Christa Campbell

Born in Oakland, California, Christa Campbell was raised in Rohnert Park, where she graduated from Rancho Cotate High School. She began acting in features in the early '90s, playing bit roles in low-budget exploitation for home video and cable release while also making the rounds as a pin-up model in men's magazines. By the late '90s, Campbell had worked her way up to mainstream features, though her roles in "The New Guy" (2002), "Mozart and the Whale" (2005) and the much-pilloried remake of "The Wicker Man" (2006) were largely ornamental. She fared better, at least in terms of dialogue, in low-budget horror efforts like "2001 Maniacs" (2005) and "Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep" (2006). Persistence and the willingness to take on roles, no matter the budget or scope of the picture, eventually led to supporting turns in mainstream efforts like "Drive Angry" (2011), "The Mechanic" (2011), and the comedy "The Big Wedding" (2013), which also starred Robert De Niro and Robin Williams. In 2012, Campbell partnered with Israeli producer Lati Grobman to form Campbell-Grobman Productions, a film and television production company. The outfit scored a huge hit within a year's time with "Texas Chainsaw 3D," an updated take on Tobe Hooper's 1974 cult classic "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre." A full shingle of additional productions, which included projects with leading roles for Campbell, quickly followed its success.