Kristen Stryker

Kristen Stryker was born in Canton, Ohio. Throughout her childhood, Stryker enjoyed singing, drawing, and acting in school and church plays. She graduated Canton South High School in 2004 at the top of her class. After graduating high school she worked for the summer at AXA financial before going to Oklahoma State University in the fall. Originally Stryker was attending Oklahoma State with the intent to major in Biochemistry. Although she loved science, her heart was in acting. Spring 2005, with the support of her fiancé Paul, Stryker declared her major in Theatre:Performance. While studying in the Oklahoma State Theatre Department, Stryker had the opportunity learn from Lloyd Caldwell (Voice & Movement Prof., Stage Combat Prof). Stryker has been in TNT's Leverage as a flight attendant in two episodes in 2010, as well as an extra in 3 movies, and a few local commercials. Stryker and her husband have two girls and welcomed their third child, a son, in October 2011.