Kristen Bell

At 43 years old, Kristen Bell has this physical status:

Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actor, singer, and producer.

She began her acting career by appearing in stage performances while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Becky Thatcher made her Broadway debut in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 2001 and appeared in The Crucible's revival the following year.

She appeared in the action thriller film Spartan in 2004 and received critical praise for her role in the television drama film Gracie's Choice. Bell received critical acclaim for her first major role as the title character in the teen noir drama television series Veronica Mars (2004-2007).

She was given a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television for her appearance.

She reprised her role in the 2014 film sequel and the 2019 revival film.

Bell appeared on Veronica Mars in the (2005) film Reefer Madness: A Musical Retrospection of the part she played in the New York musical on which the film was based.

Bell appeared in the science fiction drama series Heroes from 2007 to 2008.

She appeared as the titular narrator in the teen drama series Gossip Girl from 2007 to 2012. She had her breakout role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall in 2008.

She has appeared in a number of comedies, including Couples Retreat (2009), When in Rome (2010), You Again (2016), Bad Moms (2016), and A Bad Moms Christmas (2016).

Bell received more credit for playing Princess Anna in the Disney animated fantasy films Frozen (2013), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), and Frozen II (2019), as well as Frozen Fever (2015) and Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017). Jeannie van der Hooven, the female lead on the showtime comedy series House of Lies, appeared from 2012 to 2016.

Eleanor Shellstrop's lead role on NBC's critically acclaimed NBC comedy series The Good Place, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy since 2016.

Early life and family

Bell was born in Huntington Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, where she was raised. Lorelei (née Frygier) is a registered nurse, and her father, Tom Bell, works as a television news director in Las Vegas, Nevada. When she was two years old, her parents divorced. Bell has two stepmothers and a stepbrother from her mother's second marriage. Her mother is of Polish descent, and her father has German, Scottish, and Irish roots.

Bell claimed that she did not like her first name at the age of four. Bell's mother begged her to use Anne instead; rather, she used the word Annie until high school.

Bell's parents decided to exclude her from the public school system right before her first year of high school. She attended Shrine Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak, where she participated in the drama and music clubs. She attended Burton Elementary School and Norup Middle School (now known as Norup International School), which is part of the Berkley School District, prior to attending Shrine. Dorothy Gale, a student at the University of Oz, was one of the school's 1997 production of The Wizard of Oz, and Li'l Abner (1998). Bell was named the yearbook's "Best Looking Girl" in 1998, the year she spent in high school.

Bell enrolled in Tisch School of the Arts in New York City, focusing on musical theater, just shy of her high school graduation. Bell dropped a few credits shy of graduating to appear in the Broadway musical version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 2002.

Personal life

Bell's five-year relationship with former fiancé Kevin Mann came to an end in 2007. She later told Complex magazine that dating "makes me want to vomit." And not out of grossness—ok, a little bit out of grossness, but not out of nerves... "I've always been a serial monogamist."

Bell began dating actress Dax Shepard, who is also from Metro Detroit, in late 2007. In January 2010, the couple announced their engagement. They decided not to marry until the state of California passed legislation authorizing same-sex marriage. They co-starred in When in Rome, the 2012 film Hit and Run, and the 2017 film CHiPs. Bell begged Shepard to marry her through Twitter, which he accepted after section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court on June 26, 2013. On October 16, 2013, the two were married at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's Office. They have two children who were born in 2013 and 2014.

Bell became a vegetarian at age 11. "I have always been an animal lover," Bell said in a PETA interview. I had a difficult time dissociating the animals I cuddled with, for example, dogs and cats, but the meat on my plate wasn't particularly concerned about the texture of meat. "I always loved my Brussels sprouts." Bell became vegan with Shepard by 2012 after watching the film Forks Over Knives. However, she returned to eating dairy products and eggs during her first pregnancy.

Bell rescued animals from the Michigan Humane Society during her time in Michigan, and she now supports the Helen Woodward Animal Center in San Diego. Bell volunteers regularly attends fundraisers for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other non-profit groups dedicated to protecting animals. She has owned several dogs, including Lola, a Welsh Cork-Chihua mix who was 11 years old when she was rescued from Hurricane Katrina and adopted by Bell in 2005.

