Christine Campbell

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Christine Campbell
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Christine Campbell
First appearance Pilot
Portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Information
Gender Female
Age 37
Date of birth 1971
Occupation GYM Owner
Family Matthew Campbell (brother)
Richie Campbell (son)
Spouse(s) Richard Campbell (ex-husband)
Children Richie

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[edit] The Character

Christine Campbell is the title character of The New Adventures of Old Christine, portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in her Emmy winning role. The series surrounds her as she starts to live a more complicated daily life when her ex-husband dates a new, younger Christine.

Christine is a single, divorced 37-year old with a son. Christine's competitive and aggressive nature are common factors that get in the way of her happiness, such as in the episode Ritchie has two Mommies (1.09), where she refuses to let her son meet her ex-husband's new girlfriend Christine, fearing he'll like her more. Christine is seen as very self-centered, as she often makes situations revolving around other people about her.

Christine's oblivious attitude towards current events and politics frequently go back to her obsession with American Idol. In Strange Bedfellows (2.17), Christine attempts to get more involved with the world to be a good role model for her son, which goes horribly wrong when she supports a cause sponsored by the oil company. Christine often gets obsessions with celebrities, as her peers have brought up John Stewart (2.22), and she has brought up people including Jake Gyllenhall (3.07) and Taylor Hicks (2.18).

[edit] Facts

  • Christine is the owner of a 30-minute workout gym for women (1.01)
  • Christine is known as Old Christine because her ex-husband dates a younger, prettier Christine, who is new to him and people that know them.
  • Christine and Richard split up 2 years before the series began.
  • Christine frequently gets tossed up in imaginary relationships (2.18)

[edit] Character Relationships

[edit] Main Characters

Richard Campbell (Clark Gregg) Christine's ex-husband and current friend. Richard often criticizes Christine for being too controlling and being a bad role model for their son Ritchie. They remain friends and Christine often gets herself tangled up in his problems, resulting in them being worse.

Matthew (Hamish Linklater) Christine's live-in brother and nanny of Ritchie. Matthew lives at the house and does as he pleases in exchange for caring for Ritchie when needed. Matthew often finds himself having to tend to Christine's strange problems, issues and ideas.

Christine Hunter (Emily Rutherfurd) Richard's live-in girlfriend (as of 3.07). Perceived as a dumb blond, Christine fills herself with feelings of jealousy and hatred for unknown reasons, until made apparent when Christine ruins Richard's birthday when saying that she was better than New Christine (2.16). Since then, Christine has hated her for different reasons, such as setting her up with a high school student (3.06) and moving in with Richard. Christine also slept with her father (2.02), a problem circulating through the seasons.

Lindsay and Marly (Alex Kapp Horner and Tricia O'Kelley) Meanie moms at Ritchie's school. Continuously criticize Christine for her age, because she works and her fashion style. Recently, Christine attempted to befriend them, and although it went well, she later left because they were disrespecting Ritchie. Lindsay, the least cut-throat, defended Christine once when they crashed cars (2.11).

Ritchie Campbell (Trevor Gagnon) Christine's adorable son. They have a good relationship but Ritchie prefers to hang out with his dad (2.13).

Barb (Wanda Sykes) Christine's best friend and co-owner at the gym. Barb and Christine are seen frequently as disagreeing despite their friendship. Barb often goes with people such as Matthew and Richard who make fun of her for various reasons.

[edit] Other Relationships

Christine and Daniel dated after they liked each other, but couldn't date because he was Ritchie's teacher. He switched schools and it went well, but they eventually split up.

Christine slept with 'New' Christine's father and once she found out, their relationship was short lived.

Richard's work associate has a giant crush on Christine and later in the series, the two started to bond.

Christine's boyfriend earlier in the series, and most recently, we found out Christine leaving him had him in therapy, and he was a very different person.