Kristen Bell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1980 (age 46)
- Birthplace
- Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA
Biography
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress and singer. Her work includes both film and television, and her accolades include two Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. In 2025, Time included her in their selection of the 100 most influential people in the world. Bell began her acting career starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She made her Broadway stage debut as Becky Thatcher in the comedy musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001). She appeared in a Broadway revival of The Crucible (2002). She then appeared in the action film Spartan (2004). She received praise for her performance in the television drama film Gracie's Choice (2004). Bell had her breakout performance as the title character in the television series Veronica Mars (2004–2007), a role she reprised in the 2014 spin-off film and the 2019 revival. She also starred as Elle Bishop in the superhero drama series Heroes(2007–2008), voiced the titular narrator in the teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and its 2021 standalone sequel, and starred in the Showtime comedy series House of Lies (2012–2016). She received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her leading roles in the NBC comedy series The Good Place (2016–2020) and the Netflix romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This (2024); the latter also earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Comedy Series. During her time on Veronica Mars, Bell starred in the television musical film Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) and the horror film Pulse (2006). She has since appeared in several comedy films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), When in Rome (2010), You Again (2010), Burlesque (2010), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Stuck in Love (2012), The Lifeguard (2013), The Boss (2016), Bad Moms (2016), A Bad Moms Christmas (2017), How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), CHiPs (2017), Like Father (2018), Queenpins (2021), The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022), and Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023). She received further recognition for voicing Princess Anna in the Disney animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019). She is also the voice of Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (2027).
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Filmography
Molly and the Moon
Movie · as Kate
Frozen IV
Movie · as Anna (voice)
Frozen III
Movie · as Anna (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Movie · as Amy Rose (voice)
Violent Night 2
Movie · as Mrs. Claus
TOVAH
Movie · as Self
Miriam
Movie · as Podcaster
Disney Off the Page Adventures: The night before the royal fitting
Movie · as Anna
CMA Presents I Will Always Love You: A Celebration of Dolly Parton
Movie · as Self
Rosie & His Friends
TV · as Mrs. Jenkins · 1 ep
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Disney Off the Page Adventures: Arendelle Ice Calamity
Movie · as Anna
Nobody Wants This
TV · as Joanne Williams · 30 eps
My Generation
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Is It Cake? Holiday
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Once Upon a Studio
Movie · as Anna (voice)
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Movie · as Janet (voice)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Harmonious Live!
Movie · as Self
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Movie · as Self
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Movie · as Self
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Movie · as Alice
StoryBots: Answer Time
TV · 1 ep
The Tiny Chef Show
TV · as Kristen Bell · 3 eps
Zootopia+
TV · as Priscilla (voice) · 1 ep
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
TV · as Anna · 8 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Queenpins
Movie · as Connie Janikowski
Ultra City Smiths
TV · as Donella Pecker (voice) · 6 eps
Family Game Fight
TV · as Self - Host · 10 eps
Gossip Girl
TV · as Gossip Girl (voice) · 12 eps
Baking It
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Do, Re & Mi
TV · as Mi (voice) · 23 eps
Hacks
TV · as Kristen Bell · 1 ep
Celebrity Escape Room
Movie · as Self
Once Upon a Snowman
Movie · as Anna (voice) (archive sound)
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
Movie · as Self
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie · as Self
Zenimation
TV · as Anna (voice) (archive footage) · 1 ep
Beyond the Spotlight
TV · 1 ep
Central Park
TV · as Molly (voice) · 10 eps
Thanks a Million
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place
Movie · as Self
Frozen II
Movie · as Anna (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Encore!