Bell has confirmed that she is not religious and identifies as a feminist. She and her partner, Dax Shepard, are anti-vaccination. "I love going to 20 minutes because it's like shutting off light switches in my brain," she says of the Transcendental Meditation scheme.

"The writers are just looking for some fairness," Bell said of the Writer Guild of America in the writers' strike.

Invisible Children, Inc., Bell and other Veronica Mars cast members, including Ryan Hansen, are partnered with the charity Invisible Children, Inc. The organisation's aim is to bring to light the plight of Northern Ugandans who are trapped in the midst of a civil war between the government and Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army.

During the 2008 US presidential race, Bell endorsed and campaigned for Barack Obama. She and Rashida Jones visited Missouri colleges to learn about the candidates and encourage voter registration to be encouraged.

Kristen Bell, along with actress Ryan Devlin, Todd Grinnell, and Ravi Patel, founded This Bar Saves Lives in 2013 to combat hunger. Children in Haiti, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia are among the beneficiaries of the company's food donation in the form of nutrition packets. As of February 2019, the company has sold more than 10 million packets since its inception.

Bell's inaugural Prizeo campaign in 2014 offered fans a chance to win a date with her in exchange for donating to Invisible Children Inc. Bell, specifically the Gift of Life Marrow Registry, appeared on television in 2018. On the Gift of Life website, her behavior resulted in several matches that have been chronicled. Bell received a special Achievement Award in 2020.

Bell claimed that she had received medication for depression and anxiety in May 2016. "It's important for me to be open about this so people in a similar situation can see that they are not worthless and that they do have something to offer," she said.

Bell spoke openly with Jimmy Kimmel in August 2018 about why she wears scuba gloves when swimming. In the interview, she confessed to being concerned with the sensation of touching things with water-immerded, wrinkled fingers, otherwise known as "pruney fingers." With the gloves, she was able to swim with her children without fear of touching them.

Bell and her partner formed Hello Bello, a plant-based baby care service that sells plant-based baby care products, which is said to be both environmentally friendly and cost-effective. Hello Bello's estimated annual income was $26.1 million a year with 104 employees as of 2021.

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Career

Bell appeared in her first appearance and was awarded both a banana and a tree in a suburban Detroit theater production of Raggedy Ann and Andy in 1992. Her mother had been working with an agent before Bell was 13, which allowed her to appear in newspaper advertisements for many Detroit stores and television commercials. She also started private acting lessons. She appeared in the locally shot film Polish Wedding in 1998 as an uncredited actress.

Bell left New York University in 2001 to appear as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a short-lived Broadway musical. She made her credited film debut in Pootie Tang the same year. Her one line in the film was cut, and her appearance is limited to a scene shown during the credit sequence only. In addition, she auditioned for the role of Chloe Sullivan, which was later won by Allison Mack.

Liam Neeson, Angela Bettis, and Laura Linney appeared in the Broadway revival of The Crucible in 2002. Bell later moved to Los Angeles in 2002 due to her friendship with writers Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney and she appeared in a handful of television shows as a special guest, but she had trouble finding a regular audience in a television series. Bell said she "tested like eight times and booked nothing, and every show [she] tested for was picked up," including auditions for Skin and a Norm Macdonald series. Bell appeared on "The Shield," FX's season 2, episode 1, on January 7, 2003.

Bell received an honor for her role in the Lifetime television film Gracie's Choice, which received one of the network's highest ratings in 2004. Laura Newton, the kidnapped daughter of the US president, made her debut in a theatrically released film with David Mamet's action thriller Spartan as Laura Newton, the abducted daughter of the US president. Bell appeared on HBO's time drama "Deadwood" and "Suffer the Children" (British Ida).

