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She Played Billie Jean King in a Movie. Now She’s Focusing on Her Own Career.

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Kaitlyn Christian may not be faceless for much longer.

Christian acted as Emma Stone’s tennis double in the recently released film “Battle of the Sexes,” which re-created the pivotal 1973 exhibition match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.

When necessary, Christian’s face was replaced with Stone’s in the tennis scenes using sophisticated visual effects technology first developed to portray the identical twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss in the film “The Social Network.”

“It’s just kind of cool to see the finished product with her face on my body,” Christian, 25, said.