Christine’s first stage performance was a talent show at the age of seven with Freddy, her big red furry monster puppet. She continued to perform on stage throughout her childhood. As a teen she not only acted in plays and musicals, but she began performing ventriloquism professionally. Christine wrote her own scripts, did her own promotional and booking working, and performed her shows at events throughout the Midwest. In 1997, Christine and Suzy-Q (puppet) won the International Junior Ventriloquist Title. Christine chose to double major in theatre design and technology and acting at Ball State University. She studied theatre in London and Los Angeles through exchange programs before graduating with a Bachelors of Science in Theatre. She moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Within weeks of being a Los Angeles resident she was on set of Along Came Polly as Mary in the JCS cast of the play within the movie.
Christine Barger
Movies
Risk
Reuben Feffer thinks he’s found the love of his life but on his honeymoon he discovers her cheating on him with a scuba instructor. Reuben travels back home to get his life on track. On a night out with best pal, Sandy Lyle, Reuben discovers an old school friend, Polly…
Fun Facts
She has performed onstage as a ventriloquist since age 7.
She was the 1997 International Junior Ventriloquist Champion.
Won $20,000 on Court TV's Fake Out (2003) in 2004.
Santa Monica, California [November 2004]
Hollywood, California [April 2006]