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Kristen Anne Bell (b. July 18, 1980) is an
American actress who currently stars in the television show Veronica
Mars.
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Kristen Bell
Born July 18, 1980 (age 26)
Detroit, Michigan
Height 5'1" (1. 55m)
Official site Official site
Notable roles Veronica Mars (eponymous)
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Biography
Early life
Bell was born in Detroit, Michigan to a
Polish American family,[1] and raised in suburban Huntington Woods,
Michigan.
She went to her first audition at age 11
and won a dual role as a banana and a tree in a suburban Detroit
theater's production of Raggedy Ann and Andy. She attended Shrine
Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak, where 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. She
was named the yearbook's "Best Looking Girl" by senior class vote.
Career
Bell was attending New York University in
2001 when she left to take a key role as Becky Thatcher in the
short-lived Broadway musical of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 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), and she
auditioned for the Smallville TV role of Chloe Sullivan (the part
eventually won by Allison Mack). 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, as has
Bell's performance, which some critics have mentioned as potentially
worthy of an Emmy nomination. The show was renewed for a third season
and returned on a new network, The CW.
Bell also has guest-starred on HBO's drama
Deadwood in a two episode story-arc, the episodes Bullock Returns to the
Camp and Suffer the Little Children.
Bell received major publicity in 2005 when
she was chosen to perform the theme from Fame on the "Emmy Idol" portion
of the 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Bell's performance was very
well received by fans and critics. Kristen Bell and Veronica Mars were
nominated for 2 Teen Choice Awards in 2005 for "Choice Breakout Actress"
and "Choice Breakout TV Show". Bell won the Saturn Award in 2006 for
"Best Actress on Television". The show also was nominated for "Best
Network Television Show".
Bell appeared as Gracie in Fifty Pills, a
Tribeca Film Festival entry which premiered in April 2006, and continues
to star in Veronica Mars. She finished filming Fanboys in the spring of
2006, slated to be released in 2007.
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 which
she played in the musical.
She appeared in a short independent film
called The Receipt. She also had roles in the 2006 films Roman and
Pulse; the latter is an American remake of the Japanese horror film
Kairo.
She will also lend her voice and likeness
to the video game Assassin's Creed which is set for release in 2007 for
the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. [1]
Trivia
Was named by Jane magazine in the U.S.A. as
one of the "eleven people you'd most like to see naked." She posed for
the magazine's July 2005 issue.
Also was named #68 on the Maxim magazine
"Hot 100 of 2005" list and was the Maxim cover feature for March 2006.
She moved up to #11 in Maxim's 2006 rankings.
Once broke both her wrists playing hockey.
Grew up in Huntington Woods, Michigan, the
same city that other performers Jessy Hodges, and David Geister grew up.
PETA named Bell, a vegetarian, "World's
Sexiest Vegetarian" in its annual poll in 2006.
During her appearance on Punk'd, Ashton
Kutcher mentioned that she saves lost dogs on a regular basis.
References
1. Ellen. Kristen on The Ellen Degeneres
Show. 14 March 2005. Retrieved on August 26, 2006.
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