TV · as Self · 12 eps
Mickey's 90th Spectacular
Movie · as Self
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Movie · as Anna (voice)
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Movie · as Jade Wilson (voice)
Like Father
Movie · as Rachel Hamilton
Pandas
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Kristen Bell Sings Ultimate Back-to-School Anthem
Movie
Busy Tonight
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
TV · as Self - Special Guest · 1 ep
Explained
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
CHiPs
Movie · as Karen
How to Be a Latin Lover
Movie · as Cindy
A Bad Moms Christmas
Movie · as Kiki
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Movie · as Anna (voice)
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Movie · as Anna (Voice)
The Disaster Artist
Movie · as Kristen Bell
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Movie
Big Mouth
TV · as Pam the Pillow (voice), Uninterested Girl (voice) · 3 eps
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
TV · as Kristen Bell · 1 ep
Nobodies
TV · as Kristen Bell · 1 ep
The Boss
Movie · as Claire
Bad Moms
Movie · as Kiki
Zootopia
Movie · as Priscilla (voice)
The Good Place
TV · as Eleanor Shellstrop · 50 eps
Chelsea
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
TV · as Anna (voice) · 4 eps
Frozen Fever
Movie · as Anna (voice)
Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
Movie · as Self - Host
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
IMDb on the Scene
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Veronica Mars
Movie · as Veronica Mars
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Movie · as Self
Mary Poppins Quits
Movie · as Mary Poppins
The Maya Rudolph Show
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Play It Again, Dick
TV · as Veronica Mars / Kristen Bell · 8 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Sarah Marshall · 1 ep
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Ruthie (voice) · 1 ep
Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Movie 43
Movie · as Fake Supergirl (segment "Super Hero Speed Dating")
Frozen
Movie · as Anna (voice)
Stuck in Love
Movie · as Tricia
House of Lies Live
Movie · as Self
The Lifeguard
Movie · as Leigh
Some Girl(s)
Movie · as Bobbi
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Movie · as Self
Liv and Maddie
TV · as Kristen Bell · 1 ep
Hollywood Game Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Safety Not Guaranteed
Movie · as Belinda
Big Miracle
Movie · as Jill Jerard
Hit & Run
Movie · as Annie Bean
Flatland²: Sphereland
Movie · as Hex (voice)
Unsupervised
TV · as Megan McKinley (voice) · 13 eps
Burning Love
TV · as Mandy · 6 eps
House of Lies
TV · as Jeannie Van Der Hooven · 58 eps
House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather
TV · as Jeannie Van Der Hooven · 1 ep
Scream 4
Movie · as Chloe
Brain Games
TV · as Self · 1 ep
When in Rome
Movie · as Beth Harper
Burlesque
Movie · as Nikki
You Again
Movie · as Marni
Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates
Movie · as Cora (voice)
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography
Movie · as June Crenshaw
Get Him to the Greek
Movie · as Sarah Marshall
Conan
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Serious Moonlight
Movie · as Sara
Fanboys
Movie · as Zoe
Astro Boy
Movie · as Cora (voice)
Couples Retreat
Movie · as Cynthia
The Cleveland Show
TV · as Mandy (voice) · 1 ep
Party Down
TV · as Uda Bengt · 2 eps
Parks and Recreation
TV · as Ingrid de Forest · 3 eps
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Movie · as Sarah Marshall
Veronica in the FBI
Movie · as Veronica Mars
Flatland
Movie · as Hex (voice)
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Movie · as Mary Lane
Pulse
Movie · as Mattie
Fifty Pills
Movie · as Gracie
Roman
Movie · as Isis / The Girl
Heroes
TV · as Elle Bishop · 12 eps
Rachael Ray
TV · 1 ep
Deepwater
Movie · as Nurse Laurie
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 14 eps
Robot Chicken
TV · as Sara Lee / Waitress (voice) · 1 ep
Spartan
Movie · as Laura Newton
Gracie's Choice
Movie · as Gracie Thompson
Deadwood
TV · as Flora Anderson · 2 eps
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Veronica Mars
TV · as Veronica Mars · 72 eps
Project Runway
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Movie · as Alison Dodge
Punk'd
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The O'Keefes
TV · as Virginia's Owner · 8 eps
America's Next Top Model
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 7 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
People Are Dead
Movie · as Angela's Friend #1
A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center
Movie · as Fredrika Armfeldt
Everwood
TV · as Stacey Wilson · 1 ep
American Dreams
TV · as Amy Fielding · 1 ep
Live from E!
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Shield
TV · as Jessica Hintel · 1 ep
CMT Music Awards
TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps
Pootie Tang
Movie · as Record Executive's Daughter
Teen Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Family Guy
TV · as Martha (voice) · 1 ep
Polish Wedding
Movie · as Teenage Girl (uncredited)
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 2 eps
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Marge (singing voice), Harper (voice) · 1 ep
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep