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'''Kristen Anne Bell''' (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress | [[File:Kristen Bell.jpg|thumb|Kristen Bell.]]'''Kristen Anne Bell''' (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, [[United States]]. She is of Polish and Scottish decent. | ||
==Biography== | |||
===Early Life=== | |||
Bell was raised in Michigan, United States by her mother Lorelei and father Tom Bell, who works for WOAI-TV as a news director in San Antonio. At the age of two, her parents divorced and her father re-married with a woman that had two daughters, Sara and Jody. Bell inherited strabismus from her mother, it is a condition which causes her right eye to not be properly aligned with the other. <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strabismus</ref> | |||
When she was at the age of four she had disliked her name, so her mother convinced her to go by 'Anne', Bell's middle name instead. It wasn't until high school that she stopped using Annie and went back to her first name. Whilst in her new school, Shrine Catholic High School, Bell starred in many of the school productions such as ''The Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Lady Be Good'' and'' Li'l Abner''. She graduated from high school in 1998,being named 'Best Looking Girl' by vote. | |||
After high school, Bell moved on to New York City where she majored in musical theatre at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Although in 2001 Bell left before she graduated for a role the musical version of ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ''<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristen_Bell</ref> | |||
===Career=== | |||
Kristen acted in stage and musical productions before moving on to film and television, where she gained fame for playing the title role on the show ''Veronica Mars'' from 2004 to 2007. She has also appeared on TV shows such as ''The Shield'', ''Deadwood'', and ''Heroes'', and in films such as ''Pulse'', ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall'', ''Couples Retreat'', and her lead role as "Beth" in ''When in Rome''. | |||
Bell played Veronic Mars, the lead role in the hit American drama. She acted alongside Jason Dohring, Enrico Coantoni and Ryan Hansen. The show lasted for three seasons until its cancelation in 2007. In 2008 there were rumours of a ''Veronica Mars'' film where Kristen would star in it again, she was on board of the idea but it hit a road block when they were told that there was no enthusiasm to make it. <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Mars#Cancellation_and_possible_film</ref> | |||
Bell has received a Satellite Award, a Saturn Award and has been nominated several times for Television Critics Association Awards and Teen Choice Awards. | |||
Bell herself identifies as an avid gamer and has played the series.<ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/750/750843p3.html</ref><ref>http://www.5min.com/Video/Kristen-Bell-Assassins-Creed-2-Interview-449623643</ref> | Bell herself identifies as an avid gamer and has played the series.<ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/750/750843p3.html</ref><ref>http://www.5min.com/Video/Kristen-Bell-Assassins-Creed-2-Interview-449623643</ref> | ||
Revision as of 02:17, 11 January 2013
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, United States. She is of Polish and Scottish decent.
Biography
Early Life
Bell was raised in Michigan, United States by her mother Lorelei and father Tom Bell, who works for WOAI-TV as a news director in San Antonio. At the age of two, her parents divorced and her father re-married with a woman that had two daughters, Sara and Jody. Bell inherited strabismus from her mother, it is a condition which causes her right eye to not be properly aligned with the other. [1]
When she was at the age of four she had disliked her name, so her mother convinced her to go by 'Anne', Bell's middle name instead. It wasn't until high school that she stopped using Annie and went back to her first name. Whilst in her new school, Shrine Catholic High School, Bell starred in many of the school productions such as The Wizard of Oz, Fiddler on the Roof, Lady Be Good and Li'l Abner. She graduated from high school in 1998,being named 'Best Looking Girl' by vote.
After high school, Bell moved on to New York City where she majored in musical theatre at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Although in 2001 Bell left before she graduated for a role the musical version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. [2]
Career
Kristen acted in stage and musical productions before moving on to film and television, where she gained fame for playing the title role on the show Veronica Mars from 2004 to 2007. She has also appeared on TV shows such as The Shield, Deadwood, and Heroes, and in films such as Pulse, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Couples Retreat, and her lead role as "Beth" in When in Rome.
Bell played Veronic Mars, the lead role in the hit American drama. She acted alongside Jason Dohring, Enrico Coantoni and Ryan Hansen. The show lasted for three seasons until its cancelation in 2007. In 2008 there were rumours of a Veronica Mars film where Kristen would star in it again, she was on board of the idea but it hit a road block when they were told that there was no enthusiasm to make it. [3]
Bell has received a Satellite Award, a Saturn Award and has been nominated several times for Television Critics Association Awards and Teen Choice Awards.
Bell herself identifies as an avid gamer and has played the series.[4][5]
Assassin's Creed works
- Assassin's Creed (2007) – Lucy Stillman
- Assassin's Creed II (2009) – Lucy Stillman
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010) - Lucy Stillman
Trivia
- At the age of 11, she chose to become a vegetarian, saying: "I have always been an animal lover."
External links
- Kristen Bell at the Internet Movie Database.