#202: Christine Lakin - Pivot and Go

Christine Lakin is a Director, Actor, Producer and a
Choregrapher. Christine is probably best known for her role as
“Al” in the 90’s sit-com Step By Step. More recently, she was one
of three Hollywood Darlings on the Pop Network alongside Jodie
Sweetin (Fuller House) and Beverley Mitchell (7th Heaven). These
three women produced the highly improvised comedy loosely based
on their real lives and friendship. Christine has also appeared
in dozens of films and TV shows such as Modern Family, The
Rookie, Station 19, American Housewife, Mothers Day, CSI, The
League, Melissa and Joey, Valentines Day, Veronica Mars and You
Again.


She’s voiced multiple roles on FOX’s Family Guy, Cartoon
Network’s Clarence and is known as Jane from The Walking Dead
game, Seasons 1 and 2. She is the voice behind PeeBee in EA’s
Mass Effect: Andromeda. She also narrates numerous audio book
 - in fact over 150, including the best selling
Bosch/Ballard detective series by Michael Connelly, in which she
voiced Renee Ballard. Christine has also performed in several
acclaimed theater productions, notably as Clarice Starling in the
cult-hit Silence, The Musical LADCC award and dozens with LA
favorite, The Troubadour Theater Company. She has regularly
hosted  for CMT, VH1 and E! including the recent Burbank
International Film Festival.


Christine is also a nominated choreographer, whose work has
appeared in many national commercials and on HBO’s Westworld,
True Blood, Schooled and ABC’s The Goldbergs. She has worked on
films such as You Again, and Parental Guidance alongside such
talent as Sigourney Weaver, Betty White, Jamie Lee Curtis, Steve
Carell, Jennifer Garner and Bette Midler.


She is the creator of the hit storytelling show, Worst Ever,
which ran to sold-out crowds around Los Angeles and New York
before being developed and sold as a series with Thank You Brain
Productions. It was turned into successful podcast found on Apple
and iTunes. Additionally, she has sold scripted content to MTV,
Hulu, and has developed with Whoopi, Inc., Campanario and Warner
Horizon.


Most recently Christine has been behind the camera, directing
episodic television for Apple, Disney+ and ABC including The
Goldbergs and High School Musical, The Musical, The Series.


We chat about mentors, pivoting, saying “yes”, collaboration and
success, choreography and getting into directing, second guessing
ourselves, imposter syndrome and play and fun.


The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day
after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael
Kahan

Check Christine out on:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yolakin/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/yolakin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChristineLakinVerified/
 
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/christinelakin


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