Kristin Richardson

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Kristin Kay Richardson (née Willits), born August 4, 1970, is a former back-up dancer for Cher and an actress.Early life and educationRichardson's parents are John Willits, a chiropractor, and Susan Patton, car dealership. She has two siblings, Brad Willits and older sister Tina Heut.Kristin graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in 1988, where she was a member of the Cougarettes drill and gymnastics (co-captain of the gymnastics team, a leader, and a choreographer) teams, the cheer leading squad and staff of her school paper, The Northwest Passage. Richardson first attended the University of Kansas for one semester before she transferred to Oklahoma City University to study dance. She graduated from Oklahoma City University in 1992 with a Performing Arts degree in Classical and Jazz Dance.CareerEarly careerWhile in high school, Kristin worked at Worlds of Fun as a dancer and singer in the variety shows. She then worked at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, v*rginia, during the summers while she was in college. After that she worked on a Royal Odyssey cruise ship for a year.She eventually moved to Orlando to work at Walt Disney World in the Beauty and the Beast attraction where she played Belle. That was where she met her future husband.DancerKristin auditioned for and was accepted to spend a year as a Radio City Music Hall Rockette in New York. She toured with the Will Rogers Follies company across the United States and was on Broadway in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Nathan Lane, Whoopi Goldberg and David Alan Grier.After her time on stage, Kristin made the transition to television acting on the Comedy Central show Viva Variety.Willits was also one of three dancers in Cher's Believe tour. You can see her in "All Or Nothing", Cher's video clip which consists of different parts of Believe" tour.Personal lifeRelationshipKristin met Kevin Richardson in the early 90's while they were both working at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida."She was sitting’ down with some friends and, uh, a buddy of mine came up to me and said ‘You need to ‘introduce yourself to her’ so, evidently she’d been kinda checking’ me out so he kinda gave me the green light ‘cause I’m, I was a shy type a guy, can’t just go up and ask ladies out so I went and introduced myself and later on, a couple days later I asked her for her number and asked her if she was interested in going’ out."Kevin recalls.They began a relationship and dated on and off for about seven or eight years on the down low before they took their romance public. Their first appearance together was at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards premiered on September 9, 1999.Marriage and familyKevin went the old fashioned route and asked her father, John Willits, for Kristin's hand in marriage. It happened in Kansas City after a Backstreet Boys concert.The engagement was announced to MTV News in February 2000, and they wed on June 17, 2000 in Kentucky.Kristin wore a beige wedding gown and walked barefoot on red rose pedals up to the altar. Kevin wore a suit and Versace sandals. Her twin nephews were ring-bearers, and her 1.5 year niece was the flower girl. There were 180 family and friends at the wedding. The ceremony was performed by Tim, Kevin's brother, while his other brother was the best man.The newlyweds spent their honeymoon in Italy.Kristin gave birth to a healthy baby boy named Mason Frey Richardson on July 3, 2007 at 4:56 a.m. He weighted 8lbs. 2 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. She gave birth to her 2nd child, a son named Maxwell Haze Richardson on July 10, 2013.FilmographyFilm•Man on the Moon (1999) - Tony Clifton Dancer•Rock Star (2001) - Samantha•Shut Up and Kiss Me! (2004) - Jessica Preston•Laundry Night (2005) - Sydney (short film)•Jarhead (2005) - Stewardess•Final Movie (2006) - Sarah Underhill•Anderson's Cross (2007) - Step-Mom Missy (post-production)•The Harpy (2007) - Cecilia•Supernatural (2007) - Kelly O'Day (pre-production)Television•Malibu, CA (1999) - Kelly•The Michael Richards Show (2000)- Lorrel Canyons•Once and Again (2001) - Delancey•Charmed (2003) - Darla•Angel (2003) - Female Reporter•Eve (TV series) (2004) - Carmen•Two and a Half Men (2004) - Tiffany•Lost (TV series) (2004) - Jessica•NYPD Blue (2005) - Elizabeth Keenan•Cold Case (2005) - Angie Parrington•CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005) - Eva•Supernatural (2005) - Jenny•E-Ring (2006) - Princess Amelia•Out of Practice (2006) - Trisha•Joey (2006) - Edie•Close to Home (2006) - DeeDee Bass•CSI: Miami (2007) - Kate LambertOther•"Backstreet Boys - I'll Never Break Your Heart" (1995) (Music video) - Girl with Kevin (European version)•"Cher - All Or Nothing (Cher song)" (1999) (Music video) - Female Backup Dancer•"Will Smith - Wild Wild West (hip hop song)" (1999) (Music video) – Dancer•Believe Tour 1999 – HBO Concert ( Cher )•Rockstar 2001 – Everclear