Christine Lakin

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 _The Rose and the Jackal (1990)_ (qv), which also starred 'Christopher Reeve' (qv). In 1991, she took her first step towards big fame and landed the role as the tomboyish Al on the Friday night hit _Step by Step (1991)_ (qv).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 _Step by Step (1991)_ (qv) 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 _Boltneck (2000)_ (qv) and _Finding Kelly (2000)_ (qv). _Whatever It Takes (2000)_ (qv) 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)_ (qv), and _Opposite Sex (2000)_ (qv). Still attending UCLA and handling a film career, Christine is managing to do what few child actors tend to do, which is continue.::Breighton Lee; bonbon_03@hotmail.com