Kristin was born in Ohio and grew up outside of Chicago. Her father was a chemical engineer and her talented, beautiful mother stayed home with their four children. She was cast in countless school plays as a youngster.After graduating from the University of Illinois with a BFA in Dance, she moved to New York City to continue training and was spotted on the streets of Soho by Annie Flanders, who later became the editor of Details magazine. She was introduced to Wilhelmina, signed, and found herself in Paris doing runway shows two weeks later. During her time traveling between France and New York she became fluent in French.For the next ten years, runway modeling was her day job, while she returned to her first love and trained at prestigious acting studios including Wynn Handman of the American Place Theatre in New York. She acted in films, off-off Broadway plays, television including All My Children and commercials.Her career was interrupted by a short marriage and the birth of her musically talented son, whom she raised alone. After 18 years off the stage and screen, Kristin has come back to appear and star in plays, commercials and numerous indie films, most notably The Inner Room, Mind's Eye and The Frame. Show less «