as Celeste (season 4, episodes 3, 4, 7, 8)

Airdate: July, August 2004

Police officer Keith is hired to protect a Britney Spears-style pop princess (Michelle). Celeste appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote her new album and movie which co-stars Colin Farrell, she then goes on tour.

Episodes

4x03 Parallel Play
Keith comes along to get new suits for his upcoming bodyguard stint for a young pop diva named Celeste. Celeste appears on the Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote her album and movie, one of her songs is played.

4x04 Can I Come Up Now
To David's annoyance, Keith asks him to temporarily stop answering their home phone until he's had time to switch his work contact information to his cell phone. Then, at work Keith is singled out by the young pop diva, Celeste, for peeing in her private bathroom and his fellow bodyguards enjoy a good laugh at his expense. Celeste rehearses for a show, another song is heard and a dance is cherographed.

4x05 That's My Dog (Celeste mention)
David worries about weathering a long-distance relationship as Keith prepares to go on a three-month tour with Celeste. Keith doesn't help matters when he calls David from the road.

4x06 Terror Starts at Home (Celeste mention)
Though still unstable, David urges Keith to go back to work so he won't miss his chance to go on tour with Celeste.

4x07 The Dare
Keith finally admits to his fellow bodyguard, Javier, that he's gay. To his surprise, Javier tells Celeste and the other bodyguards and then sends Keith a mixed message.

4x08 Coming and Going
Keith comforts an emotional Celeste, who is suffering under the pressures of her rigorous tour. Though Celeste knows that Keith is gay, she asks him up to her room and seduces him into sleeping with her. Keith learns Celeste has fired him for sleeping with her.

4x09 Grinding the Corn (Celeste mention)
Keith confesses to David that he had sex with Celeste.

Images

4x02 - Parallel Play
4x02 - Parallel Play - DVD
4x02 - Parallel Play - Trailer
4x03 - Can I Come Up Now?
4x03 - Can I Come Up Now? - DVD
4x03 - Can I Come Up Now? - Trailer
4x07 - The Dare
4x07 - The Dare - DVD
4x07 - The Dare - Trailer
4x08 - Coming And Going
4x08 - Coming And Going - DVD
Promotional

Videos

4x02 - Parallel Play
4x03 - Can I Come Up Now?
4x07 - The Dare
4x08 - Coming And Going
Trailers

Quotable: Celeste

Quotable: Michelle

"It is the coolest thing! My story line is a complete spoof, and not what Six Feet Under normally has. I"m really happy to be the girl that they wanted to spoof it up with."

"The coolest part was in one of the episodes, my character goes on the Ellen show, so Ellen and I did this whole like improv routine where I"m talking about my character. That was really cool. I got to do a whole little fun thing. Ellen"s an awesome, awesome lady."

"Celeste is a combination of all the rumors you"ve ever heard about Britney, Christina and J. Lo all rolled into one. She"s just a bitchy little diva!"

"That was awesome,'' Trachtenberg says. "People are so quick to peg actors into certain roles. Casting directors, directors and producers pick up scripts and say, `So-and-so would be perfect.' That's what I try to get away from. That's why I did Six Feet Under."

"People only see me sometimes as Dawn or Harriet or whatever,'' she says, "and I want to keep people guessing. Celeste was perfect  she was the combination of everything you read about in the tabloids and every pop star rolled into one."

"And I actually think the two characters that I've loved playing most in my life are Six Feet Under (Celeste) and Mysterious Skin (Wendy). Those are the two projects that I've ever been able to watch more than once. Everything else is cool and good, but I had a blast specifically on those."

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