Christa Miller - wikipedia Christa Miller Christa Miller ( 1964 - 05 - 28 ) May 28, 1964 ( age 53 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1969 -- present Spouse ( s ) Bill Lawrence ( 1999 - present ) Children Christa Beatrice Miller ( born May 28, 1964 ) is an American actress who has achieved success in television comedy. Her foremost roles include Kate O'Brien on The Drew Carey Show and Jordan Sullivan on Scrubs ( which was created by her husband Bill Lawrence ). She has also appeared in Seinfeld, The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air and CSI : Miami. From 2009 to 2015, she starred in the TBS ( formerly ABC ) sitcom Cougar Town, also created by Lawrence. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links Early life Miller was born in Manhattan and attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart. She is the daughter of Bonnie Trompeter and the niece of actress Susan Saint James and NBC Sports executive Dick Ebersol. She has a sister and one brother, John. Miller was a model as a child, appearing in a Wonder Bread commercial when she was six months old, posing at three for Francesco Scavullo in an Ivory soap advertisement, and being photographed for the cover of Redbook. Her days as a child model were curtailed after an operation for a benign bone tumor. After attending Convent of the Sacred Heart, she returned briefly to modeling, but soon took acting lessons, and gave up modeling when she moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1990. She was cover model and had a pictorial in the first U.S. edition of Maxim. Career Miller 's first role on television was in Kate & Allie, which starred her real - life aunt, Susan Saint James, whom she resembles. She then appeared in episodes of Northern Exposure, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Party of Five. She had a small role in the horror film Stepfather III ( 1992 ) with Priscilla Barnes. Miller later appeared twice on Seinfeld, as two different characters. In the 1993 episode `` The Sniffing Accountant '', she played the boss of George Costanza. She had intended to be a dramatic actress, and this role proved to be a turning point for Miller, who realized how much she enjoyed comedy. Two years later, she returned to Seinfeld in `` The Doodle '' to play George 's girlfriend, Paula. This episode proved to be a boon to her career, as she convinced co-creator Larry David to provide her with a rough - cut video of the still - unaired episode when she auditioned for The Drew Carey Show, whose producers had initially thought she was too inexperienced. David 's support helped Miller win over the producers of The Drew Carey Show, who cast her as Kate O'Brien, whom she played from 1995 to 2002. In 2001, Miller 's husband, writer - producer Bill Lawrence, conceived a new comedy - drama, Scrubs. Miller was given a guest role as Dr. Cox 's ( John C. McGinley ) acerbic ex-wife Jordan Sullivan. Originally, the character was intended to appear in only one episode ; in season 2, the role became recurring. When her young cousin Teddy Ebersol, son of Susan St. James and Dick Ebersol, died in a plane crash in 2004, Scrubs dedicated the season - 4 episode `` My Lucky Charm '' to him. Miller also was the voice of Cleopatra in the short - lived animated show Clone High. She had a leading role in the 2008 two - part TV miniseries The Andromeda Strain. She also appeared in the CSI : Miami episode Divorce Party. In 2009, Miller began starring on Cougar Town, a sitcom created and produced by her husband and starring Courteney Cox, with whom Miller worked in a three - part story - arc of season 8 of Scrubs. Personal life Miller married Bill Lawrence in 1999. They have three children, Charlotte Sarah ( born June 8, 2000 ), William Stoddard ( born January 3, 2003 ), and Henry Vanduzer ( born October 8, 2006 ). Her last two pregnancies were written into Scrubs. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Stepfather III Beth Davis Television film 1994 A Friend to Die For Terri Television film 1995 Love and Happiness Kiss & Tell Alex Stoddard 1999 Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire Kathy 2000 The Operator Janice Wheelan 2015 Hot Air Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Kate & Allie Student Episode : `` Allie 's Affair '' Kate & Allie Blair Episodes : `` Allie Does n't Live Here Anymore '' and `` The Odd Couples '' Northern Exposure Laurie Batan Episode : `` Soapy Sanderson '' Seinfeld Ms. De Granmont Episode : `` The Sniffing Accountant '' 1994 The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air Girl Episode : `` Who 's the Boss ? '' 1994 Party of Five Theresa Episode : `` Much Ado '' 1995 Seinfeld Paula Episode : `` The Doodle '' 1995 - 2002 The Drew Carey Show Kate O'Brien Series regular, 183 episodes 2002 - 2003 Clone High Cleopatra ( voice ) Series regular, 13 episodes 2008 The Andromeda Strain Dr. Angela Noyce Miniseries 2009 CSI : Miami Amy Lansing Episode : `` Divorce Party '' 2001 -- 2010 Scrubs Jordan Sullivan Recurring role, 89 episodes Nominated -- Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress -- Series, Miniseries or Television Film ( 2003 -- 04 ) 2009 -- 2015 Cougar Town Ellie Torres Main Cast. 102 episodes Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Series ( 2014 ) 2015 Undateable Ally / Jackie Episodes : 02.07, 02.08 and 03.07 References Jump up ^ Slewinski, Christy ( September 15, 1996 ). `` Growing up was a real soap opera sitcom star Christa Miller says her mother was the model mom ''. Daily News. Archived from the original on 15 March 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010. Jump up ^ Rizzo, Carita. `` Before They Were Stars '', TV Guide, January 3, 2011, page 23 ^ Jump up to : Brady, Lois Smith ( December 5, 1999 ). `` WEDDINGS : VOWS ; Christa Miller, William Lawrence IV ''. The New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2010. Jump up ^ `` ' Cougar Town ' Actress Joins Indie Comedy ' Hot Air ' ( Exclusive ) ''. The Hollywood Reporter. 2014 - 05 - 21. Retrieved 2014 - 06 - 04. External links Christa Miller on IMDb VIAF : 227874831 LCCN : no2009168777 ISNI : 0000 0003 7466 4857 BNF : cb16536983x ( data ) BNE : XX4788569 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christa_Miller&oldid=806123590 '' Categories : 1964 births Actresses from New York City American Roman Catholics American television actresses American film actresses Convent of the Sacred Heart ( NYC ) alumni Schools of the Sacred Heart alumni Living people People from Manhattan Hidden categories : Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2010 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Dansk Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Italiano 日本 語 Norsk Polski Русский Suomi Svenska Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 October 2017, at 21 : 15. 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Question: who plays dr cox's wife in scrubs
Answer: Christa Beatrice Miller