She appeared in the UPN noir drama series Veronica Mars, which was released in the fall of 2004. Bell played John Bell as the seventeen-year-old anti-establishment high school student and private investigator, created by Rob Thomas. Since Bell's parents divorced and her best friend died, Bell drew on the similarities between Veronica and her own life. Critics praised the series. Bell's appearance earned her the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television and a TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Drama, among other things. Some commentators argued that her job was largely overlooked, and that she deservingly for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Bell starred in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, rather than assisting in the short-lived 2001 Off-Broadway musical. The musical was a spoof of the 1936 exploitation film of the same name. The Movie Musical premiered on the Showtime network on April 16, 2005. Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical debuted on the Showtime network on April 16, 2005. Bell appeared in Fifty Pills, an entry for the Tribeca Film Festival in April. Angela Bettis, a Crucible co-star, and she appeared in The Receipt and Roman, a short independent film. Pulse starred Bell as the lead Mattie on August 11, 2006. The film, which was a remake of the Japanese horror film Kairo, earned US$27.9 million worldwide, but it received a critical reaction. "Despite Kristen Bell's starring role, [the] young actress has far less interesting content to work with here than she does as [the character] 'Veronica Mars."

Veronica Mars returned to UPN for a second season; for the third season, the show was revived and appeared on the newly introduced The CW; Although she was pleased with Veronica Mars'' steady rise in fame, CW Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff revealed on January 19, 2007 that the series would go on hiatus following the airing of Pussycat Dolls Present in February. Ostroff announced the cancellation of the series on May 17, 2007. On May 22, 2007, Thomas officially announced in an email to TV Guide's Michael Ausiello that Veronica Mars had been cancelled by the CW on June 11, 2007. A Veronica Mars feature film and comic book series sequel had been discussed, and for a short time there was talk of another collaboration between Bell and designer Thomas that might not be related to the Veronica Mars film.

Bell expressed an interest in appearing on Heroes after Veronica Mars' cancellation, owing to her as a fan. "Don't ever want[ed] to come on Heroes," writer Zachary Quinto and Masi Oka, and writers from the series's set of "love to" on July 29, 2007. However, there were discussions over a character on Lost, but Bell dismissed Charlotte Staples Lewis's role. Elle Bishop on Heroes, a "mysterious young lady" with a "awesome power," Bell portrayed Elle Bishop on Heroes. Elle, who made her first appearance in an October 2007 episode, did not have to audition for the role and appeared in twelve episodes during the series's run. Tim Kring, the creator of Bell, Heroes, was "not easy to put off," but "we found a way to jump into a tiny window in [Bell's] schedule." Bell lent her voice to the CW's Gossip Girl: she portrayed the title character in every episode of the series, but she appeared in person only for a surprise cameo in the final episode.

Bell shot in Hawaii shortly after Veronica Mars' cancellation in early 2007, and she reprised her role as the title character in Judd Apatow's Forgetting Sarah Marshall. "The improvisational comedy in the film was a wonderful experience," she said. The film, written by and also starring Jason Segel, was released theatrically on April 18, 2008, and it has greatly raised Bell's profile. Bell lent her voice and likeness to the video game Assassin's Creed, which was released in November 2007 for consoles and PC in April 2008. Bell portrayed Lucy in Assassin's Creed II, which was released in November 2009 and again in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which was released in November 2010. She completed filming the Star Wars-themed comedy Fanboys in the spring of 2006. Kyle Newman received additional funds to film new scenes, but the actors' busy schedules were preventing filming in September 2007. As a result, the release was postponed until January 14, 2008. Bell appeared in the 2009 comedy Serious Moonlight, as well as Meg Ryan and Couples Retreat, which chronicles four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Jason Bateman played her husband. In Astro Boy, she also played Cora. Bell began shooting When in Rome on location in Rome and New York on March 31, 2008. Bell reprised her role as Sarah Marshall in the film Get Him to the Greek, a spin-off sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall that was released on June 4, 2010.

Bell appeared in the backstage musical film Burlesque, which was released in November 2010. She made a cameo appearance alongside Anna Paquin in the slasher horror film Scream 4, which was released on April 15, 2011.

Bell appeared in the family drama film Big Miracle in 2012. She has also appeared in "Madder Red" by Brooklyn experimental rock band Yeasayer's music video. In The Truth & Life Dramatized Audio New Testament Bible, a 22-hour, celebrity-voiced, dramatized audio version of the New Testament that uses the RSV-CE translation, Bell portrayed Mary Magdalene.

