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Jennifer Crystal Foley

American actress

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ3177046
Source-derived summary

Jennifer Amie Crystal Foley (born January 26, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Christie Parker in Once and Again and Rachel Taub on House. She is the daughter of Billy and Janice Crystal.

Personal life

She married her college boyfriend, Michael Foley, in September 2000. They have two daughters, born in 2003 and 2006.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jennifer Crystal Foley” as american actress. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1973, 2000, 2003, 2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1973-01-26. The account is most persuasive where Jennifer, Crystal and Foley can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american actress. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3177046. VIAF identifies the subject as 2145564. The Library of Congress control number is no2002112564. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973, 2000, 2003 and 2006.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Jennifer Crystal Foley”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Jennifer Crystal Foley primary sources, Jennifer Crystal Foley archive and Jennifer research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Jennifer Crystal Foley”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from Jennifer Crystal Foley” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.