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4Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980 in Huntington Woods, Michigan) is an American actress and voice actress.
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6She is best known for playing the title character in ''Series/VeronicaMars'', Sarah Marshall in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'', Lucy in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'', Gossip Girl in... [[Series/GossipGirl well, you know]], Princess Anna in ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'', and Eleanor Shellstrop in ''Series/TheGoodPlace.''
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8Bell is married to Creator/DaxShepard and they have two daughters.
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11!!Filmography:
12[[foldercontrol]]
13
14[[folder:Films]]
15* ''Film/PolishWedding'' (1998) as Teenage Girl
16* ''Film/PootieTang'' (2001) as Record Executive's Daughter
17* ''Film/GraciesChoice'' (2004) as Gracie Thompson
18* ''Film/{{Spartan}}'' (2004) as Laura Newton
19* ''Film/ReeferMadnessTheMusical'' (2005) as Mary Lane
20* ''Anime/TheCatReturns'' (2005) as Hiromi (voice, English dub)
21* ''[[Film/{{Kairo}} Pulse]]'' (2006) as Mattie Webber
22* ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' (2008) as Sarah Marshall
23** ''Film/GetHimToTheGreek'' (2010)
24* ''Film/{{Fanboys}}'' (2009) as Zoe
25* ''Film/CouplesRetreat'' (2009) as Cynthia Smith
26* ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' (2009) as Cora (voice)
27* ''Film/WhenInRome'' (2010) as Elizabeth "Beth" Ann Martin
28* ''Film/YouAgain'' (2010) as Marni Olsen
29* ''Film/{{Burlesque}}'' (2010) as Nikki
30* ''Film/Scream4'' (2011) as Chloe
31* ''Film/SafetyNotGuaranteed'' (2012) as Belinda
32* ''Film/BigMiracle'' (2012) as Jill Jerard
33* ''Film/StuckInLove'' (2012) as Tricia Walcott
34* ''Film/Movie43'' (2013) as Supergirl
35* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'' as [[Characters/FrozenAnna Anna]] (voice):
36** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' (2013)
37** ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' (2013)
38** ''WesternAnimation/FrozenFever'' (2015)
39** ''WesternAnimation/OlafsFrozenAdventure'' (2017)
40** ''WesternAnimation/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' (2018)
41** ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' (2019)
42** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' (2019)
43** ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponASnowman'' (2020)
44** ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAStudio'' (2023)
45** ''VideoGame/DisneySpeedstorm'' (2023)
46* ''Film/VeronicaMars'' (2014) as Veronica Mars
47* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' (2016) as Priscilla (voice)
48** ''WesternAnimation/ZootopiaPlus'' (2022)
49* ''Film/BadMoms'' (2016) as Kiki
50** ''Film/ABadMomsChristmas'' (2017)
51* ''Film/TheBoss'' (2016) as Claire Rawlings
52* ''Film/HowToBeALatinLover'' (2017) as Cindy
53* ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'' (2017) as herself
54* ''Film/CHiPs'' (2017) as Karen Baker
55* ''Film/LikeFather'' (2018) as Rachel Hamilton
56* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'' (2018) as Jade Wilson (voice)
57* ''Film/{{Queenpins}}'' (2021) as Connie Keminski
58[[/folder]]
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60[[folder:TV series]]
61* ''Series/TheShield'' (2003) as Jessica Hintel
62* ''Series/AmericanDreams'' (2003) as Amy Fielding
63* ''Series/{{Everwood}}'' (2003) as Stacey Wilson
64* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' (2004–07, 2019) as Veronica Mars
65* ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'' (2004) as Flora Anderson
66* ''Series/GossipGirl'' (2007–12) as [[TheNarrator Gossip Girl]] (voice)
67** ''Series/{{Gossip Girl|2021}}'' (2021-present)
68* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' (2007–08) as Elle Bishop
69* ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' (2009) as Mandy (voice)
70* ''Series/PartyDown'' (2009–10) as Uda Bengt
71* ''WesternAnimation/GlennMartinDDS'' (2011) as Hayley (voice)
72* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' (2011) as [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger Hermione Granger]], Sara Lee (voice)
73* ''Series/HouseOfLies'' (2012–16) as Jeannie van der Hooven
74* ''WesternAnimation/{{Unsupervised}}'' (2012) as Megan [=McKinley=] (voice)
75* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' (2013–14) as Ingrid de Forest
76* ''WesternAnimation/BubbleGuppies'' (2014–15) as Rogirl (voice)
77* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (2015, 2021) as Harper, Marge Simpson's singing (voice)
78* ''Series/IZombie'' (2016) as herself
79* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' (2016–20) as Eleanor Shellstrop
80* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' (2017) as Ruthie (voice)
81* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' (2017–18) as Uninterested Girl, Pam (voice)
82* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (2017) as Martha (voice)
83* ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'' (2020, 2022) as Molly Tillerman (voice, Season 1 only), Abby (voice, Season 3)
84* ''WesternAnimation/HouseBroken'' (2021) as Juliet (voice)
85* ''Series/TheWomanInTheHouseAcrossTheStreetFromTheGirlInTheWindow'' (2022) as Anna Whitaker
86* ''WesternAnimation/StoryBotsAnswerTime'' (2023) as Ms. Cafeteria Worker Lady
87[[/folder]]
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89[[folder:Video game roles]]
90* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' as Lucy Stillman (voice):
91** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedI'' (2007)
92** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' (2009)
93** ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' (2010)
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96[[folder:Web series]]
97* ''WebVideo/BurningLove'' (2012) as Mandy
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101!!Bell's work provides examples of:
102* ActorAllusion:
103** In ''Burning Love'', her character references to being in a cult. Veronica visited a cult a few times in ''Series/VeronicaMars''.
