 1992, and Emmy Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, 1993, all for Life Goes On; Screen Actors Guild Award (with others), 1999, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations (with others), 2000, 2001, all outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, all for ER.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice of Daphne Blake, A Pup Named Scooby–Doo (animated; broadcast on Lost in the Cartoon World), ABC, 1988–1991.

Rebecca "Becca" Thatcher, Life Goes On, ABC, 1989–1993.

Voice of Molly, Taz–Mania (animated), Fox, 1991–1994.

Christy Huddleston (title role), Christy (also known as Catherine Marshall's Christy), CBS, 1994–1995.

Kathy Goodman, Crisis Center, NBC, 1997.

Lucy Knight, ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 1998–2000.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Linda, "Help Wanted: Kids," The Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1986.

Veronica, The Richest Cat in the World, ABC, 1986.

Jennie Thomas, Secret Witness (also known as No Secrets), CBS, 1988.

Angela Delvecchio, A Friend to Die For (also known as Death of a Cheerleader), NBC, 1994.

Billie Calhoun, Her Hidden Truth (also known as When Summer Comes), NBC, 1995.

Jennifer Sands/Janie Jessmon (some sources cite Jennifer Spring/Janie Johnson), The Face on the Milk Carton, CBS, 1995.

Katie Liner, If Someone Had Known (also known as Katie and Cindy), NBC, 1995.

Alex Saxen, Her Last Chance (also known as A Daughter's Courage and The Morning After), NBC, 1996.

Fusia Podgorska, Hidden in Silence (also known as Fight for 13), Lifetime, 1996.

Laura Keyes, Breaking Through (also known as After the Silence), ABC, 1996.

Zoe Tyler, On the Edge of Innocence, NBC, 1997.

Mary Beth McCaffrey, About Sarah, CBS, 1998.

Samantha Kinsey, Mystery Woman, The Hallmark Channel, 2003.

Samantha Kinsey, Mystery Woman 2, The Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Karen, "Runaway Ralph," ABC Weekend Specials, ABC, 1988.

ABC Fall Preview, ABC, 1989.

The 58th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1989.

Host, Say No! To Drugs, ABC, 1990.

The 61st Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, syndicated, 1992.

Samantha Wheeler, "Montana Crossroads," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC, 1993.

Cohost, A Busch Gardens/Sea World Summer Celebration, CBS, 1994.

The 69th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC, 1995.

Host, Hollywood's Greatest Christmas Moments, PAX TV, 1998.

Herself, Larry King Meets ER, TNT, 1998.

Teen Files: The Truth about Sex, UPN, 1999.

The Great American History Quiz: Heroes and Villains, History Channel, 2000.

The Great American History Quiz: Pursuit of Happiness, History Channel, 2000.

Herself, TV Movie Superstars: Women You Love, Lifetime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 1992.

The American Television Awards, ABC, 1993.

Presenter, The 1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, HBO Plus, 1999.

The 1999 Teen Choice Awards, Fox, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Father Murphy, NBC, 1982.

Lisa Ratchett, "Another Song for Christmas," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1984.

Patty, "Lucy Gets Her Wires Crossed," Life with Lucy, ABC, 1986.

"J. R. Rising," Dallas, CBS, 1986.

Rose/Rebecca, "Whose Night Is It, Anyway?," My Two Dads, NBC, 1987.

Tracy Nash, "Poetic Injustice," Valerie's Family (also known as The Hogan Family, The Hogans, and Valerie), NBC, 1987.

Tracy Nash, "School of Hard Knocks," Valerie's Family (also known as The Hogan Family, The Hogans, and Valerie), NBC, 1987.

Tracy Nash, "Take My Wife, Please," Valerie's Family (also known as The Hogan Family, The Hogans, and Valerie), NBC, 1987.

Kari (slumber party girl), "The Sleepover," The Tracey Ullman Show, Fox, 1988.

Rebecca, "The Wedge," My Two Dads, NBC, 1988.

Robin Kramer, "I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love with a Wonderful Gynecologist" (also known as "I'm in Love"), thirtysomething, ABC, 1988.

Robin Kramer, "Nancy's First Date," thirtysomething, ABC, 1988.

