Chrissy Metz trivia: 32 amazing facts about the actress!

Chrissy Metz received critical acclaim with her starring turn in the TV series This Is Us!

The show was her breakout role and, so, we need to find out some trivia and facts about her and her career!

1. Her full name is Christine Michelle Metz
2. She was born in September 29, 1980
3. She is an American actress and singer
4. She is known for playing Kate Pearson in the NBC drama This Is Us
5. For this role she has earned Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards (2017) and Golden Globe Awards (2017 and 2018)
6. Metz was born to Denise and Mark Metz
7. She was born in Homestead, Florida
8. She spent her formative years in Japan
9. There her father was stationed
10. The family later moved back to Gainesville, Florida
11. There she attended elementary, middle, and high school
12. She grew up with her mother, stepfather, two siblings, two half-siblings, and her dog, Jack
13. Chrissy Metz has stated that her first job was at McDonald’s in Gainsville, Florida
14. So she could afford to purchase a $120 pair of sneakers that her mother wouldn’t agree to pay for
15. She fondly recalls how her manager treated both her and her fellow employees with respect and dignity
16. And how she learned early on the benefits of hard work
17. And the advantages one can gain from being nice to other people
18. Chrissy Metz is best known for her role as Kate Pearson in the NBC drama series This Is Us
19. She is also known for her role in FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show
20. Metz is a singer in her band Chrissy and The Vapors
21. In early 2018, it was announced that Metz would star in Breakthrough
22. Working with producer DeVon Franklin
23. She is cast as Joyce Smith
24. The mother of John
25. A 14-year-old boy who fell through an icy Missouri lake and was proclaimed dead
26. The movie, based on the book written by Smith herself, tells the story of how a mother’s devotion and dedication brings her son back to life through prayer
27. Metz studies with acting coach John Kirby
28. On January 5, 2008, Metz married British journalist Martyn Eaden
29. The ceremony was in a court house in a Santa Barbara, California
30. They separated in January 2013
31. And Eaden filed for divorce from Metz in November 2014, citing “irreconcilable differences”
32. On December 11, 2015, their divorce was finalized