Christie Nicholls is a Los Angeles based comedian, actor, and writer with a PhD in Performance Studies from UCLA. Known for blending comedy expertise, writing, and a dance and movement background with a curiosity about psychology, she brings a unique depth and physicality to her characters. Christie has appeared in indie films, TV comedies, commercials, and stand up stages around the country, playing relatable villains, eccentrics, and exasperated characters. She is especially known for her ability to perform voices, accents, dialects, and character impressions, often shifting seamlessly between observational realism and absurd comedy.
Christie’s sketch comedy series IN HOT WATER, featuring Christie as 85 year old Jane Fonda in absurd and character driven sketches, is currently streaming on The Roku Channel, YouTube Movies & TV, Plex, Xumo, Fawesome, Hoopla, Screenixx, Relay, and Stash TV. Season two, focused on prank calls and new comedy characters, is scheduled for release in Fall 2026.
Nicholls is also the author of the Sloth Series, a children's picture book series inspired in part by Christie’s own experiences navigating unexpected health challenges. The books encourage persistence, resilience, and embracing individuality. Sloth Finds His Perfect Tree, Sloth's Totally Not Weird First Day of School, and Sloth Can't Sleep (forthcoming) are available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
For more writing, check out Christie’s autobiographical essay collection, Elephants In My Room, available on Amazon. When she’s not performing or writing, Christie hangs out with her husband “Weaz” (Weasel), their two human daughters, and their rescued animal circus: German Shepherds Maverick and Beatrice; Penny, a terrier with a respectable underbite; and Phil, a gray tuxedo cat. Christie enjoys running, boxing, dancing, traveling, snorkeling, hiking, any and all competitive sports, prank calling, hot tubbing, eating poke and raw seafood, hunting down really good pizza, shopping for things she absolutely does not need, playing piano, singing, attempting the guitalele (guitar/ukulele hybrid), and rooting passionately (and against her better judgment) for the New York Mets.
Having lived all over the U.S., Christie connects easily with audiences from coast to coast and is a master of regional accents, dialects, and character voices inspired by the friends, family, and complete strangers she’s encountered along the way. She’d love to meet you, wherever you are.