Tracy Nash, "Mark and Willie's Day Off," Valerie's Family (also known as The Hogan Family, The Hogans, and Valerie), NBC, 1988.

Heather Curtis, "Adam See, Adam Do," Charles in Charge, syndicated, 1989.

Kimberly (some sources cite Miriam), "The Election," Mr. Belvedere, ABC, 1989.

Guest, Teen Win, Lose or Draw, The Disney Channel, 1989.

The Mickey Mouse Club, The Disney Channel, 1989.

Cleo Walker, "Brothers and Sisters," seaQuest DSV (also known as seaQuest 2032), NBC, 1993.

Voice of Sadira, "Dune Quixote," Aladdin (animated; also known as Disney's Aladdin), CBS and syndicated, 1994.

Voice of Sadira, "SandSwitch," Aladdin (animated; also known as Disney's Aladdin), CBS and syndicated, 1994.

Voice of Sadira, "Strike Up the Sand," Aladdin (animated; also known as Disney's Aladdin), CBS and syndicated, 1994.

Voice of Sadira, "Witch Way Did She Go?," Aladdin (animated; also known as Disney's Aladdin), CBS and syndicated, 1994.

Guest, Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, ABC, 1997.

Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997.

Guest, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 1997.

Guest, The Daily Show, Comedy Central, 1999.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Tyne Daly, Lifetime, 1999.

Court clerk, The Court, ABC, 2002.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Kellie Martin, Lifetime, 2002.

Melinda Granville, "Tragedy," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2003.

Guest, Speaking of Women's Health, 2004.

Appeared as a guest on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, syndicated; appeared as Patty in "World's Greatest Grandma," an unaired episode of Life with Lucy, ABC.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Guest host, America's Funniest Home Videos, ABC, 1989.

Lauren Brody, The Flamingo Kid, ABC, 1989.

Shaunie's friend, Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (also known as Inferno at Malibu Beach), NBC, 1989.

Christy Huddleston (title role), Christy (also known as Catherine Marshall's Christy), CBS, 1994.

Producer of the cooking show, Man in the Kitchen, ABC, 2001.

Detective Fiona Fitzgerald (title role), Fiona, Lifetime, 2002.

Television Work; Series:

Additional voices, Fantastic Max (animated), syndicated, 1988–1990.

Television Coproducer; Movies:

Her Last Chance (also known as A Daughter's Courage and The Morning After), NBC, 1996.

On the Edge of Innocence, NBC, 1997.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Soul Catcher, CBS, 2003.

Film Appearances:

Betsy, Pleasantville, Visions, 1976.

Kristi Carlson, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1986.

Missy Roberts, Body Slam, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987.

Sheila, Doin' Time on Planet Earth, Cannon, 1988.

Emily Coleman, Troop Beverly Hills, Columbia, 1989.

Sherry, Matinee, Universal, 1993.

Voice of Roxanne, A Goofy Movie (animated), Buena Vista, 1995.

Beth Starnes Sebastin, All You Need, PorchLight Entertainment, 2001.

Jen, Malibu's Most Wanted, Warner Bros., 2003.

Debbie Delaney, Open House, Bugeater Films, 2004.

Through the Moebius Strip, GDC Productions, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared as Kathleen Scott in Terra Nova, Yale Dramatic Association, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

RECORDINGS

Audiobooks:

Narrator, Christy, by Catherine Marshall, Audio Renaissance, 1995.

Songs:

(With others) "Let It Be Earth Day Every Day," 1992.

WRITINGS

Teleplays; Episodic:

"Babe in the Woods," Christy (also known as Catherine Marshall's Christy), CBS, 1995.

Teleplays; Pilots:

(Story) Christy (also known as Catherine Marshall's Christy), CBS, 1994.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Chicago Tribune, January 3, 1999.

InStyle, May, 2000, p. 484; June, 2000, pp. 283–84.

Los Angeles Times, April 3, 1994, p. 6; September 25, 1994, p. 81.

Parade, June 25, 1995.

People Weekly, May 2, 1994, pp. 123–24; June 7, 1999, p. 119.

Reader's Digest, February, 2001, pp. 104–107.

TV Guide, September 24, 1994, pp. 30–34; January 18, 1997, p. 32.

US Weekly, March, 1999.

Women's Sport and Fitness, January, 2000, pp. 98–101.

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