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Ugly Betty/Christina McKinney
| Christina McKinney | |
| Ugly Betty | |
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| Actor | Ashley Jensen |
| First Appearance | 1x01 - Pilot |
| Series Billing | Series: Billed |
| Episode Count | 23 (through season 1) |
| Notable Episodes | 1x14 - I'm Coming Out |
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Basic Information
Christina McKinney is a seamstress who works at Mode magazine who becomes fast friends with Betty and knows the ins and outs of what goes on at the magazine. Her real goal is to become a fashion designer.
Character History
Christina McKinney works in a office space she calls "The Closet" and is the only person who treats Betty as a friend as oppose to Marc, Amanda and Wilhelmina's treatment of Miss Suarez. When the two met for the first time, Christina told Betty how to deal with the "Chicees" (Bitches) at MODE. For a time she enlisted Betty into a circle of friends known as "The Uglies."
However, Christina's friendship with Betty would be put to the test when Wilhelmina, who was looking at who she would keep onboard at MODE if she took over as Editor-In-Chief, tricked the seamstress into taking a package to the police, so it could guarantee Christina a spot in "Fashion Week." Christina would learn that her fashion show was used to set up Bradford Meade by framing him for Fey Sommers' murder and to witness the return of Bradford's son Alex, now a post-op woman as Alexis.
Wilhelmina would later use this setup by manipulating Christina as a minion, which Christina reluctantly goes along to protect her friendship with Betty, but when she confesses to Betty about this, Betty ends their friendship, only to resume it a week later, with Christina using her ties to Wilhelmina to get any dirt of the creative director's schemes.
In the season finale, Christina discovered that "The Closet" is the hideaway for Fey's "Love Dungeon" after she sees Amanda coming out of the place, resulting in the two getting stuck inside. She later revealed to Amanda that she left Scotland and never told anyone where she was going...including her husband!
Memorable Moments
Trivia
- Christina is a native of Scotland and is one of ten children.
