Who is Christina Evangeline?
Christina is an American model and actress, but probably best known to the world as the ex-wife of American comedian Kenan Thompson.
Christine Evangeline Wiki: Age, Childhood, and Education
Christina was born on 24 March 1989, in New York City, USA. According to sources, she has a younger sister, but her name is unavailable to the media. Christine’s father was in the US Marine Corps, and her stay-at-home mother raised her since her father was often away from home.
She became interested in fashion and modeling at an early age. After high school, she chose not to enroll at any university, and instead focused on launching a modeling career. However, she would later obtain an arts degree.
Career
Christina initially found work as a waitress in a local bar to support herself, while chasing her dreams in the modeling world, and was soon noticed by a talent agent, with whom she signed a contract.
After a short training period, Christina was thrown into the world of modeling, and fared rather well. She worked with local and lesser-known fashion brands, but this was only the beginning. She built a name for herself and became more popular over time, eventually being picked-up by scouts of Calvin Klein and Versace.
After this happened, Christina went on to work for several other high fashion brands, cat-walking, and gracing the pages of various fashion magazines.
However, in recent years, she’s been focused on working as an interior designer.
Net Worth
As of mid- 2022, Christina Evangeline’s net worth has been estimated at over $1 million, earned largely through her career as a model.
How did Christina Evangeline and Kenan Thompson Meet?
The couple were introduced by a mutual friend, talent manager Danny Estrada in 2008, and the two started dating almost immediately. The duo became engaged in September 2010, and married in a private ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia, on 11 November 2011. The couple’s first child, daughter Georgie Marie, was born in June 2014, while their second child, also a daughter, Gianna Michelle, was born in July 2018.
Divorce and Life After Marriage
Kenan filed for divorce in July 2022, two years after the’dy quietly separated in November 2020.
They have remained close to this day for the benefit of their children and are co-parenting, having agreed to split custody.
Since the divorce, Christina has remained single, and focused on raising her two daughters.
Appearance and Vital Statistics
The former model has brown hair and green eyes. She stands at 5ft 6ins (1.67m) tall, weighs about 12lbs (55kgs), with vital statistics of 34-26-35, and bra size 33B.
Christina Evangeline Ex-Husband, Kenan Thompson Short Bio
Kenan Thompson was born on 10 May 1978, in Columbus, Ohio, USA, the middle child of Fletcher and Elizabeth Ann Thompson. He has an older brother, Kerwin, and a younger sister Feleecia – the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, before he was even a year old.
At the age of five, he was enrolled into acting classes by his mother, and began appearing in various plays, including “The Wiz”.
He was attended Tri-Cities High School when he started shooting “D2: The mighty Ducks”, which was his acting debut, while he also worked on the comedy sketch show “All That” between 1994 and 2000.
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He starred in “D2: The Mighty Ducks” in 1994 and reprised the role in the sequel “D3: The Mighty Ducks” in 1996; in between, he starred with Tom McGowan and Ben Stiller in the comedy-drama film “Heavyweights”.
To speak further of his early work, Kenan was one part of the duo “Kenan & Kel”, which ran from 1996 to 2000.
Before his first appearance in “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), Kenan featured in the filmS “Big Fat Liar” and “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” in 2003, among other projects. He joined the cast of “SNL” that year, the first comedian born after 1975 to be in the show. He served as a featured player until 2005, and was then promoted to repertory player.
Since then, Kenan has broken several records in regard to his stint on the show, including being the longest-tenured cast member, as he’s been in the show for 20 seasons, previously held by Darnell Hammond. He also beat Hammond’s record for most celebrity impressions performed on the show, with 139. Some of his impressions included of Whoopi Goldberg, David Ortiz, Bill Cosby, Steve Harvey, OJ Simpson and Charles Barkley, among many others.
He’s appeared in over 380 regular episodes of the popular show, specials not included, and has performed in more than 1,500 sketches. At first, Kenan was best known for his ridiculous and, at the same time, excellent portrayals of black women; however, since 2013, he’s refused to play any more black women, and sought from SNL to hire black women.
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Some of his most popular recurring characters include Steve Kane, the gym teacher who can be seen in the Daniel Frye sketches, then Tre, who is a character popular in the sketch known as Californians, then Elliot Pants, who is the host of “What’s Wrong with This Picture?”, in addition to many other popular characters.
For his work on the show and in honor of his 20th anniversary on the show, he was rewarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 11 August 2022 – his star is next to Lorne Michael’s star, creator of “SNL”.
Furthermore, Kenan has earned four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on “SNL” over the years, and one in 2018.
Kenan is still acting, and has more than 50 film and TV appearances outside “SNL”; his most recent appearance was as James Baldwin in the film “Bros” (2022).
According to sources, Kenan Thompson’s net worth is estimated at $13 million, as of mid- 2022.
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