Christine Clayburg

{{short description|American television meteorologist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2019}} '''Christine Clayburg''' (born May 26, 1973, in [[Paso Robles, California]]) is an American [[television]] [[meteorologist]] who also has done some [[actress|acting]], [[Film director|directing]] and [[screenwriter|screenwriting]].

Beginning as a Geology major at [[Sacramento State University]], she became known as the morning meteorologist on the [[Minneapolis]] [[television station]] [[WCCO-TV]]. She has worked as a meteorologist and science reporter for [[KABC-TV]] in Los Angeles, [[WHDH-TV]] in Boston, [[KHQ-TV]] in Spokane, [[KPAX-TV]] in Missoula and [[KMSP-TV]] (also in Minneapolis). She has appeared nationally for [[Fox News]] and [[The Weather Channel]]. In 2003, she was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Best Weather Anchor category.

As an actor, she has appeared in top rated television shows and independent films. She played the lead role in the 2005 [[short film]] ''Minneapolis'' which she also co-wrote.<ref>{{cite news|title=Air Force vet/former meteorologist Christine Clayburg seeks to make feature film 'Minneapolis' locally|url=http://www.citypages.com/arts/air-force-vetformer-meteorologist-christine-clayburg-seeks-to-make-feature-film-minneapolis-locally/449117413|accessdate=November 27, 2019|publisher=City Pages|date=October 3, 2017}}</ref>

From 2006 to 2012, she had a recurring role as a news reporter on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''. She has appeared in other roles for ''[[The Mindy Project]]'', ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]'', ''[[The Closer]]'', [[Hallmark]] and [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]], always as a newscaster.

Christine also flies with the [[Minnesota Air National Guard]] as a [[loadmaster]] on the [[C-130 Hercules]] and has deployed to Afghanistan and Kuwait in support of [[Operation Enduring Freedom]].

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|1045049}}

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