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CHRISTA MARIA PEARCE WAS BORN TO TIM AND TERI ON A BEAUTIFUL EVENING ON MARCH 29TH, 1984. SHE WAS THE FIRST CHILD FOR THE TWO YOUNG TEACHERS WHO HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THEIR DAUGHTER. THEY LIVED IN A MODEST HOME IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA AND RAISED THEIR DAUGHTER WITH THE TYPICAL LIFESTYLE THAT ANY OTHER GIRL DURING THAT TIME WOULD’VE LIVED. SHE WAS INVOLVED IN GYMNASTICS, DANCE CLASSES, PIANO CLASSES AND HAD FRIENDS OVER ON THE WEEKENDS TO SWIM IN THEIR POOL. SHE WAS A GOOD STUDENT WHO LOVED TO CHASE BOYS ON THE PLAYGROUND AND LOOKED FORWARD TO CHANGING THE COLOR OF THE RUBBER BANDS IN HER BRACES WHILE LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING HER CRUSH, JTT, ON HOME IMPROVEMENT WITH HER PARENTS. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, SHE GOT INVOLVED IN SCHOOL GOVERNMENT AND CHEERLEADING. CHRISTA HAD SOME ISSUES WITH ATTENDING THE SAME SCHOOL HER PARENTS TAUGHT AT, BUT SHE LOVED HER PARENTS AND ENJOYED IT MOST OF THE TIME. COME HIGH SCHOOL, SHE STARTED HANGING OUT A LOT MORE WITH THE JOCKS AND WEEKEND POOL PARTIES TURNED TO WEEKEND TRIPS TO CABO AND SKI TRIPS IN THE WINTER WITH HER FRIENDS. HER LIFESTYLE WAS ALL ABOUT HER FRIENDS, CHEERLEADING, BOYFRIENDS AND MAKING SURE SHE GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF HER CLASS SO SHE COULD GO TO A GOOD COLLEGE AND FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF HER PARENTS.
WHEN CHRISTA GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN 2002, SHE WAS PLANNING HER VENTURE TO UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. HAD BROKEN UP WITH HER SENIOR YEAR BOYFRIEND, SHE WAS READY TO START A NEW. LIVING OFF CAMPUS WITH A FAMILY FRIEND, CHRISTA TRIED TO GET AS ACTIVE WITH ACTIVITIES AND COLLEGE LIFE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AFTER REALIZING SHE WASN’T ONE TO ENTER A SORORITY, SHE FOUND A CLOSE TIGHT KNIT GROUP TO HANG OUT WITH. THEY HAD FREQUENT BOWLING NIGHTS WHICH ENDED IN GETTING BURGERS AND FRIES. AS MUCH AS CHRISTA WAS TRYING TO BALANCE EVERYTHING, SHE COULDN’T KEEP FOCUSED WITH EVERYTHING SHE HAD GOING ON AND SOON FOUND HERSELF HAVING TWO CARRY A JOB, WHICH ENDED UP LEADING TO TWO JOBS. BY THE TIME SHE WAS HALFWAY THROUGH HER SOPHOMORE YEAR, SHE DECIDED COLLEGE WASN’T HER PLACE ANYMORE. A CO-WORKER OF HERS WAS A STRUGGLING ACTRESS FROM IDAHO, SO CHRISTA STARTED RUNNING AROUND DOING AUDITIONS WITH HER, THINKING IT WAS WORTH A SHOT. AFTER A FEW TRIES, CHRISTA LANDED A GUEST ROLE ON THE SHOW, MEDICAL INVESTIGATION.
