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Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress. Although her first film role was an uncredited appearance in Polish Wedding, Bell previously acted in stage and musical productions. In 2001, she made her Broadway debut as Becky ThatCher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. After re-locating to Los Angeles, Bell landed various television guest appearances and small film parts, before she gained fame as the title role on the critically acclaimed television series, Veronica Mars from September 2004 to May 2007.

During her time on Veronica Mars, Bell reprised her role as Mary Lane in the film 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, 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 Television Critics Association Awards and Teen Choice Awards. Bell also starred in the 2009 comedy, Couples Retreat.





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Kristen Bell - news / articles


  • Hunger Games superfan Bell attends midnight screening - 23 March 2012
    -Kristen Bell and Glee actor Chris Colfer were among the stars who stayed up late on Thursday (22Mar12) to attend special midnight screenings of hotly-anticipated movie The Hunger Games.-The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star recently admitted she's such a big fan of the


  • Bell: 'I won't be getting naked unless fiance says it's OK' - 21 March 2012
    -Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Kristen Bell has challenged the producers of her new TV show House Of Lies to "fight it out" with her fiance Dax Shepard if they want her to bare all on camera.-Co-star Don Cheadle stripped off for the first episode of the hit Showtime


  • Bell not marrying Shepard until same-sex marriage is legal - 17 February 2012
    -Actress Kristen Bell is holding off plans to wed her comedian fiance Dax Shepard until same-sex marriage is legalised across the U.S.-The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star accepted Shepard's marriage proposal at the end of 2009, but the couple has yet to make it officia

Kristen Bell - what members say


  • Veronica Mars - The Complete First Season
  • Veronica Mars - The Complete First Season review by williamsgwynfa from gwaenysgor in flintshire
    Rated - 5.0 stars superb......... 10 April 2007
    ...er, she also tackles mysteries for students at her school. Veronica played by Kristen Bell, is very likeable, despite her obvious flaws. the sympathy she induces from th...   Read customer review
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall review by A customer from N. Wales
    Rated - 5.0 stars Must for HIMYM fans!!! 27 April 2008
    ...! Thankfully he wasn't and this film turned out to be THE movie of 2008 for me. Kristen Bell was absolutely gorgeous and the perfect choice as Sarah Marshall, Paul Rudd add...   Read customer review
  • Fanboys
  • Fanboys review by rav42 from
    Rated - 2.0 stars The force is meh 29 July 2011
    ... (which shows), and a untried and relatively unknown cast with the exception of Kristen Bell, (who is unfortunately woefully underwritten and underused despite the fact she...   Read customer review

