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Kristen Bell Profile |
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Birth Date: July 18, 1980
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Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Birth Name: Kristen Anne Bell
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Height: 5'1"
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Biography |
Kristen Bell was born in Detroit, Michigan, on July 18,
1980. Like Veronica, Kristen knows what it's like to come
from a broken home: her parents split when she was just 2
years old.
It didn't take long for Kristen to demonstrate the strong
will that would help her succeed as a young adult. When she
was 4, she decided she didn't like her first name anymore.
At the time, she was a big fan of the Smurfs cartoon, so she
decided that she wanted to be referred to as "Smurfette."
Fortunately, her mother talked her into using her middle
name, and Kristen became "Annie."
The outgoing Annie went to her first audition at age 11. She
won a dual role as a banana and a tree in a suburban Detroit
theater's production of Raggedy Ann and Andy.
It didn't take long for her gigs to improve. Her mother
started checking out modeling agencies after several people
said her daughter would look great in pictures. Before her
13th birthday, Annie had an agent and began to appear in
newspaper advertisements for several Detroit retailers,
including Kmart. In little time, these snowballed into TV
commercials and private acting lessons.
She graduated from a Catholic high school near Motor City,
where she sang as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. After
graduation, Kristen headed to the Big Apple to attend the
Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Just three
years later, in 2001, she made her Broadway debut as Becky
Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In 2002, she
appeared on Broadway in The Crucible, opposite Liam Neeson
and Laura Linney.
Kristen took her act to Los Angeles and scored a few
guest-starring roles, appearing on Everwood, American Dreams
and The Shield in 2003. In 2004, she was in the cable film
Gracie's Choice, playing a girl forced to help raise her
sickly siblings while her mother tries to overcome a drug
addiction. That same year, Kristen played the president's
kidnapped daughter in director David Mamet's thriller,
Spartan.
Then along came Veronica Mars, the role that thrust Kristen
into stardom. Veronica is a 17-year-old high school student
who's gone from "in crowd" to outcast almost overnight. Her
best friend was murdered. Veronica's dad, the local sheriff,
accused the victim's father, the wealthy owner of a software
corporation. After another man confessed to the crime,
Veronica's dad lost his job in a special recall election.
The family lost its home. Mom disappeared. Veronica was
shunned by the people she had called friends. But her spirit
isn't broken as she continues to pursue the real killer.
In 2005, we'll be seeing more and more of Kristen. She was
cast as Mary in the Showtime version of Reefer Madness: The
Movie Musical, a role she had already played onstage, and
will be appearing on the big screen in Deepwater and Fifty
Pills.
Kristen is dating Kevin Mann, an independent film producer
and high school swimming coach. They live together in Los
Angeles when she is not in San Diego working on Veronica
Mars. Mann served as a producer for Fifty Pills. |
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Other
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Attended Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan.
After playing Mary Lane in the "Reefer Madness" stage
musical, she was asked to reprise the role in the film
version, Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) (TV).
Has two sisters - Sara and Jody
Is of Irish and Polish descent.
Has two dogs named Lola and Mr. Shakes
Plays a 17-year-old on "Veronica Mars" (2004) but is 7 years
older than her character.
Attended Burton Elementary School in Huntington Woods,
Michigan, the same school actress Jessy Hodges and actor
David Geister attended.
Her parents are divorced.
Named #68 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list.
Has now played two different characters named Gracie - in
Fifty Pills (2005) and in Gracie's Choice (2004)
Is a vegetarian
Is a big fan of America's Funniest Home Videos.
She worked at a TCBY in Royal Oak in 1997-98 while a Senior
in High School.
Lived in Huntington Woods, Michigan with other performers
such as Ellen Sandweiss, Jessy Hodges, David Geister, and
Julie Schamanski
Her favorite episode of "Veronica Mars" (2004) (as of 2006)
is "The Wrath of Con" (Episode 1.4)
Named #11 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2006" list. |
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