104** In ''Hit And Run'', she references being a sociopath which she played on ''Series/{{Heroes}}.''
105** Sloths are one of her favorite animals, so of course she voices one in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''.
106* ActorInspiredElement: Anna's "Wait what?" CatchPhrase was something Bell added in, wanting her to be more goofy and dorky. Likewise the song "The Next Right Thing" in the sequel is partly inspired by her own struggles with clinical depression and anxiety; "do the next right thing" is her personal motivation mantra.
107* AsHerself: In the ''Series/GossipGirl'' finale [[spoiler: where she appears to help Creator/RachelBilson rehearse for the movie adaptation of Dan (alias Gossip Girl - long story)'s book]]. Also in ''Series/IZombie'' when she does an audiobook recording.
108* AwesomeDearBoy:
109** The reason she wanted to be in ''Frozen'', citing her love for Disney movies such as ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' growing up. Indeed, her tape of her singing songs from the former helped her get cast.
110** Double dose of this when she got a cameo in another Disney movie, ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' this time playing a sloth, one of her favorite animals. She was asked when one of the filmmakers remembered her CutenessProximity reaction from an appearance on the ''[[Creator/EllenDeGeneres The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]''. According to the casting director, Kristen responded in less than three minutes after they sent her a note about it, “the quickest deal ever made in Hollywood.”
111* CastTheRunnerUp: She in fact auditioned for Rapunzel in ''{{WesternAnimation/Tangled}}'' but was told she wasn't right. Chris Buck told her that in three years, he'd be working on another film she'd be perfect for. Thus she was the first one cast in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen 2013}}''.
112* CelebrityVoiceActor: As the eponymous ''Series/GossipGirl'' she is not seen until the SeriesFinale [[spoiler:(when she appears [[AsHimself as herself]])]] but she is certainly heard (if not credited); she also doubled as ''Series/VeronicaMars'''s narrator and lent her pipes to ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' and the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series. She also plays the lead in ''{{WesternAnimation/Frozen|2013}}'', and voices a sloth in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}.''
113* ChronicallyKilledActor: Turning into something of a pattern for her. She's died in [[spoiler:''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'', and her 2 appearances in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' have earned her brutal fatalities. Even video games aren't exempt since her character gets KilledOffForReal in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood''. Anna in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' is a subversion, since she freezes, then is brought back to life.]] ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' goes a bit further with Bell's character [[DeadToBeginWith dying]] ''[[DeadToBeginWith before]]'' [[DeadToBeginWith the show takes place]].
114* CutenessProximity: Suffers this around sloths. When Dax Shepard arranged for one to visit as a birthday surprise she actually ''sensed'' what had happened and cried TearsOfJoy before she even saw it. It is not for nothing that she was chosen to voice a sloth in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''. When she appeared on Creator/EllenDeGeneres' show to discuss the video of the sloth incident, Ellen could not resist teasing her by saying "And now, let's bring out the cutest little sloth!", which nearly sent poor Kristen into a full-fledged freak out.
115* DawsonCasting:
116** She was well into her twenties playing sixteen in ''Series/VeronicaMars''.
117** Defied when she was approached to star in ''Series/GossipGirl''; at 26, she was too old to play a high schooler and too young to play the mother of one. So she compromised by providing the voice of Gossip Girl.
118* HideYourPregnancy: In season two of ''Series/HouseOfLies'', it is not only hidden, but digitally removed during her sex scenes. Her second pregnancy, on the other hand, was written into the show.
119* HollywoodHomely:[[invoked]] Early on in her career, she was told she wasn't pretty enough to play the lead roles but then she wasn't "quirky enough" to play the Hollywood Homely roles either. This has become hilarious given how ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' casts her as a glamorous TV star, and Anna in ''Frozen'' is quirkiness incarnate.
