Editing Krista Tesreau

{{short description|American actress (born 1964)}}
{{Infobox person
|name          = Krista Tesreau
|image         = 
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1964|1|10|mf=y}}
|birth_place    = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date     = 
|occupation    = Actress
|yearsactive    = 1983–present 
|homepage      = 
|spouse        =
}}
'''Krista Tesreau''' (born January 10, 1964, in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]) is an American actress.

==Career==
Tesreau is best known for her role as [[Mindy Lewis|Melinda “Mindy” Lewis]] on the [[CBS]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Guiding Light]]'', which she portrayed from 1983 to 1989.<ref name="KT Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.kristatesreau.com/biores.htm|title=Krista Tesreau: Biography|publisher=KristaTesreau.com|accessdate=February 19, 2009}}</ref><ref name="EW Tesreau">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,303078,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011030422/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,303078,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2008|title=Taking a Tina Turn|date=July 22, 1994|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|last=Carter|first=Alan|publisher=EW.com|accessdate=February 19, 2009}}</ref> In 1987 Tesreau was nominated for a [[Daytime Emmy Award]] for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Ingenue]] for the role,<ref name="Emmy 1987">{{cite web|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/Emmys/winners1987/index.html |title=Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees: 1987 |publisher=SoapOperaDigest.com |accessdate=February 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818230126/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/emmys/winners1987/index.html |archivedate=August 18, 2004 }}</ref> and received a [[Soap Opera Digest|''Soap Opera Digest'' Award]] nomination in 1988.<ref name="KT Bio"/>

Tesreau also played [[List of Santa Barbara cast and characters#Andie Klein|Andie Klein]] on ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' from August 20, 1992, to January 15, 1993, and "whirling dervish" [[Tina Lord]] on ''[[One Life to Live]]'' from July 6, 1994, to January 24, 1997.<ref name="KT Bio"/><ref name="EW Tesreau"/><ref name="Soaps Tina">{{cite web |url=http://www.soaps.com/onelifetolive/cast/653/Tina_Lord |title=Tina Lord profile |publisher=[[Soaps.com]] |accessdate=December 4, 2008}}</ref> Reappeared on ''Guiding Light'' as Mindy briefly in 2002, 2004,<ref name="Tesreau SOD 34-09">{{cite book |chapter=Comings and Goings: Krista Tesreau (Mindy Lewis) |title=Soap Opera Digest |pages=18 |date=March 3, 2009 |volume=34 |issue=9}}</ref> and again starting March 6, 2009.<ref name="Tesreau SOD 34-09"/><ref name="Tesreau SOD 34-10">{{cite book |chapter=Comings and Goings: Krista Tesreau (Mindy Lewis) |title=Soap Opera Digest |pages=15 |date=March 10, 2009 |volume=34 |issue=10}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0856305|name=Krista Tesreau}}
*[http://www.kristatesreau.com/ Krista’s Official Website]

{{Tina Lord actresses}}
{{Mindy Lewis actresses}}

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[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses from St. Louis]]
[[Category:American television actresses]]
[[Category:American soap opera actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century American women]]