| Kellie Noelle Martin is an American television actress. Martin began her acting career at age seven, when her aunt Rhonda, a nanny for actor Michael Landon's children, helped Martin land a guest spot on the Landon produced series Father Murphy. n 1994, she starred in her own series, acting alongside Tyne Daly in the CBS period drama Christy. The series was based on a popular religious novel by the author Catherine Marshall and told the story of a young missionary teacher in an isolated community in the Appalachian Mountains. In 1995, she starred in The Face on the Milk Carton. From 1998-2000, Martin appeared on the medical drama E.R. as student Lucy Knight. In 2003, Martin starred in Mystery Woman, a Hallmark Channel movie about a book store owner being involved in actual crimes. It proved a popular vehicle for Martin; since 2005 she has gone on to make nine more Mystery Woman movies for Hallmark, two of which she directed. In 2006 Martin starred in the Lifetime Movie Live Once, Die Twice. She married Keith Christian in May 15, 1999 in his hometown of Polson, Montana. The pair welcomed their first child, a daughter named Margaret Heather Christian, on November 4, 2006; she is named after Martin's sister Heather who died due to lupus erythematosus at age 19.
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