FACTS ABOUT KRISTEN BELL
| Date of Birth: | 18 July 1980 |
| Birthplace: | Huntington Wood, Michigan |
| Age: | 29 |
| First Name: | Kristen |
| Middle Name: | Anne |
| Last Name: | Bell |
| Build: | Slim |
| Height: | 5' 1" (155 cm) |
| Eye Color: | Blue |
| Hair Color: | Blonde |
| Star Sign: | Cancer |
| Claim to Fame: | Veronica Mars |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Occupation Category: | Actress |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alternative Names: | K-Bell, Annie, KB, Veronica Mars |
BIOGRAPHY FOR KRISTEN BELL
Kristen Anne Bell (born Jul. 18, 1980 (31 years ago)) is an American actress. Although her first movie role was an uncredited appearance in Polish Wedding, Bell previously acted in stage and musical productions. In 2001 (10 years ago), she made her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. After re-locating to Los Angeles, Bell landed various TV guest appearances and small movie parts, before she gained fame as the title role on the critically acclaimed TV series, Veronica Mars from sep. 2004 (7 years ago) to May 2007 (4 years ago).
During her time on Veronica Mars, Bell reprised her role as Mary Lane in the movie version of Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, a stage production she had taken part in. She also portrayed the lead role in Pulse, a remake of a J-Horror film. In 2007 (4 years ago), she joined the cast of Heroes playing the character Elle Bishop, and Gossip Girl as the offscreen titular narrator. Additionally, she played the title character in the comedy movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Bell has received a Satellite Award and Saturn Award, and has been nominated several times for TV Critics Association Awards and Teen Choice Awards.
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EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY
Bell was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. She is the daughter of Tom Bell, a TV news director, and Lorelei "Lori" Bell, a registered nurse. Bell is of Polish and Scottish descent. Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and she has two half sisters, Sara and Jody, from her father's second marriage. Bell has a lazy eye which affects her right eye. She inherited it from her mother, who had it corrected as a child. Bell claims that if she does not get enough sleep, it furthers the ailment. She nicknames her right eye "Wonky".
At the age of four, Bell claimed she did not like her first name and opted to change it to "Smurfette" after the character in the The Smurfs. However, her mother convinced Bell to go by her middle name of Anne instead; she used the name Annie until high school. She attended Burton Elementary school in Huntington Woods where she studied singing and tap dancing.
Just before her freshman year of high school, Bell's parents decided to pull her from the public school system. She then attended Shrine Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak, where she took part in the drama and music club. During her time at the school, she won the starring role in the school's 1997 (14 years ago) production of The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale and also appeared in productions of Fiddler on the Roof (1995, 16 years ago), Lady Be Good (1996, 15 years ago), and Li'l Abner (1998, 13 years ago). In 1998 (13 years ago), the year she graduated, Bell was named the yearbook's "Best Looking Girl" by senior class vote.
When Bell was 17, her best friend Jenny DeRita, whom she met at age 11 during a Detroit community theater production, was killed in an automobile accident. Bell said that it was "both the best and worst thing that has ever happened to me....Once you learn not to take people for granted, you live a lot happier life."
Shortly after her high school graduation, Bell moved to New York and attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, majoring in musical theater. In 2001 (10 years ago), during her senior year at New York University, Bell left a few credits shy of graduating to take a role in the Broadway musical version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
PERSONAL LIFE
Bell signing in Jan. 2005 (6 years ago) at San Francisco's Metreon.At age 11, Bell became a vegetarian. In an interview with PETA, Bell stated, "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 Brussel sprouts!" During her time in Michigan, Bell fostered animals from Michigan Humane Society and she now supports the San Diego-based Helen Woodward Animal Center. Bell often attends fund raisers for the ASPCA and other non-profit organizations dedicated to protecting animals. She owns a Welsh Corgi-Chow Chow mix named Lola, a Welsh Corgi-Chihuahua mix named Shakey, and a black Labrador Retriever named Sadie, who was 11 years old when she was rescued from Hurricane Katrina and adopted by Bell in 2005 (6 years ago). She and many of those who worked on Veronica Mars, including friend Ryan Hansen, are involved with the charity organization Invisible Children Inc. The goal of the organization is to create awareness regarding the plight of Northern Ugandans who are caught in the midst of a civil war between the government and Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. Bell has shown her support for the Writers Guild of America in the writer's strike, appearing in the picket lines in dec. 2007 (4 years ago) stating, "the writers are just looking for some fairness."
Bell has also done a public service announcement for Do Something's great Healthy Living Campaign.
In 2007 (4 years ago), Bell ended a five-year relationship with former fiancé Kevin Mann, and went on to date actor Dax Shepard. She told Complex magazine that dating "makes me want to vomit. And not out of grossness — OK, a little bit out of grossness, but just nerves." Bell explains, "I’ve always been a serial monogamist."
As she is a Detroit native, she is also an avid fan of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