Kristen Bell - filmography


  • Big Miracle (2012)
    Starring: Kristen Bell,  Drew Barrymore,  John Krasinski
    Director: Ken Kwapis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When a family of grey whales becomes trapped in the Arctic Circle, a Greenpeace volunteer and a small-town reporter go to extraordinary lengths to save the majestic creatures in this romantic adventure inspired by actual events. Alaskan newsman Adam Carlson (John Krasinski) has grown weary of ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 19 members
    Not available for rental
  • Outrun (2012)
    Starring: Bradley Cooper,  Kristen Bell,  Kristin Chenoweth
    Director: David Palmer,  Dax Shepard
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 1 member
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  • Big Miracle - Blu-ray (2012)
    Starring: Kristen Bell,  Drew Barrymore,  John Krasinski
    Director: Ken Kwapis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When a family of grey whales becomes trapped in the Arctic Circle, a Greenpeace volunteer and a small-town reporter go to extraordinary lengths to save the majestic creatures in this romantic adventure inspired by actual events. Alaskan newsman Adam Carlson (John Krasinski) has grown weary of ..read more »
    1.5 stars out of 5 25% from 2 members
    Not available for rental
  • Astro Boy - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Freddie Highmore,  Kristen Bell,  Charlize Theron
    Director: David Bowers
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Dr. Tenma. Powered by positive "blue" energy, Astro Boy is endowed with super strength, x-ray vision, unbelievable speed and the ability to fly. Embarking on a journey in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,333 members
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  • Astro Boy on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Freddie Highmore,  Kristen Bell,  Charlize Theron
    Director: David Bowers
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Dr. Tenma. Powered by positive "blue" energy, Astro Boy is endowed with super strength, x-ray vision, unbelievable speed and the ability to fly. Embarking on a journey in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,725 members
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  • When in Rome on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Kristen Bell,  Josh Duhamel,  Anjelica Huston
    Director: Mark Steven Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Beth (Bell) is a young, ambitious New Yorker who is completely unlucky in love. However, on a whirlwind trip to Rome, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of suitors.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 7,183 members
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  • You Again on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Kristen Bell,  Sigourney Weaver,  Jamie Lee Curtis
    Director: Andy Fickman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    You Again, the non-stop laugh fest, is pure fun that features an all-star cast with comedy pedigrees - including Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver and the always outrageous Betty White. For Marnie (Bell), high school was a horror movie, and her brother's wedding is the sequel when ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 5,939 members
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  • Burlesque - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Dianna Agron,  David Walton,  Terrence Jenkins
    Director: Steve Antin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Christina Aguilera makes her dramatic feature debut as Ali, a small-town singer who takes her shot at stardom performing at a neo-burlesque nightclub in Los Angeles. Situated in a regal old theater that's still dazzling despite having fallen into disrepair, The Burlesque Lounge is the kind of club ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,872 members
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  • Burlesque on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Dianna Agron,  David Walton,  Terrence Jenkins
    Director: Steve Antin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ali is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an uncertain future to follow her dreams to L.A. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theatre that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress. Burlesque's outrageous ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 15,808 members
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  • Serious Moonlight (2009)
    Starring: Meg Ryan,  Timothy Hutton,  Kristen Bell
    Director: Cheryl Hines
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Louise, a high-powered Manhattan lawyer, is touched when she arrives for the weekend to her family's upstate getaway to find it strewn with rose petals by her husband of 13 years, Ian. Unfortunately, Ian is not expecting Louise, but rather his much younger girlfriend. In fact, he's actually in the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 29 members
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  • Couples Retreat (2009)
    Starring: Vince Vaughn,  Jason Bateman,  Jon Favreau
    Director: Peter Billingsley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 820 members
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  • Couples Retreat - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Vince Vaughn,  Jason Bateman,  Jon Favreau
    Director: Peter Billingsley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 233 members
    Not available for rental
  • Fanboys - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Billy D. Williams,  Dan Fogler,  Kristen Bell
    Director: Kyle Newman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A group of friends who are avid "Star Wars" fans travel west to see the Holy Grail of all sci-fi movies, "Star Wars: Episode I." The year is 1999 and for these death star dorks, the "Star Wars" films are more than just movies; they are a way of life. So, after one of the group takes sick, it is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,318 members
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  • Fanboys on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Billy D. Williams,  Dan Fogler,  Kristen Bell
    Director: Kyle Newman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A group of friends who are avid "Star Wars" fans travel west to see the Holy Grail of all sci-fi movies, "Star Wars: Episode I." The year is 1999 and for these death star dorks, the "Star Wars" films are more than just movies; they are a way of life. So, after one of the group takes sick, it is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 3,497 members
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  • 50 Pills on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci,  Kristen Bell,  John Hensley
    Director: Theo Avgerinos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Darren Giles (Lou Taylor Pucci, Southland Tales) has lost his college scholarship, can't work up the courage to ask out the girl of his dreams, and doesn't have the cash to stay in college another semester. Unless he can survive a teenage dominatrix and New York's biggest drug mogul, convince his ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 126 members
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  • Pulse on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Jonathan Tucker,  Kristen Bell,  Ian Somerhalder
    Director: Jim Sonzero
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Techno-thriller in which a mysterious computer program appears to infect whoever comes into contact with it. When Josh (Jonathan Tucker), a student hacker, accidentally taps into the wrong kind of wireless signal, an evil is unleashed into this world that cannot be contained. Now it seems the virus ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 7,734 members
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Kristen Bell facts

5 most recent films

Big Miracle - 4.0 stars
Outrun - 2.0 stars
Big Miracle - Blu-ray - 1.5 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 5 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Astro Boy - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Gossip Girl - Season 2 - Volume 2 - 4.5 stars
Veronica Mars - The Complete Second Season - 4.5 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 3 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Veronica Mars - The Complete First Season - 4.5 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 2 - Volume 1 - 4.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Big Miracle - Blu-ray - 1.5 stars
Outrun - 2.0 stars
Gossip Girl - Season 5 - Complete - 2.5 stars
Serious Moonlight - 3.0 stars
Reefer Madness - The Movie Musical - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Penn Badgley - 22 times - show films
Blake Lively - 22 times - show films
Leighton Meester - 22 times - show films
Matthew Settle - 13 times - show films
Chace Crawford - 13 times - show films

Most frequent directors

J. Miller Tobin - 21 times - show films
Mark Piznarski - 13 times - show films
Norman Buckley - 11 times - show films
Jean de Segonza - 6 times - show films
Patrick R. Norr - 6 times - show films