Kristen Bell
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).
162 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 162
The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Conan
2010
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Heroes
2006
The View
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
Project Runway
2004
BoJack Horseman
2014
Veronica Mars
2004
The Shield
2002
Robot Chicken
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hacks
2021
Hot Ones
2015
Parks and Recreation
2009
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Everwood
2002
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
America's Next Top Model
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Big Mouth
2017
Zootopia
2016
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Deadwood
2004
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Cleveland Show
2009
Punk'd
2003
The Good Place
2016
American Dreams
2002
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Frozen
2013
Chelsea
2016
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
Liv and Maddie
2013
House of Lies
2012
Frozen II
2019
Gossip Girl
2021
Explained
2018
Party Down
2009
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
2023
Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
Scream 4
2011
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Central Park
2020
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
Nobody Wants This
2024
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Rachael Ray
2006
Live from E!
2002
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
Burning Love
2012
Zootopia+
2022
Once Upon a Studio
2023
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
The Tiny Chef Show
2022
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
2018
Movie 43
2013
Brain Games
2011
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995
Ultra City Smiths
2021
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
2022
Unsupervised
2012
Burlesque
2010
The Emmy Awards
1949
Busy Tonight
2018
CMT Music Awards
2002
Bad Moms
2016
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
2017
Couples Retreat
2009
Zenimation
2020
Astro Boy
2009
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
2018
CHiPs
2017
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2017
Stuck in Love
2013
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
2020
My Generation
2024
Get Him to the Greek
2010
Pulse
2006
Is It Cake? Holiday
2024
A Bad Moms Christmas
2017
Thanks a Million
2020
The Boss
2016
Fanboys
2009
Unity
2015
Queenpins
2021
Big Miracle
2012
Spartan
2004
You Again
2010
Frozen Fever
2015
The People We Hate at the Wedding
2022
Do, Re & Mi
2021
When in Rome
2010
The Disaster Artist
2017
Once Upon a Snowman
2020
Veronica Mars
2014
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
2006
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
2022
Encore!
2019
Frozen III
2027
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017
IMDb on the Scene
2015
The O'Keefes
2003
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Safety Not Guaranteed
2012
Baking It
2021
Play It Again, Dick
2014
Pandas
2018
Like Father
2018
Pootie Tang
2001
Hit & Run
2012
TOVAH
2026
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
2016
Serious Moonlight
2009
Deepwater
2005
Teen Choice Awards
1999
The Lifeguard
2013
Gracie's Choice
2004
Violent Night 2
2026
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013
Fifty Pills
2006
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2020
Some Girl(s)
2013
Family Game Fight
2021
Mickey’s 90th Spectacular
2018
Celebrity Escape Room
2020
Polish Wedding
1998
The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place
2019
Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates
2010
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
2017
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
2014
House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather
2012
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
2015
Frozen IV
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The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2017
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography
2010
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
2003
Flatland²: Sphereland
2012
House of Lies Live
2013
Veronica in the FBI
2007
Harmonious Live!
2022
Flatland
2007
Ukraine: Answering the Call
2022
The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
2024
Roman
2006
People Are Dead
2002
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024
The Maya Rudolph Show
2014
A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center
2002
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
2020
Molly and the Moon
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Kristen Bell Sings Ultimate Back-to-School Anthem
2018
Mary Poppins Quits
2014