| Krystle Carrington | |||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty character | |||||||||||||||||
 Linda Evans as Krystle Carrington | |||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Linda Evans | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1981–1989, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | "Oil" (1981) | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | "The Wedding" (1989) | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Richard and Esther Shapiro | ||||||||||||||||
| Spin-off appearances | Dynasty: The Reunion (1991) | ||||||||||||||||
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Krystle Carrington (also Grant and Jennings) is a fictional character from the 1980s American TV series Dynasty, created by Richard and Esther Shapiro. Portrayed by Linda Evans, the character was introduced in the 1981 pilot episode. In the story, Krystle is the former secretary and new wife of oil tycoon Blake Carrington (John Forsythe), and initially has to adjust to his machinations and upper class lifestyle. The arrival of Joan Collins as Blake's glamorous ex-wife Alexis Carrington provided a foil for Krystle for the remainder of the series. Evans left Dynasty early in its ninth and final season, though she reprised her role for the 1991 miniseries continuation, Dynasty: The Reunion.
In the first season of the 2017 reboot of the series, the role of Krystle was reimagined as Cristal Flores Carrington, portrayed by Nathalie Kelley. It is later elaborated upon that Cristal's birth name is Celia Machado, and she is killed at the end of the season. Ana Brenda Contreras was cast as Cristal Jennings for season two. Cristal let Celia use her identity, and comes to Blake to pay her respects after Celia's death. In July 2019, it was announced that Contreras would not be returning for season three for personal reasons, and that Daniella Alonso would take over the role of Cristal. Alonso portrayed the role from 2019 to 2022.