Emily Rutherfurd
American actress
Emily Kernan Rutherfurd (born 1974 or 1975) is an American actress. She played Christine "New Christine" Hunter in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006–2010).
Early life
Rutherfurd is the daughter of Mary Spratt (née Kernan) Rutherfurd and Winthrop Rutherfurd Jr., himself the grandson of New York socialite Winthrop Rutherfurd (1862–1944). Her paternal uncle is Lewis Polk Rutherfurd (b. 1944) who was married to Janet Jennings Auchincloss (1945–1985), the half-sister of former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. A maternal aunt is Emily Rafferty.
She attended Sacred Heart school on the Upper East Side. She also attended St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts. She then attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
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