Kristen Bell
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).
Movies (78)
Frozen III
2027
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
Violent Night 2
2026
TOVAH
2026
The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
2024
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024
Once Upon a Studio
2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
Ukraine: Answering the Call
2022
Harmonious Live!
2022
Queenpins
2021
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
2020
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2020
Once Upon a Snowman
2020
Celebrity Escape Room
2020
Frozen II
2019
The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place
2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
Mickey’s 90th Spectacular
2018
Like Father
2018
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018
Pandas
2018
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2017
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2017
A Bad Moms Christmas
2017
CHiPs
2017
The Disaster Artist
2017
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
2017
Bad Moms
2016
The Boss
2016
Zootopia
2016
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
2015
Unity
2015
Frozen Fever
2015
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
2014
Mary Poppins Quits
2014
The Maya Rudolph Show
2014
Veronica Mars
2014
House of Lies Live
2013
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013
Frozen
2013
The Lifeguard
2013
Some Girl(s)
2013
Stuck in Love
2013
Movie 43
2013
Flatland²: Sphereland
2012
Hit & Run
2012
Safety Not Guaranteed
2012
Big Miracle
2012
Scream 4
2011
Burlesque
2010
You Again
2010
Get Him to the Greek
2010
Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates
2010
When in Rome
2010
Serious Moonlight
2009
Astro Boy
2009
Couples Retreat
2009
Fanboys
2009
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
Veronica in the FBI
2007
Flatland
2007
Pulse
2006
Roman
2006
Fifty Pills
2006
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2006
Deepwater
2005
Spartan
2004
Gracie's Choice
2004
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003
A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center
2002
People Are Dead
2002
Pootie Tang
2001
Polish Wedding
1998
Frozen IV
TV Shows (85)
Is It Cake? Holiday
2024
My Generation
2024
Nobody Wants This
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
Zootopia+
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Tiny Chef Show
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022
Baking It
2021
Do, Re & Mi
2021
Family Game Fight
2021
Ultra City Smiths
2021
Gossip Girl
2021
Hacks
2021
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
2020
Central Park
2020
Zenimation
2020
Thanks a Million
2020
Encore!
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Busy Tonight
2018
Explained
2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
2017
Big Mouth
2017
Big Mouth
2017
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
2016
The Good Place
2016
Chelsea
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
IMDb on the Scene
2015
Hot Ones
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Play It Again, Dick
2014
BoJack Horseman
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Liv and Maddie
2013
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Burning Love
2012
Unsupervised
2012
House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather
2012
House of Lies
2012
Brain Games
2011
Conan
2010
The Cleveland Show
2009
Parks and Recreation
2009
Party Down
2009
Heroes
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
Robot Chicken
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Project Runway
2004
Veronica Mars
2004
Deadwood
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
America's Next Top Model
2003
Punk'd
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
American Dreams
2002
Everwood
2002
CMT Music Awards
2002
The Shield
2002
Live from E!
2002
Teen Choice Awards
1999
Family Guy
1999
The View
1997
The View
1997
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Entertainment Tonight
1981
The Emmy Awards
1949
Golden Globe Awards
1944