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Christian Madsen

Christian Madsen (Christian James Madsen), American actor, director, and writer born 1990 in Los Angeles, son of Michael Madsen. Known for Al in Divergent (2014), Mr. Church, Palo Alto, and King Jack; directed the short Free Bird.

Christian Mercuri

Christian Mercuri is a film producer and international sales executive, founder and CEO of Capstone Pictures (2017), formerly of Nu Image/Millennium and Red Granite International, with credits on over 250 films including The Wolf of Wall Street and Fall.

Christian metal

Christian metal: heavy metal with openly Christian lyrics and outlook, an ideological umbrella spanning nearly all metal subgenres, originating late 1970s USA and Sweden, exemplified by Stryper and unblack metal.

Christian Morgenstern

Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914) was a German poet, translator, and journalist, born in Munich, whose comic verse collection Galgenlieder (1905) made him a pioneer of German nonsense poetry.

Christian music festivals

Christian music festivals are multi-day, often camping-based gatherings centered on contemporary Christian music and worship, with member festivals of the Christian Festival Association drawing nearly a million attendees annually.

Christian music festivals in Europe

Christian music festivals in Europe are multi-day events that combine live music, worship, and Bible teaching. The Jesus Festival in France hosted over 5,200 attendees in 2025.

Christian music festivals in Oceania

Christian music festivals in Oceania are multi-day, drug- and alcohol-free camping events in Australia and New Zealand, led by Parachute Festival and Easterfest, which closed in the mid-2010s.

Christian Nodal

Christian Nodal (Christian Jesús González Nodal, born 1999, Sonora, Mexico) is a regional Mexican singer who created mariacheño, a mariachi-norteño fusion, broke through with "Adiós Amor" at 17, and was the first in his genre to enter the Billboard Hot 100.

Christian Scheider

Christian Scheider (born 1990, New York City), son of actor Roy Scheider, is an American actor, filmmaker, and theatermaker known for Words and Pictures (2013), Forever (2014), and directing The Tree Prophet (2017).

Christian Serratos

Christian Serratos (born Christian Marie Bernardi, 1990, Pasadena, California) is an American actress known as Suzie Crabgrass in Ned's Declassified, Angela Weber in Twilight, Rosita Espinosa on The Walking Dead, and Selena Quintanilla in Netflix's Selena: The Series.

Christian Siriano

Christian Siriano, American fashion designer and Project Runway season 4 winner (finale March 2008), founded his eponymous label in 2008; known for size-inclusive red-carpet glamour, CFDA membership since 2013, and mentoring Project Runway.

Christian Slater

Christian Slater (born 1969, New York City) is an American actor known for Heathers, Pump Up the Volume, True Romance, and his Golden Globe-winning role in Mr. Robot; he received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2025.

Christian Winther

Christian Winther (1796–1876) was a Danish poet of the second Romantic generation, known for the verse narrative Hjortens Flugt (1855) and love poetry centered on Zealand.

Christiane F. (film)

Christiane F. (Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo), 1981 West German drama by Uli Edel, adapted from the Stern interviews with Christiane Felscherinow; Natja Brunckhorst stars, David Bowie scored and cameos, a cult heroin-addiction classic.

Christiane Kubrick

Christiane Kubrick (née Harlan, born 1932), German painter and actress, widow of Stanley Kubrick; played the German singer in Paths of Glory as Susanne Christian, married him in 1958, and her paintings appear in A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut.

Christiane Seidel

Christiane Seidel, American-born German/Danish actor and producer from Wichita Falls, Texas; known as Sigrid Mueller in Boardwalk Empire, Martha in Godless, Helen Deardorff in The Queen's Gambit, and Paradise Highway (2022).

Christie Brinkley

Christie Brinkley (born Christie Lee Hudson, 1954) is an American supermodel, actress, and entrepreneur, first model on three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit covers (1979–1981), CoverGirl face, Billy Joel's 'Uptown Girl', memoir author.

Christie Golden

Christie Golden (born 1963, Atlanta) is an American author of Star Trek, Star Wars, StarCraft, World of Warcraft, and Assassin's Creed tie-in novels, plus original fantasy; her first novel was Vampire of the Mists (1991), and she won the IAMTW Faust Award in 2017.

Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera (born 1980, Staten Island) is an American pop singer with four-octave soprano range, 75 million records sold, seven Grammys, hits like "Genie in a Bottle," and Spanish-language albums including AGUILERA.

Christina Aguilera (album)

Christina Aguilera (1999), RCA debut album by Christina Aguilera; teen pop/dance-pop record that debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, spawned "Genie in a Bottle", and was certified 9x Platinum.

Christina Aguilera discography

The Christina Aguilera discography covers the American singer's nine studio albums in English and Spanish, holiday and live releases, and compilations from 1999 to 2025.

Christina Alexandra Voros

Christina Alexandra Voros is an American director, cinematographer, and producer; a Harvard and NYU Tisch graduate who rose from B-camera operator on Yellowstone (2018) to DP, director, and executive producer across Taylor Sheridan's shows, directing every episode of The Madison and directing, shooting, and executive producing Dutton Ranch.

Christina Applegate

Christina Applegate (born 1971) is an American actor known as Kelly Bundy on Married... with Children, an Emmy winner for Friends, and star of Dead to Me; in 2026 she revealed her 2021 MS diagnosis was a misdiagnosis.

Christina Chang

Christina Chang (張韻明), Taiwanese-born American actress born 1971 in Taipei; known for Dr. Audrey Lim on The Good Doctor (2017–2024) and Yuna Hollander in Heated Rivalry (2025); MFA, University of Washington.

Christina Chong

Christina Chong is a British actress and singer-songwriter known for playing Lieutenant La'An Noonien-Singh in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds since 2022, after roles in Doctor Who and Line of Duty.

Christina Cole

Christina Cole (born 1982, London) is an English actress known as Cassie Hughes in Hex, Dr Paula Agard in Suits, and for What a Girl Wants, Casino Royale, and Jupiter Ascending, plus voice roles in Final Fantasy XVI and Alan Wake II.

Christina Cox

Christina Cox (born 1971, Toronto) is a Canadian actress, producer, and stunt performer known for Vicki Nelson in Blood Ties, Angie Ramirez in F/X: The Series, Jen Crane in Defying Gravity, and Eve Logan in The Chronicles of Riddick.

Christina Crawford

Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) is an American actress and author, adopted daughter of Joan Crawford, whose 1978 memoir Mommie Dearest alleged child abuse and became a 1981 film; also wrote Survivor, No Safe Place, and Daughters of the Inquisition.

Christina Grimmie

Christina Grimmie (1994-2016), American singer-songwriter from Marlton, New Jersey, YouTube star as zeldaxlove64, third-place finisher on The Voice season 6 (2014), killed June 10, 2016 in Orlando; family founded the Christina Grimmie Foundation.

Christina Hall

Christina Hall (Christina Meursinge Haack, born 1983, Anaheim) is an HGTV real estate and design personality of Flip or Flop, Christina on the Coast, Christina in the Country, and The Flip Off, married to Tarek El Moussa, Ant Anstead, and Josh Hall, with three children.