Krista Allen

About Krista Allen

Krista Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress and model. She is most well known for her roles as Billie Reed on Days of our Lives from 1996–1999, as Jenna Avid on Baywatch Hawaii from 2000–2001, and as Bridget on What About Brian from 2006–2007. Her most notable film roles are Liar Liar with Jim Carrey, Anger Management with Adam Sandler and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind with George Clooney, whom she has occasionally dated. She also took the lead role in a series of softcore tv movies inspired by the sex icon Emmanuelle.

Allen was born in Ventura, California, the daughter of Portuguese American Katherine Mary (née Raposa) and Irish American Dalton Earl Allen, Sr., who later divorced. Allen has an older brother, Dalton Earl Allen, Jr. She grew up in Houston and later lived in Austin, Texas, going to school at Austin Community College and majoring in education. Krista eventually graduated from the University of Texas with an education degree. She considered teaching as a profession but ultimately decided to move back to California and pursue an acting career.

Allen appeared on the television shows Days of our Lives (as Billie Reed, 1996-1999) and Baywatch Hawaii (Jenna Avid, 2000-2001). Allen has also appeared in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Anger Management, and the Project Greenlight horror film Feast. Allen is also well known for playing a sexy virtual reality character Maitreya/Jade Blue Afterglow in an episode of The X-Files, and is remembered for her brief appearance as the busty "Elevator Girl" in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar. She also played the lead role in the erotic series Emmanuelle in Space (1994), which contains much nudity and sexual content. In 2002, she appeared in an episode of Friends,The One Where Joey Dates Rachel as Joey's girlfriend Mable. In 2005, she appeared in the short-lived FOX sitcom Head Cases.