“not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl”
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Kristen Bell
Kristen Anne Bell 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.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1980) · film actor · singer · voice actor · stage actor · television actor · video game actor · television director · also Kristen Bell, Kristen Anne Bell, Bell
Born 18 July 1980 · Q178882
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2026· 10 entries
“I always play and look and act 10 years younger than I am.”
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“tested like eight times and booked nothing and every show [she] tested for got picked up”
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Drug Store News: Kristen Bell named L’Oréal Paris global ambassador
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Yahoo: Kristen Bell And Josh Gad Have Some Ideas For Who Could Play Anna And Elsa In A Live-Action Frozen
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Cosmetics Business: L’Oréal Paris names actress Kristen Bell Global Ambassador
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ELLE: Kristen Bell on What’s Coming for Noah and Joanne in Season 3 and Her New Beauty Role
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Women's Wear Daily: Kristen Bell Owns Her Worth as L’Oréal Paris’ Newest Global Ambassador
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Vogue: Kristen Bell on Saunas, Smart Beauty Routines, and Leaning Into Feelings
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Public attention spiked: 23,622 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.3× the usual 5,441, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: add Category:American television child actresses
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2025· 2 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2025).
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Time included her in their selection of the 100 most influential people in the world
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Kristen Bell has 214 tattoos.” False.
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2023· 2 entries
Bell revealed that she had taken up Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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Hello Bello filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming years of declining sales and the financial startup crisis
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Disney Legends (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
Bell produced and voiced a lead character in the Amazon Prime Video animated musical pre-school series Do, Re, & Mi
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2020· 4 entries
Bell published the children's book The World Needs More Purple People, which she co-wrote with Benjamin Hart
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“I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with—dogs and cats, for example—from the animals on my plate, and I never really cared for the taste of meat. I always loved my Brussels sprouts!”
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Partnered to start Happy Dance, a line of vegan CBD products such as eye cream and hand moisturizers
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Bell voiced Molly Tillerman in the Apple TV+ animated musical comedy series Central Park, which reunited her with Frozen co-star Josh Gad and Bad Moms co-star Kathryn Hahn
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2019· 3 entries
Awarded Hollywood Walk of Fame (2019).
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Bell and her husband founded the company Hello Bello that markets plant-based baby care products said to be environmentally friendly and affordable
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Again reprised her role of Princess Anna in the video game Kingdom Hearts III and the sequel Frozen 2 which was released on November 22, 2019
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2018· 3 entries
Hulu confirmed that Bell would reprise her role of Veronica Mars in an eight-episode fourth season of the drama series Veronica Mars, which would premiere in July 2019
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Bell participated in a television advertisement for bone marrow donations, specifically the Gift of Life Marrow Registry
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Began hosting the web series Momsplaining with Kristen Bell, with episodes airing on the Ellen DeGeneres video platform Ellentube
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series for The Good Place (2017).
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Appeared in the biographical comedy-drama The Disaster Artist, the action comedy CHiPs and the comedy How to Be a Latin Lover
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2016· 2 entries
Bell voiced the sloth Priscilla in the animated comedy film Zootopia, and starred as Claire in the comedy film The Boss
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Bell began starring as Eleanor Shellstrop in the NBC comedy series The Good Place
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2015· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Kristen Bell is the most tattooed actress in Hollywood, with more than 200 facial and body tattoos.” False.
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2014· 2 entries
Bell launched a Prizeo campaign offering fans a chance to win a date with her in return for donating to Invisible Children, Inc
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Bell posed nude for the May issue of Allure magazine – alongside Jenna Dewan, Minnie Driver, and Nia Long
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2013· 4 entries
Bell asked Shepard to marry her through Twitter, which he accepted
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It was confirmed that a Veronica Mars film would be coming to fruition
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For multiple episodes, Bell played Ingrid de Forest, an Eagleton City Councilwoman, on Parks and Recreation
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Kristen Bell, along with actors Ryan Devlin, Todd Grinnell, and Ravi Patel, founded the granola bar company This Bar Saves Lives to help fight malnutrition
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2012· 1 entry
Bell starred in the family drama film Big Miracle
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2008· 3 entries
And greatly increased Bell's profile
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Bell began shooting the Mark Steven Johnson-written Disney film When in Rome on location in Rome and New York; the film was released in 2010
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Was ranked 59 on AskMen's Top 99 Women of 2008 List
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2007· 5 entries
During a train ride back to Los Angeles from San Diego Comic-Con with Heroes actors Zachary Quinto and Masi Oka, and writers from the series, the writers had mentioned that if she "ever want[ed] to come on Heroes, give u
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And on June 11, 2007, Thomas officially announced in an email to TV Guide's Michael Ausiello that Veronica Mars had been canceled by The CW
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Ostroff announced the cancelation of the series
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CW Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff announced that while she was pleased with the gradual improvement of Veronica Mars's ratings, the series would be put on hiatus after February sweeps to air a new reality series, P
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Bell ended a five-year relationship with former fiancé Kevin Mann
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2006· 4 entries
Pulse starred Bell as the lead Mattie
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Awarded Saturn Award for Best Actress (2006).
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Maxim also placed Bell at the top of the "Fall TV's Criminally Sexy Investigators" List
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And again in 2013, Bell was selected "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" on PETA's yearly poll
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama for Veronica Mars (2005).
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2004· 1 entry
Bell earned acclaim for her starring role in the Lifetime television film Gracie's Choice, which received one of the network's highest ratings
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2003· 1 entry
Bell appeared in FX's The Shield, season 2, episode 1, which aired on January 7, 2003
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2002· 2 entries
Because of her friendship with writers Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, and appeared in a handful of television shows as a special guest, finding trouble gaining a recurring role in a television series
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Appeared in the Broadway revival of The Crucible with Liam Neeson, Angela Bettis and Laura Linney
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2001· 1 entry
Bell left New York University to play Becky Thatcher in the short-lived Broadway musical of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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1998· 2 entries
Had an uncredited role in the film Polish Wedding
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The year she graduated, she was named the yearbook's "Best Looking Lil' Lady" via a senior class vote
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1992· 1 entry
Bell went to her first audition and won a dual role as a banana and a tree in a suburban Detroit theater's production of Raggedy Ann and Andy
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1980· 2 entries
Born 1980-07-18.
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In Huntington Woods, a suburb of Detroit
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