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Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18,
1980) is an American actress who currently stars in the U.S. television
show Veronica Mars.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Bell was raised in suburban Huntington Woods,
and attended Royal Oak Shrine Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak.
There she took the starring role in the school's 1997 production of The
Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale. She also appeared in Fiddler on the Roof
(1995); Lady Be Good (1996); and Li'l Abner (1998). In 1998, the year of
her graduation, she appeared in Polish Wedding, a movie that was being
filmed locally.
Kristen Bell graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York
University in 2002 attaining a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA). She
took a key role as Becky Thatcher in the short-lived Broadway musical of
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 2001. That same year she officially made
her credited film debut in Pootie Tang, though her appearance in that film
exists only in the credit sequence. In 2002, she appeared in the Broadway
revival of The Crucible.
Bell then appeared in a handful of television shows as a special guest
before landing a role in the Hallmark movie The King and Queen of
Moonlight Bay in 2003. A year later, she appeared in the television movie
Gracie's Choice.
In 2004, Bell made her big-screen debut, appearing in David Mamet's
Spartan as Laura Newton, the President's kidnapped daughter, acting
alongside Val Kilmer. Following this, Bell's career continued to progress
as she won the role of the title character in UPN's drama Veronica Mars,
which was launched in the fall of 2004. The show has earned positive
reviews from television critics and now is in its second season. Bell has
also guest-starred on HBO's drama Deadwood in a two episode story-arc.
Bell has recently finished filming Fifty Pills, released in 2005, and
continues to star in Veronica Mars. She now lives in Los Angeles and has
made several appearances on popular late-night television shows. A film
version of her off-Broadway musical, Reefer Madness (a spoof of the 1938
exploitation film of the same name, which was in turn based on an
anti-marijuana propaganda film entitled Tell Your Children), debuted on
the Showtime network in April 2005, with Bell reprising the role she
played in the musical. She appeared in a short independent film called The
Receipt. She also has the film Roman and the horror film Pulse both
scheduled for release in 2006, the latter of which is an American remake
of the Japanese horror film Kairo.
Bell, a vegetarian, was named by Jane magazine in the USA as one of the
"11 people you'd most like to see naked". She posed for the magazine's
July 2005 issue. She also was named 68 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of
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[Why she liked the pilot
script for "Veronica Mars" (2004)] "I loved Veronica right off the
bat. She was so strong and I think it is so important because there
are so few shows that portray women, especially young women as being
strong and being able to stand up for themselves".
"I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short
skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little
mystery."
"I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time
disassociating the animals I cuddled with - dogs and cats, for
example - from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for
the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussels sprouts!" (on being a
vegetarian)
"I pushed myself way too hard during the first year of Veronica Mars
and I got moody and run-down. Now I'll go to bed early instead of
going out with friends. It's not always the most fun option, but I
know I need at least eight hours of sleep to feel balanced."
(On the best time to be naked) "I rarely wear clothes when I'm home
by myself. I love making breakfast naked. But you've got to make
sure the gardener's not coming that day."
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall
(2008) .... Sarah Marshall
Fanboys (2008) .... Zoe
"Gossip Girl" .... Gossip Girl (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode #1.1 (2007) TV Episode (voice) .... Gossip Girl
"Veronica Mars" .... Veronica Mars (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
- The Bitch Is Back (2007) TV Episode .... Veronica Mars
- Weevils Wobble But They Don't Go Down (2007) TV Episode ....
Veronica Mars
- I Know What You'll Do Next Summer (2007) TV Episode .... Veronica
Mars
- Debasement Tapes (2007) TV Episode .... Veronica Mars
- Un-American Graffiti (2007) TV Episode .... Veronica Mars
(59 more)
Flatland: The Movie (2007) .... Hex
... aka Flatland (USA: short title)
Roman (2006) .... The Girl
Pulse (2006) .... Mattie
Fifty Pills (2006) .... Gracie
The Receipt (2005) .... Pretty Girl
Deepwater (2005) .... Nurse Laurie
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) .... Mary Lane
... aka Kifferwahn (Germany)
"Deadwood" .... Flora Anderson (2 episodes, 2004)
- Suffer the Little Children (2004) TV Episode .... Flora Anderson
- Bullock Returns to the Camp (2004) TV Episode .... Flora Anderson
Spartan (2004) .... Laura Newton
Gracie's Choice (2004) (TV) .... Gracie Thompson
... aka Gracie's Choice: A Story of Love (UK)
"Everwood" .... Stacey Wilson (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Our New Life in Everwood (UK: new syndication title)
- Extra Ordinary (2003) TV Episode .... Stacey Wilson
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (2003) (TV) .... Alison
"The O'Keefes" .... Virginia's Owner (2 episodes)
- Jobs (????) TV Episode .... Virginia's Owner
- Substitute Teacher (????) TV Episode .... Virginia's Owner
"American Dreams" .... Amy Fielding (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Our Generation (Australia) (USA: working title)
- Act of Contrition (2003) TV Episode .... Amy Fielding
"The Shield" .... Jessica Hintel (1 episode, 2003)
- The Quick Fix (2003) TV Episode .... Jessica Hintel
Neko no ongaeshi (2002) (voice: English version) .... Hiromi
... aka The Cat Returns (International: English title)
Pootie Tang (2001) .... Record Executive's Daughter
Polish Wedding (1998) (uncredited) .... Teenage Girl |
