Crista Flanagan

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Crista Flanagan

Born February 24, 1976 (1976-02-24) (age 32)
Mount Vernon, Illinois

Crista Flanagan (born February 24, 1976) is an American television and stand-up comedian as well as a live theatre actress. Flanagan is notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv and currently appears in the show's 13th season.

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[edit] Biography

Flanagan was born in Mount Vernon, Illinois in an Irish-American family to David and Bonnie Flanagan. She received a BFA 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's notable guest appearances on television include Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Practice, ER, and a recurring role on You've Got a Friend. She has recently partnered up with the team behind Ask A Ninja to create a video podcast called Hope is Emo. Flanagan currently lives in Los Angeles. Flanagan played the role of Hermione Granger in the 2007 film, Epic Movie.

[edit] 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, Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks, Hayden Panettiere and Hannah Montanna. Also, 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 Crista played Hermione in Epic Movie.

Crista is one of the shortest castmembers standing at just 5' 2". Alex Borstein was the shortest at 5'.

As of September 2007, Flanagan is a regular cast member entering her 4th season into Season 13.

Majority of her characters usually end up crying, bleeding, and are physically and/or emotional abused.

[edit] Characters

  • Christie (QVC: Quacker Factory)
  • Denise (Jazzed for Crafts)
  • Grandma Noni
  • Luann Lockhart, Stand-Up Comedian
  • Nippy (Clownin' and Krumpin')
  • Sally (Sesame Street)
  • Wendy Walker (3 Minute Meal)

[edit] Impressions

[edit] 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, whose popularity with Ask a Ninja has been phenomenal.

[edit] Catch phrases

  • "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.'" - Luann Lockhart, Standup Comedian
  • "DANGIT!" - Peggy Partain, the Roller Skating Champ
  • "I usually go to the park everyday, because nature doesn't judge me."- Hope (Hope Is Emo)
  • "Boy, fruitcakes are yuck! But don't tell my grandma that." - Luann Lockhart, Standup Comedian
  • "You shut your unprotected sex mouth" - Grandma Noni
  • "Just stop that ticking!" - Wendy Walker, Three Minute Meals
  • "Ok, let's get this three minute meal going! BONK!" -Wendy Walker, Three Minute Meals

[edit] Television appearances

[edit] Filmography

[edit] External links

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