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Kristen Anne Bell born July 18, 1980 is an American actress. She began her acting career by appearing in stage productions while attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She made her Broadway stage debut as Becky Thatcher in the comedy musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and appeared in the Broadway revival of The Crucible the following year. She later appeared in the action thriller film Spartan (2004) and received praise for her performance in the television drama film Gracie's Choice (2004)
Bell received a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television for her performance as the title character in the television series Veronica Mars (2004–2007). She reprised the eponymous role in the 2014 film and 2019 revival. During her time on Veronica Mars, she starred as Mary Lane in the musical film Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005), a role she later reprised in the New York musical of the same name.
She later starred as Elle Bishop in the superhero drama series Heroes from 2007 to 2008. She voiced the titular narrator in the teen drama series Gossip Girl, reprising the role in its 2021 sequel, and played Jenny van der Hooven, the female lead of the Showtime comedy series House of Lies. She starred in the lead role of Eleanor Shellstrop in the critically acclaimed NBC comedy series The Good Place, in which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for her role. In addition, Bell played the lead role in the streaming series The Woman in the House Across the Street from The Girl in the Window.
In films, she had her major breakout film role as the title character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008). She has since appeared in several comedy films, including Couples Retreat (2009), When in Rome (2010), You Again (2010), The Boss (2016), Bad Moms (2016), and A Bad Moms Christmas (2017). Bell gained further recognition for voicing Princess Anna in the Disney animated films Frozen (2013), Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), and Frozen II (2019).
Early Life and Family
Bell was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Her mother, Lorelei was a registered nurse, and her father, Tom Bell, was a television news director in Las Vegas. Her mother is of Polish descent, and her father has German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.
At the age of four, Bell said she did not like her first name, so her mother encouraged her to use her middle name, Anne, which she used until she was in high school.
Just before her first year of high school, Bell's parents decided to remove her from the public school system.She attended Shrine Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak, where she participated in the drama and music clubs. Before attending Shrine, she attended Burton Elementary School and Norp Middle School now known as Norp International School, both part of the Berkeley School District. verification failed At Shrine, she won the lead role as Dorothy Gale in the school's 1997 production of The Wizard of Oz, and appeared in productions of Fiddler on the Roof (1995), Lady, Be Good (1996), and Li'l Abner (1998). In 1998, the year she graduated, she was named the yearbook's "Best Looking Li'l Lady" by vote of the senior class.
Soon after her high school graduation, Bell moved to New York City to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts,studying musical theater. In 2002, during his senior year, he dropped out a few credits from graduation to star in the Broadway musical version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Personal life
Relationships & Family
Bell and Dax Shepard at the 2012 Do Something Awards
In 2007, Bell ended a five-year relationship with former fiancé Kevin Mann.She later told Complex magazine that dating "makes me want to throw up. And it's not nauseating — well, a little nauseating, but just nervousness... I've always been a serial monogamist."
In late 2007, Bell began dating actor Dax Shepard, who is also from Metro Detroit. They announced their engagement in January 2010.They decided to delay marriage until the state of California passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage. He co-starred in the 2010 film When in Rome , the 2012 film Hit and Run ,and the 2017 film CHiPs . On June 26, 2013, after the Supreme Court ruled Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, Bell asked Shepard to marry him via Twitter, which she accepted.They married on October 16, 2013, at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's office. They have two daughters.
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