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Known For
Actor
Birthday
(Tuesday)
Nationality
Religion
Lutheranism
Languages
English
Spouse
Rich Blomquist (2012)
Children
1 child
Residences
Los Angeles
Education
Northwestern University, Skyline High School
Zodiac Sign
♒ Aquarius
Chinese Zodiac
马 Horse
Popularity
Tier B -- 64,133 Wikipedia views/month
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Screen debut
First screen credit at age 23
Career
Career spanning 25 years (2001-2026)
Year context
Born in 1978 -- Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt; Jimmy Carter was US president
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Sustainability
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Filmography (28)
AWARDS (2)
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Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress
2011
WON
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Annie Award
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Biography
Kristen Joy Schaal (/ʃɑːl/; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers and Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls, as well as for playing Mel on Flight of the Conchords, Hurshe Heartshe on The Heart, She Holler and Carol Pilbasian on The Last Man on Earth. She provides several voices for BoJack Horseman, most notably for the character of Sarah Lynn, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Other roles include Amanda Simmons on The Hotwives of Orlando, Hazel Wassername on 30 Rock, Victoria Best on WordGirl, Trixie in the Toy Story franchise, and Anne on Wilfred. She was an occasional commentator on The Daily Show from 2008 to 2016. She voiced Sayrna in the 2019 EA video game, Anthem. Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, to a Lutheran family of Dutch ancestry. She was raised on her family's cattle ranch, in a rural area near Boulder, Colorado. Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a secretary.
Schaal attended Skyline High School where she graduated in 1996. She has a brother, David, who is three years older. She graduated from Northwestern University and then moved to New York in 2000 to pursue a comedy career. In 2005, she had her first break when she was included in the New York article "The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of".
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Kristen Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, USA.
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Kristen Schaal has 28 credits in our database. Notable titles include Toy Story 5 (2026), My Spy The Eternal City (2024), Our Flag Means Death (2022), Seal Team (2021), The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021).
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Kristen Schaal is primarily known as an actor. Kristen Joy Schaal (/ʃɑːl/; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles…
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