Jennifer Crystal Foley (born Jennifer Crystal on January 26, 1973) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Christie Parker in Once and Again

Once and Again

Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father...

 and as the recurring character Rachel Taub on House

House (TV series)

House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...

. She is mostly credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley.

Early life

Crystal graduated from Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

 in 1994. Jennifer is the daughter of actor Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal

William Edward "Billy" Crystal is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the critical and box office successes...

 and sister of producer Lindsay Crystal.

Personal life

She married her college sweetheart, Michael Foley, in 2000. The two have a daughter, Ella Ryan.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold is a 1994 comedy film directed by Paul Weiland. It is the sequel to City Slickers and stars Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz and Daniel Stern....	Jogger
1995	Girl in the Cadillac Girl in the Cadillac Girl in the Cadillac is a crime drama film released in 1995. The film stars Erika Eleniak and William McNamara.-Film synopsis:A woman called Mandy runs away from her home. She meets Rick at a bus station who takes her with him to a rendezvouz with a pair of bank robbers...	Holiday Inn Salesgirl
	Losing Isaiah Losing Isaiah Losing Isaiah is a 1995 drama film starring Jessica Lange and Halle Berry, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal. It is based on the novel of the same name by Seth Margolis. The screenplay is written by Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham...	Park Nanny
	The American President	Maria, White House Staffer
	Dracula: Dead and Loving It Dracula: Dead and Loving It Dracula: Dead and Loving It is a 1995 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen, directed by Mel Brooks. It is a parody of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, and of some of the films it inspired....	Nurse
1996	The Making of a Hollywood Madam	Shanna Fleiss
1997	35 Miles from Normal	Madeleine
	Father's Day Father's Day Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June but it is also celebrated widely on other days...	Rose
	Don King: Only in America Don King: Only in America Don King: Only in America is a 1997 television film directed by John Herzfeld and written by Kario Salem...	Hank's Secretary
2001	61*	Pat Maris ('61)	Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley
2002	A Midsummer Night's Rave A Midsummer Night's Rave A Midsummer Night's Rave is a film adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream released in 2002. It is set at a rave instead of in a forest, like the original.- Cast :*Corey Pearson - Damon *Lauren German - Elena...	Lily
2003	They Would Love You in France	Role Unknown
2009	Bride Wars Bride Wars Bride Wars is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Gary Winick and written by Greg DePaul, June Diane Raphael and Casey Wilson....	Additional Voice	Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Sessions	Role Unknown	Episodes Unknown
1993	Beverly Hills, 90210 Beverly Hills, 90210 Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...	Deborah	Three Episodes: "Radio Daze", "Strangers in the Night" and "Otherwise Engaged"
1995	ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...	Reba	One Episode: "Home"
1996	Space: Above and Beyond Space: Above and Beyond Space: Above and Beyond was a short-lived mid-90s American science fiction television show on the FOX Network, created and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Originally planned for five seasons, it ran only for the single 1995–1996 season. It was nominated for two Emmy Awards and one Saturn...	Nurse Larlee	One Episode: "R & R"
1997	Arli$$	Lisa Levine	One Episode: "What Arliss Hath Joined Together"
	NYPD Blue NYPD Blue NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...	Marlene Blevins	One Episode: "All's Well That Ends Well"
	Jenny Jenny (TV series) Jenny is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1998. The series was intended to be a star vehicle for Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy.-Synopsis:...	Female Customer	One Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Live in the Real World"
	Caroline in the City Caroline in the City Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran from September 21, 1995 to April 26, 1999 on the NBC television network. It starred Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy. The series premiered in the two-hour Thursday night block led by Friends.-Premise:Caroline Duffy is a...	Kathy	One Episode: "Caroline and the Used Car Salesman"
1998	Cupid Cupid (TV series) Cupid is a 1998–1999 American comedy-drama series created by Rob Thomas, which featured Paula Marshall as Dr. Claire Allen, a Chicago psychologist who is given charge of a man named Trevor Hale . Hale believes he is Cupid, sent down from Mt...	Kathy	One Episode: "End of an Eros"
