Christy Lorraine Knowings (born February 25, 1980) is an American actress and comedienne who served three seasons on the

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sketch-comedy series ''

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'' (where she replaced

Alisa Reyes Alisa Adriana Reyes is an American actress, best known for three seasons that she appeared on Nickelodeon's ''All That'' (1994–97) and providing the voice of LaCienega Boulevardez in the Disney Channel original series, ''The Proud Family'' (200 ...

in 1997 and was replaced by

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in 2002).

''All That''

After Tricia Dickson,

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and

left ''

'', the producers brought in

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, Leon Frierson, and Christy Knowings. Knowings had previously been a performer on a

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sketch-comedy

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produced by Nickelodeon entitled, ''And Now This''. She and her twin brother, actor Chris Knowings, were in the

special greenroom, unaware that two casting directors from ''All That'' were in the room. Chris told Christy to do her impressions and accents. The

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s asked Christy to audition, which she did, and she got the job. Knowings remained on the show until the end of Season 6 in 2000. Her characters included Penny Lane (inheriting the role from Alisa Reyes, who herself had inherited the role from Angelique Bates), the

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for Dr. Bynes,

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Fondue, Jessica from ''Whateverrr!!!'', Yoko from ''CJ and the Cloudy Knights'', Brenda Stone from Channel 6 1/2 News, and Winter Wonders from ''What Do You Do?'' ''What Do You Do?'' was a

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of the Nickelodeon

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'', and Winter Wonders was a parody of Summer Sanders. Knowings herself was a panelist a few times on ''Figure It Out''.

Life after ''All That''

Knowings made a small cameo in the green room for the show's 10th Anniversary Special. She made three episode appearances on ''

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'', alongside her real-life twin brother Chris Knowings.

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