120* HugeGirlTinyGuy: Not usually, as she is only 5'1", but, although he does not end up as the LoveInterest, she does share scenes with Danny [=DeVito=] in ''Film/WhenInRome'', possibly one of three adult male actors shorter than her, the others being Verne Troyer and Creator/PeterDinklage.
121* InkSuitActor:
122** The physical appearance of Lucy Stillman in the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series looks like a CGI version of Bell, who voices her.
123** Anna in ''Frozen'' looks a lot like Bell from the early ''Veronica Mars''-era, with strawberry-blonde hair instead of gold-blonde. Anna even has Bell's very slight lazy right eye and some of her personality. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140112131335/http://www.momtrends.com/2013/11/disneys-frozen-interviews In one interview]], the movie's songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez said that when Bell was cast, she started influencing their ideas for the character:
124--->"The more we were working with Kristen Bell, the more, the more she influenced. We all got on the same page with who Anna was because Anna's Kristen Bell. Like Kristen Bell's mind is so fast and she's so funny... we kind of all started writing differently."
125* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's spoken about how she's often drawn to these characters; she likes playing roles that appear unsympathetic on the page and then finding something to help make them somewhat likable. ''{{Series/Heroes}}'', ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' and ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' are prominent examples.
126* MoneyDearBoy:[[invoked]] Sort of. As ''Veronica Mars'' had just been cancelled, she called Creator/WarnerBros and asked to be the narrator on ''Series/GossipGirl'' as a quick paycheck. She maintains she still had fun doing so and would love to come back for a reunion show. Nine years after the show ended, she reprised her role in the [[Series/GossipGirl2021 2021 revival]].
127* MsFanservice: Her live-action roles usually involve her beauty in some way.
128* OldShame: She '''hates''' the fact that she starred in ''{{Film/Movie 43}}'' (as do most of the cast in general).
129* OneTakeWonder: According to her, ''Series/GossipGirl'' was the only job she did where she was "never given a note". She was just told to read the lines as sassy as possible.
130* PornNames: Obviously not for real, but she was once asked this question in a magazine interview. Her porn name would be Chelsey Huntington, which she admitted actually sounded pretty cool.
131* PlayingAgainstType: She played [[spoiler:an unsympathetic sociopath]] in ''Deadwood''.
132* PromotedFanboy: Bell was a big fan of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' before she appeared on the show as Elle and has said that she "always wanted to be in [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 a Disney movie]]".
133* RealitySubtext:
134** The scene in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall'' where Sarah rants about her show being cancelled was filmed the day after Kristen found out ''Series/VeronicaMars'' had been cancelled - so she channeled her real life emotions into it.
135** ''Bad Moms'' was filmed around the time she became a mother for the first time, so she was experiencing the same issues as her character for the most part.
136* StarMakingRole: Bell got famous for playing in ''Film/ForgettingSarahMarshall''. Most fans believe she was famous much earlier due to ''Series/VeronicaMars'', though. Anna from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' also is one as a voice actor ''and'' singer, particularly for people who were not aware of her work on Broadway.
137%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample. Trope involves a character archetype, not just smoking alone. * TheStoner: [[https://www.eonline.com/news/969611/why-kristen-bell-vapes-weed-around-dax-shepard-even-though-he-s-sober Vapes about once a week]]. Her husband Dax Shepard is TheTeetotaler so he doesn't partake.
138* ThoseTwoActors:
139** She has a habit of showing up in works with Creator/DiannaAgron (such as ''Heroes'' and ''Series/VeronicaMars'') even if they do not share scenes.
140** With Creator/KirbyHowellBaptiste. Following a brief scene together on ''Series/HouseOfCardsUS'', they worked together on ''Series/TheGoodPlace'', Bell [[https://www.etonline.com/how-kristen-bell-and-kirby-howell-baptistes-real-life-friendship-led-to-queenpins-exclusive-171586 had Howell-Baptiste in mind]] for ''Series/VeronicaMars'''s fourth season, and brought her on for ''Queenpins'' after her original co-star exited the project.
141** With Creator/HaydenPanettiere, with whom she appeared together in ''Heroes'' and ''Film/Scream4'' (though Bell only had a very small role and did not share scenes in the latter). They would have costarred again in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' (where Anna of Arendelle is featured and Panettiere voiced an important OriginalGeneration character), but Panettiere was unavailable.
142* ToiletHumor: She does not make it a secret that she loves fart jokes.
143* TearsOfJoy:
144** "If I'm not between a 3 and a 7 on the emotional scale, ''I'm crying''."
145** Her reaction to getting a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jw3T3Jy70 sloth on her birthday]].
146* {{Typecasting}}: She has a slight history playing the [[CharacterTitle titular character]]. She also has a history of playing either {{Deadpan Snarker}}s or [[TheWoobie Woobies]], sometimes both at the same time.

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