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Allen in 2005, photo by prphotos
Birth Name: Krista J. Allen
Place of Birth: Ventura, California, United States
Date of Birth: April 5, 1971
Ethnicity: Portuguese Azorean (maternal grandfather), English, Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, German, Dutch, Welsh, remote Belgian [Flemish, Walloon]
Krista Allen is an American actress, model, and stand-up comic. Her roles include the shows Emmanuelle in Space , High Tide , Days of Our Lives , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Baywatch , Charmed , Unscripted , Project Greenlight , Head Cases , What About Brian , The Starter Wife , The Philanthropist , The L.A. Complex , Significant Mother , and The Bold and the Beautiful ; the films Raven (1996), The Haunted Sea , Sunset Strip , Totally Blonde , Confessions of a Dangerous Mind , Anger Management , Paycheck (2003), Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding , Meet Market , Feast (2006), The Third Nail , Shannon’s Rainbow , The Final Destination (2009), Black Widow (2010), Locker 13 , Fatal Instinct (2014), and Eleven Eleven (2018); and the made-for-tv movie Jesse Stone: No Remorse .
Krista was raised in Texas. She has a son with her former husband, production manager and producer Justin Morritt. She has also been billed as Krista Allen-Moritt.
Krista’s paternal grandfather was Roy Areatus Allen, Jr. (the son of Roy Areatus Allen and Helen Elizabeth Bushey). Krista’s grandfather Roy was born in Denton County, Texas. Krista’s great-grandfather Roy was born in Denton, Denton County, the son of James William “Will” Allen, who was from Tennessee; and of Leona E. Hunt. Krista’s great-grandmother Helen was born in Denton County, the daughter of Sylvester Alouisus Bushey/Boucher, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, to French-Canadian parents; and of Mary Elizabeth “Mollie” Duncan, whose maternal grandfather was German.
Krista’s paternal grandmother was Ima Jean Flenniken (the daughter of Herbert Marvin Flenniken and Mary Ellen “Med” Dickinson). Ima was born in Karnes County, Texas. Herbert was born in Haskell, Haskell County, Texas, the son of Thomas Wilkins/Wilkes Flenniken, who was from Arkansas; and of Cynthia Malvina Hamblin, whose father was a minister, and a slaveowner. Krista’s great-grandmother Mary Ellen was born in Bandera County, Texas, the daughter of The Rev. Samuel Abel Dickinson and Laura Ann Finley.
Krista’s maternal grandfather was Antone Pacheco “Tony” Raposa (the son of Manuel P./Silvia Rapoza Barboza and Anna Souza). Antone was born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, to parents from St. Michael, Azores, Portugal. Manuel was the son of Jose Raposo Barbosa and Alexandrina da Silva.
Krista’s maternal grandmother was Mary Elizabeth “Pat” Nolan (the daughter of Martin Joseph Nolan and Bertha Blanche Simmons). Mary Elizabeth was born in West Virginia. Martin was Irish, the son of Peter Nolan and Mary. Blanche was born in Indiana, the daughter of George Washington Simmons and Elisabeth Jane King.
Through her maternal grandmother, Krista is descended, at least twice, from Elizabeth Key Grinstead, a woman born in the 1600s, to a white English father and a black slave mother. Elizabeth was the first woman of African ancestry in the Colonies to successfully sue for her own emancipation from slavery. If the genealogy is accurate, it would make Krista of 3/4096 African ancestry; through those lines.
Sources: Genealogy of Krista Allen (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.oocities.org
Genealogy of Krista’s father – https://www.findagrave.com
Genealogies of Krista’s maternal grandparents, Antone Pacheco “Tony” Raposa and Mary Elizabeth “Pat” (Nolan) Raposa – https://www.findagrave.com
Death record of Krista’s maternal grandfather, Antone Pacheco “Tony” Raposa – https://www.familysearch.org