Marnette Patterson

Marnette Patterson
Patterson in 2015
Born	Marnette Provost Patterson (1980-04-26) April 26, 1980 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Marne Patterson
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Known for	Charmed Something So Right Movie Stars
Spouse(s)	Jimmy Verzino (2011–present)

Marnette Provost "Marne" Patterson (born April 26, 1980^[1]) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Christy Jenkins on Charmed.

Early life

She was raised as an only child by her mother in Los Angeles, California, where she was born. She was a 1989 Junior Vocalist Winner on "Star Search" (1983). Charity works includes an animal advocacy group called the Amanda Foundation. Her name is her mother's middle name: Marnette. Her hobbies include singing, horseback riding, hiking, kickboxing, and cooking. Her aunt is Dana Dillaway, former child actress who appeared in Giant (1956) as Elizabeth Taylor's and Rock Hudson's daughter Judy (age 4). On September 4, 2011 Patterson married James "Jimmy" Verzino, an advertising executive, at a ranch in Malibu, California.

Career

Patterson appeared briefly as young volleyball schoolgirl attracting the attentions of Tommy in the very first episode of 3rd Rock From The Sun ("Brain and Eggs")

Patterson portrayed Nicole Farrell on the NBC series Something So Right.^[2]

Patterson also starred in the short-lived WB sitcom Movie Stars and the made-for-TV movie The Stalking of Laurie Show. She has appeared in films such as Camp Nowhere (1994),^[3] Pattersonmade appearance in That '70s Show as Shelly in the episode: "Eric's Panties" in 2000. Who's Your Daddy? (2003), Pope Dreams (2005), and Cloud 9 (2005). She also voiced Lucy van Pelt in It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown and It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown. In 2004, Patterson appeared on Grounded For Life as an underage drinker. In 2005, she guest starred on Supernatural as a young high school student, Charlie, in the episode Bloody Mary.^[4]

In 2005-2006, Patterson landed the role in Charmed as Christy Jenkins, a witch that was kidnapped from her home as a child by Scabber Demons at the age of seven. These demons hold her captive within The Underworld for fifteen years and intend to use her as the key to the "ultimate power" under the orders of The Triad, a trio of powerful upper-level demons who had originally sent the demon mercenary Belthazor/Cole Turner undercover to defeat The Charmed Ones, her character can mentally cause objects and beings to burst into flame. She appeared in Charmed for 8 episodes.

She also portrays Holly Little in the 2008 film Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. Patterson starred as Maggie Schaffer on the web series, called LG15: The Resistance. In 2009, she appeared on an episode of the TV series House, where she starred as Ashley. In 2011, she appeared briefly on an episode of The Mentalist ("Every Rose Has Its Thorn") as a con artist who would sleep with wealthy men and then blackmail them. Her character was named Naomi/Victoria. Patterson is close friends with Jennifer Finnigan, her co-star on The Stalking of Laurie Show.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

• 1997 for the Young Artist Award at the Young Artist Awards for "Best Performance in a TV Comedy by a Supporting Young Actress" for her work on Something So Right (1996). Nomination

References

External links

• Marnette Patterson at the Internet Movie Database