IT WAS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR CHRISTA TO LAND THAT ROLE AND MADE A FEW FRIENDS WITH THE CREW PEOPLE, ONE OF THEM BEING A CASTING ASSISTANT THAT SUGGESTED THAT SHE TRY OUT FOR THE NEW FILM, SKY HIGH, THAT SHE WAS WORKING ON. CHRISTA AUDITIONED AND GOT CALLED BACK. NOT THINKING SHE GOT THE ROLE AFTER THE CALL BACK, SHE WAS SURPRISED WHEN SHE WAS CONTACTED ABOUT GETTING THE ROLE OF GWEN GRAYSON. BY THEN, SHE WAS HIT WITH THE ACTING BUG AND SKY HIGH BROUGHT HER SOME ATTENTION. AFTER SKY HIGH, CHRISTA WAS ABLE TO LAND A COUPLE MORE ROLES… THE TEEN COMEDY, SHE’S THE MAN AND THE HORROR FILM, ONE HAD MORE SUCCESS THAN THE OTHER. HER PERFORMANCE HAD BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE CASTING DIRECTOR FOR THE NEW SERIES CALLED MAD MEN, WHICH SHE WAS BROUGHT IN TO READ FOR THE ROLE OF TRUDY CAMPBELL AND GOT THE ROLE ON THE SPOT. WHEN CHRISTA WAS CAST ON MAD MEN, SHE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT HERSELF HER FIRST APARTMENT.
HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS DID NOT TREAT CHRISTA ANY DIFFERENTLY WITH HER NEW FOUND FAME, SO IT HELPED CHRISTA NOT GETTING TOO DISTRACTED FROM HERSELF AND HER SURROUNDINGS. SHE STILL HAD FRIENDS MARATHONS WITH HER COLLEGE FRIENDS AND SAW HER FAMILY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT DINNER EVERY OTHER WEEK. MAD MEN WAS KEEPING HER HAPPY, WITH HAVING ENOUGH TIME FOR HERSELF AND ENOUGH TO KEEP WORKING, BUT SHE DECIDED TO SEEK OUT MORE FILM ONCE HER TIME STARTED WEARING MORE THIN ON THE SHOW. SHE SNATCHED THE BREAKOUT ROLE, FOR HER, AS NATALIE KEENER IN UP IN THE AIR. NOT EVERYONE WAS FAMILIAR BEFORE SHE WAS CAST, BUT THAT CHANGED AFTER PEOPLE SAW THE FILM AND SHE STARTED GAINING MORE SUCCESS AT LANDING MOVIE ROLES WHEN SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE FILM.
WHILE STILL WORKING ON MAD MEN, CHRISTA WAS DOING GOOD MAKING HER OWN NAME FOR HERSELF OUTSIDE OF THE SHOW WITH ROLES THAT WAS STARTING TO UP HER RESUME. STILL, SHE WASN’T ONE TO TAKE HERSELF ALL THAT SERIOUSLY OUTSIDE OF HER WORK AND WOULD CHOOSE ROLES AND PROJECTS THAT SHE HONESTLY WANTED TO DO THAT MEANT SOMETHING OR THE OTHER TO HER. WHILE CAUGHT UP IN GETTING JOBS, SHE MET AN ACTOR WHO CHANGED ALMOST EVERYTHING. EVEN THOUGH CHRISTA ENJOYED GOING OUT TO THE HOTTEST CLUBS AND PARTYING WITH HER FRIENDS, THIS GUY MADE HER MORE FOCUSED AND WANTING TO CALM DOWN. IT BEGAN TO BE HARD ON THE DISTANCE, SINCE HE LIVED IN NEW YORK AND HER IN CALIFORNIA. AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF DATING, CHRISTA GOT AN APARTMENT IN NEW YORK AND MADE THE MOVE.
THE RELATIONSHIP WAS LOW KEY AND NO ONE EVER KNEW ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AND CHRISTA WAS ABLE TO GO ON ABOUT HER CAREER. SHE LIKED THE LIFESTYLE THAT THEY HAD, BUT HE BECAME MORE SERIOUS ABOUT MARRIAGE AND IT WASN’T SOMETHING THAT CHRISTA FELT SHE WANTED OR NEEDED YET IN LIFE. THE COUPLE BROKE UP IN EARLY 2014, AFTER ALMOST THREE YEARS OF BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP. BY THAT TIME, CHRISTA HAD EXITED MAD MEN AND STARTED GOING IN A NEW DIRECTION IN HER CAREER. GETTING HER OWN PLACE IN NEW YORK, NOT WANTING TO CHANGE TOO MUCH ELSE OF HER LIFE, SHE DECIDED TO REMAIN THERE.
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