Kristen Wiig


Actress, Comedian

About

Also Known As
Kristen Carroll Wiig
Birth Place
Canandaigua, New York, USA
Born
August 22, 1973

Biography

Life Events

2001

Performed in "The Perks," a featured show at the Empty Stage Comedy Theatre

2003

Cast in the first season of the Spike TV spoof show, "The Joe Schmo Show"

2004

Appeared in the indie films, "June" and "Life, Death & Mini-Golf"

2005

Joined NBC's "Saturday Night Live" as regular cast member

2006

Cast in Paul Feig's "Unaccompanied Minors"

2007

Co-starred with Will Forte and Will Arnett in the comedy "The Brothers Solomon"

2007

Portrayed first wife Edith in "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," a parody of "Walk the Line"

2007

Appeared in the quirky comedy "Meet Bill" with Jason Sudeikis and Aaron Eckhart

2007

Played Katherine Heigl's boss at E! in the Judd Apatow comedy "Knocked Up"

2008

Co-starred as Ricky Gervais' self involved surgeon in the comedy "Ghost Town"

2009

Played Jason Bateman's wife in Mike Judge's "Extract"

2009

Played Malice in Wonderland, Ellen Page's mentor, in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut "Whip It"

2009

Co-starred with Bill Hader as husband and wife amusement park managers in "Adventureland"

2010

Co-starred with Will Forte in "MacGruber," based on the "SNL" sketch of the same name

2010

Voiced the character of Miss Hattie in the animated film "Despicable Me"

2011

Co-wrote and starred in the comedy "Bridesmaids"

2012

Cast in the ensemble comedy "Friends with Kids," written and directed by co-star Jennifer Westfeldt

2012

Departed "SNL"

2013

Guest-starred on "Arrested Development"

2013

Voiced the character of Lucy Wilde in "Despicable Me 2"

2014

Starred with Bill Hader in the acclaimed comedy-drama "The Skeleton Twins"

2014

Starred in the acclaimed comedy-drama "Welcome to Me"

2015

Appeared in the award winning science fiction film "The Martian"

2016

Appeared in "Zoolander 2"

2016

Starred in the film "Masterminds"

2017

Had a cameo on "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later"

2017

Cast in Darren Aronofsky's critically panned "Mother!"

2017

Appeared on "The Last Man on Earth"

2017

Reprised voice of Lucy in "Despicable Me 3"

2017

Co-starred with Matt Damon in sci-fi drama "Downsizing"

2017

Had an extended guest role on "The Last Man on Earth"

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