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Kristen Johnston

Penwoman / Film Actress / Television Actress / Stage Actress / Actress / Voice Actress | * 09/20/1967 (56) | Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
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Kristen Angela Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American actress. Best known for her work on television sitcoms, she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun. She starred as divorce attorney Holly Franklin on The Exes, and as recovering addict Tammy Diffendorf on Mom. She has also appeared in the films Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), Ice Age (2002), Music and Lyrics (2007), and Bride Wars (2009). Her memoir Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster (2012) was a New York Times best-seller. Through her nonprof... ()
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Kristen Johnston studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City.She won two Emmys for her role on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996). She has appeared on many other television shows, including Ugly Betty (2006), ER (1994), Bored to Death (2009) and, perhaps most memorably, as the party girl whose famous final words were "I'm so bored I could die" on Sex and the City (1998). She's currently, on television, on TV Land's hit series, The Exes (2011), which is now in its fourth season. Just a few of Johnston's many stage credits are "So Help Me God!" (Drama desk nomination), "The Women", "Aunt Dan & Lemon", "Love Song" on the West End, as well as starring in three "Shakespeare in Central Park" productions, "Much Ado About Nothing", "12th Night", and "The Skin of our Teeth". She is a long-time member of The Atlantic Theater Company, and her roles over the years have included "The Lights" (Drama Desk Nomination) and "Scarcity". Kristen's film credits include Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), the 2nd Austin Powers film (as "Ivana Humpalot"), Finding Bliss (2009), Bad Parents (2012), Bride Wars (2009), L!fe Happens (2011), Vamps (2012), Strangers with Candy (2005), and the upcoming independent film, Lovesick (2014), with Matt LeBlanc. Johnston teaches acting at The Atlantic Theater Company's Acting School at NYU. She founded an organization called SLAM, whose goal is the creation of a desperately needed sober high school in New York City. Johnston's first book was a New York Times Bestselling memoir, entitled "GUTS: the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster".

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Kristen Johnston

2x Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
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Movies with Kristen Johnston as Actress(24)

as Alicia2020 Small Town Wisconsin
as Barbara2019 The Wedding Year
as Psychic Sara2018 For the Love of George
as Professor Barnes2018 Swiped
as Esmerelda2017 Thrill Ride
as Katherine2014 Lovesick
as Mrs. Van Helsing2012 Vamps
as Tracy2012 Bad Parents
as Francesca2011 L!fe Happens
as Deb2009 Bride Wars
as Irene Fox2009 Finding Bliss
as Rhonda2007 Music and Lyrics
as Coach Divers2006 Strangers with Candy
as Miranda2004 Nobody Knows Anything!
as Sylvia Fowler2002 The Women
as Wilma Slaghoople2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
as Stalker Fan1997 Colin Fitz
as Grace Chapman1996 London Suite
as Alice Kosnick1993 The Debt

TV Shows/Series with Kristen Johnston as Actress(23)

as The Widow Evelyn Higgins2022 Our Flag Means Death
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as Braddock (voice)2019 Amphibia
as Chief Fox2017 The Mayor
as Bianca's agent2016 Not Today, Bianca
as Tammy Diffendor2013 Mom
as Maddie2013 Kirstie
as herself2011 Billy on the Street
as Holly Franklin2011 The Exes
as Brenda2009 Modern Family
as Self - Judge2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Judge (archive footage)2009 RuPaul's Drag Race
as Helen2006 Ugly Betty
as Maude MacPherson2003 Queens Supreme
as Warmonga (voice)2002 Kim Possible
as Lexi Featherston1998 Sex and the City
as Sally Solomon1996 3rd Rock from the Sun
1994 Duckman
as Dr. Eve Peyton1994 ER

Additional Information

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Full Name: Kristen Johnston
Born: Wednesday, 09/20 1967 (September) in Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 56 years + 213 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Harvard University, Circle in the Square Theatre School, Whitefish Bay High School
Employer: New York University
Kristen Johnston frequently works together with these people:
John DiMaggio (19x, Actor)
Tara Strong (12x, Actress)
Rob Paulsen (9x, Actor)
Christine Zander (9x, Crew)
Mike Myers (8x, Actor)
Jeff Bennett (8x, Actor)
Stephen Root (8x, Actor)
Vanessa Williams (7x, Actress)
April Winchell (7x, Actress)
Nicole Sullivan (7x, Actress)
Lydia Woodward (7x, Crew)
John Platt (7x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:304555, Added: 08/11/2018, Last updated: 03/21/2024