Jeannie van der Hooven, the female lead on Showtime's comedy film House of Lies, debuted on January 8, 2012. On June 12, 2016, the series came to an end. Bell appeared in a supporting role in the science-fiction comedy Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). She appeared in the drama film The Lifeguard, written and directed by Liz W. Garcia, which premiered in July 2012 and was released in August 2013. Anna appeared in Frozen, which was first released on November 22, 2013. Bell played Ingrid de Forest, an Eagleton City Councilwoman, on Parks and Recreation in 2013.

On March 13, 2013, it was announced that a Veronica Mars film would finally be released. Rob Thomas, a voice actor, and Bell and series creator Rob Thomas initiated a Kickstarter campaign to produce the film in less than ten hours. All of the main cast members of the series reprised their roles in the film. The film was made during summer 2013, and it was released theatrically and on demand on March 14, 2014.

Bell starred in a Samsung Galaxy Tab S commercial in September 2014, making them do another for the holiday season. Both McKinney's advertising company and the ad agency McKinney were behind them. Bell sang of the sloth Priscilla in the animated comedy film Zootopia in 2016 and starred Claire in the comedy film The Boss. Bell appeared in Bad Moms, a 2016 comedy film, a role she reprised in the 2017 sequel, A Bad Moms Christmas. Bell debuted in 2016 as Eleanor Shellstrop in the NBC comedy series The Good Place. Among many others, she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

She appeared in The Disaster Artist, the action comedy CHiPs, and the sitcom How to Be a Latin Lover. In November 2017, she appeared in "Santa's Coming for Us" as a housewife (with Dax Shepard as her husband).

Kristen Bell and the Ellen DeGeneres video site "Matesplaining" began in 2018, with episodes airing on Ellen DeGeneres' YouTube. Bell gives new and expecting mothers tips about motherhood in the series. The series's name is a play on the commonly used term "mansplaining." Bell was later in the Netflix comedy-drama film Like Father, where he had the leading role. In the animated comedy film Teen Titans Go! she also played Jade Wilson. Princess Anna appeared in the animated comedy sequel film Ralph Breaks the Internet, and she returned to the theater and reprised her voice role as Princess Anna.

Bell will reprise her role as Veronica Mars in an 8-episode fourth season of the drama series Veronica Mars, which will premiere in July 2019. She reprised her role as Princess Anna in the video game Kingdom Hearts III and the sequel, Frozen II, which were published on November 22, 2019. Bell appeared on the Disney+ docuseries Encore!, which premiered in November 2019. In the eighth episode of The Good Place, she made her directorial debut. After the series's fourth season, it will air its last episode in January 2020. Bell received the #SeeHer Award at the 25th Critics' Choice Awards, which honors women who "push boundaries on changing stereotypes and acknowledge the importance of authentic portrayals of women in the entertainment industry."

Bell co-wrote with Benjamin Hart in 2020 and wrote The World Needs More Purple People. Bell starred Molly Tillerman in Apple's animated musical comedy series Central Park in 2020, reunited her with Frozen co-star Josh Gad and Bad Moms co-star Kathryn Hahn. Apple's Central Park received a two-season contract, and the series premiered on May 29, 2020. Bell, who is white, will no longer be able to express Molly's biracial identity, according to the story in June 2020. Bell will reprise the role as a black or mixed race actor, with Bell playing a new part.

Bell produces and stars a lead character in Amazon Prime Video's animated musical pre-school series Do, Re, & Mi, 2021. She has also narrate as the central character of the HBO Max teen drama series Gossip Girl, a soft reboot and sequel to the 2007-2012 series of the same. Bell also appeared in the comedy film Queenpins alongside Kirby Howell-Baptiste as a pair of housewives who devised a multi-million dollar coupon scam. On September 10, 2021, the film was released in

On January 28, 2022, the Woman in the Window, a television miniseries, was released on Netflix.

Bell appeared on two episodes of The Tiny Chef Show and also served as the show's executive producer.

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