2000–2001	Once and Again Once and Again Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father...	Christie Parker (season 2)	Seventeen Episodes: Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley
2002	The Practice The Practice The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and spawned the successful and lighter spin-off series Boston...	Kelly Goss	One Episode: "M. Premie Unplugged" Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley
	Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...	Gail	One Episode: "Hello, I Love You" Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley
	Providence Providence (TV series) Providence is an American drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.-Synopsis:The show revolves around Dr...	Krista	One Episode: "The Wedding Planner" Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley
2004	Century City Century City (TV series) Century City is an American science fiction-legal drama television series set in Los Angeles in the year 2030.-Synopsis:The show follows the legal team of Crane, Constable, McNeil & Montero...	Mrs. Lazak	One Episode: "The Face was Familiar" Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley
2005	Inconceivable Inconceivable Inconceivable is an American primetime television medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show revolved around the professional and personal lives of those who work at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. The clinic is run by its co-founders ...	Mommy Shopper	One Episode: "Face Your Demon Semen"
2008–2011	House House (TV series) House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...	Rachel Taub	Fourteen Episodes: "Wilson's House", "Adverse Events Adverse Events "Adverse Events" is the third episode of the fifth season of House and the eighty-ninth episode overall. It first aired on September 30, 2008. Breckin Meyer guest starred as an artist who has an unexplained visual problem.- Plot :... ", "The Itch The Itch "The Itch" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of House and the ninety-third episode overall. It aired on November 11, 2008.-Plot:... ", "The Greater Good The Greater Good (House) "The Greater Good" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of House and the hundredth episode overall. It aired on February 2, 2009.-Plot:... ", "Both Sides Both Sides Now (House) "Both Sides Now" is the twenty-fourth episode and season finale of the fifth season of House. It originally aired on May 11, 2009.-Plot:... ", "Teamwork Teamwork (House) "Teamwork" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of House. It aired on November 16, 2009. This episode marks the departure of Jennifer Morrison from the series, since it was stated by Fox that Cameron's character would be written out of the series by the middle of season six.-Plot:After... ", "Black Hole Black Hole (House) "Black Hole" is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of the American medical drama House. It was directed by Greg Yaitanes and written by Lawrence Kaplow. It aired on March 15, 2010.... ", "Open and Shut Open and Shut (House) "Open and Shut" is the nineteenth episode of the sixth season of the American medical drama House and it is the 129th episode overall. It is directed by Greg Yaitanes and written by Liz Friedman and Sara Hess... ", "The Choice The Choice (House) "The Choice" is the twentieth episode of the sixth season of the American medical drama House and it is the 130th episode overall. It aired on May 3, 2010. It was written by David Hoselton and directed by Juan J. Campanella... ", "Small Sacrifices Small Sacrifices (House) "Small Sacrifices" is the eighth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It aired on November 22, 2010.-Plot:... ", Larger Than Life Larger Than Life (House) "Larger Than Life" is the ninth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It aired on January 17, 2011.-Plot:... " , "Family Practice Family Practice (House) "Family Practice" is the eleventh episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It first aired on February 7, 2011.-Plot:... " and "The Dig The Dig (House) "The Dig" is the eighteenth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It first aired on April 11, 2011. This is the 150th episode of the series. Wilson and Cuddy, interestingly, do not appear in this episode.-Plot:... " Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley in all
2009	Eureka Eureka (TV series) Eureka is an American science fiction television series that premiered on Syfy on July 18, 2006. Since then four seasons have aired, and a fifth is currently being filmed. The second half of season 4 began on SyFy on July 11, 2011 and ended on September 19, 2011...	Tabitha (voice only)	One Episode: "If You Build It..."
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...	Jennifer Delaney	One Episode: "Lover's Lane" Credited as Jennifer Crystal Foley

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