Christa Miller

About

Christa Miller-Lawrence (née Miller; born May 28, 1964) is an American actress known for her roles in television comedies. Her foremost roles include Kate O’Brien in the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show, Jordan Sullivan in the NBC/ABC comedy series Scrubs, Ellie Torres in the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town, Liz Bishop in the Apple TV+ comedy drama Shrinking and voicing Cleopatra “Cleo” Smith and Candide Sampson in Clone High. She has also appeared in Seinfeld, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and CSI: Miami.

Miller’s days as a child model were curtailed after an operation for a benign bone tumor. After attending Convent of the Sacred Heart, she returned briefly to modeling, but soon took acting lessons, and gave up modeling when she moved to Los Angeles in 1990.

Miller’s first role on television was in Kate & Allie, which starred her real-life aunt, Susan Saint James.
She then appeared in episodes of Northern Exposure, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Party of Five. She had a small role in the horror film Stepfather III (1992) with Priscilla Barnes.
She later appeared twice on Seinfeld, as two different characters. In the 1993 episode “The Sniffing Accountant”, she played…