Kristina Klebe ( ; born 1979–1982) is an American actress, director, producer and writer who came to prominence for her portrayal of Lynda Van Der Klok in Rob Zombie's '' Halloween'' (2007). Her other film roles include ''

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'' (2019), and ''

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'' (2021), the last of which she also co-wrote.

Early life

Klebe was born in

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to European immigrant parents. Her father is from Germany. Klebe was raised primarily in New York City but spent time in Europe with her family in Germany, France and Italy as a child and teenager. She lived in Aix-en-Provence when she was 15 for six months as an exchange student, and in Paris when she was 18 working as an intern at the film distribution firm M5. Klebe went to high school in New York City and graduated from

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cum laude with a major in politics and a minor in theater and film. While in college, Klebe lived in Sienna, Italy when she was 20 for a study abroad program. She gave up being a competitive equestrian for a more complete immersion in theater in her teens. She attended the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut.

Career

Her acting career began on several off-Broadway stages. Ranging from characters such as Juliet in "Romeo & Juliet," Beatrice in "The Servant of Two Masters," Dorimene in "The Bourgeois Gentleman," Mary in "On The Verge," and Jill in "The Big Funk," she has worked at Soho Rep, The Public Theater, NY Theater Workshop, 59E59, The Jean Cocteau Repertory and the Underwood Theater in New York. Klebe was cast as Lynda Van Der Klok in Rob Zombie's '' Halloween'' (2007). She subsequently co-starred in the independent horror film ''

'' (2013), and in the anthology film ''

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'' (2015). In the mid-2010s, Klebe enrolled in the

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Graduate Film Program at

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, where she wrote, directed, and acted in the short film ''Daddy's Little Girl'' as her thesis project, which was released in 2019. She portrayed the historical character

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's remake of ''

'' (2019). Klebe had a leading role in the 2021 horror film ''

'', which she co-wrote with director Pierre Tsigaridis.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Notes

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klebe, Kristina 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New York City American film actresses American people of German descent American television actresses Dartmouth College alumni German film actresses German television actresses Living people Tisch School of the Arts alumni Year of birth missing (living people)