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Christine Ebersole (b. 21 February 1953) is an American actress and singer, and Tony Award winner.

Ebersole was born in Chicago, Illinois, and graduated from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. After appearances on Ryan's Hope in 1977 and 1980, she got her first big role as part of the cast of Saturday Night Live during Dick Ebersol's first full season as executive producer (season seven; 1981-1982) where she was a Weekend Update co-anchor for Brian Doyle-Murray (sometimes switching places with fellow castmember Mary Gross), and after this starred for several seasons on One Life to Live and Valerie.

Her film roles to date have included Mac and Me (1988), My Girl 2 (1994), Richie Rich (1994), 'Til There Was You (1997), My Favorite Martian (1999), and as the diva Katerina Cavalieri in Miloš Forman's Amadeus (1984).

Ebersole has also been part of the cast of several failed television series, including Rachel Gunn, R.N. (1992) in which she played the title role, alongside Will & Grace's Megan Mullally. She has also had notable guest roles in shows such as Will & Grace, Just Shoot Me, Murphy Brown and Ally McBeal.

Ebersole has found her biggest fame on Broadway. Her most noted roles have included an appearance in Gore Vidal's The Best Man (2000), Millicent Jordan in Dinner at Eight (2002) (for which she was nominated for a Tony Award), M'Lynn in Steel Magnolias (2005), and the role for which she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical - Dorothy Brock in the 2001 revival of 42nd Street.

In 2006, Ebersole took the dual role of Edie Beale and Edith Bouvier Beale in Grey Gardens, a new musical based upon the movie of the same name. After a sold-out off-broadway run, Ebersole remained with the roles when the play moved to Broadway in fall 2006. For this role, she has received rave reviews.

Ebersole has been married twice, to Peter Bergman, and to her present spouse Bill Moloney, with whom she has adopted three children. She is also the aunt of Janel Moloney. She currently lives in Maplewood, New Jersey with her family.

On February 20, 2007, Christine went on the record on San Diego based Mark Dice's radio show (formerly known as John Conner) saying that 9/11 was engineered by a faction within the Bush administration.[1]

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• ChristineEbersole.com
• Christine Ebersole at the Internet Movie Database
• Christine Ebersole at the Internet Broadway Database
• Production: Grey Gardens Working in the Theatre by the American Theatre Wing, November 2006
• Performance Working in the Theatre video from the American Theatre Wing, September 2001
• Star File: Christine Ebersole at Broadway.com

Preceded by Mary Gross	Weekend Update as SNL NewsBreak 1982	Succeeded by Brad Hall
Ebersole co-anchored alongside Brian Doyle-Murray.