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. is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mount Vernon is a city located in Jefferson County, Illinois. ... is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Mad TV (disambiguation). ...

Biography

Flanagan was born in Mount Vernon, Illinois. She received a BS 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. Mount Vernon is a city located in Jefferson County, Illinois. ... The University of Evansville (UE) is a small (approximately 2400 students), private university located in Evansville, Indiana. ... The University of California, Irvine is a public research university primarily situated in suburban Irvine, California, USA. Founded in 1965, it is one of ten University of California campuses and is commonly known as UCI or UC Irvine. ... Fool for Love may refer to: Fool for Love (play), a play by Sam Shepard Fool for Love (film), a 1985 Robert Altman movie, adapted by Shepard from his play of the same name Fool for Love (Buffy episode), an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fools for Love, an... This article is about the play. ... Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans: ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). ... Oklahoma! was the first musical play written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (see Rodgers and Hammerstein). ... Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American sitcom starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David as himself. ... The Practice was an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston, Massachusetts law firm. ... ER is an Emmy-winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. ... Youve Got a Friend is a song from the early 1970s which marked the singer-songwriter movement. ... Ask A Ninja is an award-winning[1] series of comedy videos about the image of ninjas in popular culture available in podcast and vodcast form, as well as in mov and wmv file formats. ... Hermione Jean Granger (first name pronounced ) is a fictional character in J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series. ... For the film genre see Epic film. ...

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. The year 2004 in television involved some significant events. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. ... Ellen Pompeo (born November 10, 1969) is a Golden Globe nominated and Screen Actors Guild award winning American actress, best known for playing the title role of Meredith Grey on the ABC medical drama Greys Anatomy. ... Heidi Klum (pronounced ; born June 1, 1973[1]) is a German supermodel, actress, TV presenter, fashion designer, television producer and occasional singer. ... Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. ... Natalie Louise Maines Pasdar (born October 14, 1974) is an American singer and songwriter who achieved success as the lead vocalist for the female country music band Dixie Chicks. ... Hayden Leslie Panettiere (born August 21, 1989[1]) is an American actress, singer, and Grammy Award nominee. ... Hannah Montana is a Disney Channel Original Series produced in part with Sony Pictures which made its debut on Friday, March 24, 2006. ... For the film genre see Epic film. ...

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. September 2007 is the ninth month of that year. ...

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

Characters

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

Sesame Street is an American educational childrens television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. ...

Impressions

• Alex Hooser
• America Ferrera
• Angela Cartwright
• Becky Johnston
• Cheryl Hines
• Ellen Pompeo
• Emilie de Ravin
• Geri Jewell
• Hank Hill
• Hayden Panettiere
• Heidi Klum
• Homer Simpson
• Jeff Hardy
• Jerry Douglas(as John Abbott in Y&R sketch)
• Judy Reyes
• Justin Timberlake
• Lindsay Lohan
• Meredith Vieira
• Michelle Ryan
• Miley Cyrus
• Natalie Maines
• Nicholas Newman
• Patricia Arquette
• Rachel McAdams
• Sharon Collins
• Stephen Colbert
• Ted Kennedy
• Tom Cruise
• Toni Basil
• Tracy Hutson
• Vanna White
• Whitney Port
• Nicole Kidman

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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. A podcast is a digital media file, or a series of such files, that is distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers. ... Look up emo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ask A Ninja is an award-winning[1] series of comedy videos about the image of ninjas in popular culture available in podcast and vodcast form, as well as in mov and wmv file formats. ...

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
• "Stop that ticking!" - Wendy Walker, Ten Minute Meals

Unprotected sex refers to any act of sexual intercourse in which the participants use no forms of protection from sexually transmitted diseases. ...

Television appearances

• Mad Men (2007) as Lois Sadler
• MADtv (2005- present) as Various Characters
• Curb Your Enthusiasm (2005) as Mrs. Seiderman's Nurse
• The Practice (2003) as Marcia
• ER (2003) as Pam

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Filmography

• Meet the Spartans (2008) as Ugly Betty/Oracle, Spartan Woman
• Epic Movie (2007) as Hermione Granger

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External links

• Crista Flanagan at the Internet Movie Database
• Official MAD TV Website
• Crista Flanagan Homepage
• Hope Is Emo Website
• Suburban Blight Review Crista Flanagan played Wilma
• TV.com TV roles and appearances by Crista Flanagan