8 Jan 2012

Kristen Bell Biography

Birth Name : Kristen Anne Bell
Date of Birth : 18 July 1980, Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA
Height : 5' 1" (1.55 m)
Occupation : Actress

Born July 18, 1980, Bell was raised in a suburb of Detroit, MI. She fell in love with performing at a very early age, and landed onstage in a local production at age 11. By age 13, she had secured an agent and was appearing in print advertising for local retailers; eventually working her way up to local television commercials. Theater continued to be a passion, and while attending the Shrine Catholic High School in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak, she played Dorothy in a school production of "The Wizard of Oz," as well as appeared in other musicals like "Fiddler on the Roof" and "Lady Be Good."

In her senior year, Bell left school to take a role as Becky Thatcher in the Broadway musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Shortly following this, Bell accepted another role in Arthur Miller's The Crucible where she acted alongside Laura Linney and Liam Neeson. After an uncredited role in the big screen feature Polish Wedding (1998) starring Claire Danes, Bell picked up and moved to Los Angeles.

Once in Los Angeles, Bell's career took off. She took numerous guest television appearances and small film roles before landing the lead role in the well-known television series Veronica Mars. In 2007 the series came to an end and Bell continued with big screen roles in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) and Pulse (2006).

Currently, Bell plays Ellie Bishop on NBC's Heroes, a mysterious girl with remarkable powers and narrates CW's Gossip Girls. Meanwhile, Bell's schedule is filling up with major motion pictures, including the title role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). Also look to see the blonde beauty in Fanboys (2008), Serious Moonlight (2009), and When in Rome (2009).

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