Kristen Bell is an American actress, singer, singer, dancer, and producer. We know her as the lovely actress from the TV series Veronica Mars and from films such as Forget Sarah Marshall, Couples Retreat, Bring It To The Greek and the 2016 comedy Bad Moms. She also voiced the title character “Anna” in Disney’s 2013 animated musical fantasy film Frozen.
Kristen Bell left New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts in 2001 to make her Broadway debut as Becky Thatcher. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Since then, she has appeared in numerous TV shows and films, including When in Rome and the musical Burlesque
Her starring role came in 2004, when she landed the titular character in the drama/mystery series Veronica Mars. In 2006, Bell won a Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for Best Television Actress for this role. The series was also nominated for five Teen Choice Awards. After the series ended in 2007, Kristen Bell appeared in the box office hit Forget Sarah Marshall in 2008 followed by Retirement as a Couple in 2009.
A historic opportunity arrived for Bell when, in January 2018, she was chosen to host the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, making her the first SAG Awards host. Mother-of-two Kristen Bell is currently featured in a web series on EllenTube by Ellen DeGeneres, where she gets the chance to reveal some of the sad realities that come with being a mother.
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Bio, Age
Kristen Bell was born on July 18, 1980 in Huntington Woods, Michigan. His mother, Lorelei (née Frygier), is a nurse. Her father, Tom Bell, is an actor and also works as a news director for CBS Television in Sacramento.
His mother has Polish ancestry while his father has (expect) English, German, Scottish, and Irish ancestry. Bell of course has a unique cocktail of bloodlines in her.
Her parents divorced when she was only two years old. She was the only child they had. Shortly after their divorce, Bell’s parents remarried and gained their six half-siblings. 2 from his father’s second marriage and 4 from his mother’s.
She was educated at Burton Elementary School in Huntington Woods, Michigan. For her secondary education, Bell’s parents decided to withdraw her from the public school system. She attended Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan, where she became heavily involved in acting.
Her first movie audition was for the 1992 animated musical Raggedy Ann and Andy and she won the role. By age 13, she was taking acting lessons and had settled down with an agent. Bell also participated in several local newspaper and television ads.
When she graduated from high school, Bell moved to New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she majored in musical theater. Before she could finish school, she left to play a part in the Broadway production. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The following year, she landed a role in the Broadway production The Crucible which also starred Liam Neeson and Laura Linney.
Later that year, Bell moved to Los Angeles and landed several series regular roles. At 24, she landed the lead role in Veronica Mars, which rocketed her to Hollywood fame. She was the narrator on 6 seasons of Gossip Girl and eventually appeared in the show’s final episodes. In January 2012, Bell had the lead role in the Showtime comedy series, House of Lies.
Bell voiced the title character, Princess Anna of Arendelle, in Walt Disney’s 2013 animation Frozen, which won an Academy Award for “Best Animated Feature” at the 86th Academy Awards.
Her good looks had her voted “Best Girl” by her upper class in 1998, the year she graduated from high school. Clearly, her upper class was right, and the lovely screen diva continued to maintain her looks. One of her most notable roles was as a 17-year-old detective on Veronica Mars when she was actually 7 years older in reality.
Bell was voted PETA’s ‘Sexiest Vegetarian Alive’ in 2006 and again in 2013. The mom of two is currently 37, although she doesn’t look older than 20!
Kristen Bell’s husband.
In 2007, Kristen Bell ended a five-year relationship with film producer Kevin Mann, who was her fiancé at the time. Much later that year, Bell found love again and began dating actor Dax Shepard, also from Detroit. They had met at a mutual friend’s birthday party.
Bell and Shepard announced their engagement in January 2010. Three years later, the couple tied the knot at the Beverly Hills County Clerk’s Office on October 17, 2013. Their wedding was an extremely small and private ceremony.
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Bell and Shepard co-starred in the 2010 film When in Rome, the 2012 film Hit and Run, and the 2017 film Chips. The couple have also featured in ads for Samsung and Neutrogena.
They have two daughters: Lincoln Bell Shepard (born 2013) and Delta Bell Shepard (born 2014).
Children and family
The proud mum-of-two has never been shy about sharing intimate details about her family and her relationship with hubby Dax Shephard. She recently shared some of her motherhood experiences in a new web series on EllenTube.
According to her, she had suffered an attack of mastitis and at the time, she had no way of seeing a doctor. Bell literally had to breastfeed her husband, Dax Shepard, in order to clear the affected milk ducts and get relief. Since breast milk probably isn’t the tastiest drink in the world, this selfless act drew Dax Shephard to his very grateful wife.
Height, feet
Kristen Bell is 5 feet 1″ tall. She has blue eyes and her blonde hair is probably her signature. The petite actress weighs 220 pounds. Her dress size is 4 (US) while her shoe size is 6 (US).
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Net worth of Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell is currently worth around $20 million. Frozen, in which Bell voiced the titular character of Anna, is the highest-grossing animated film ever made. The film has grossed $1.3 billion to date – which has certainly contributed to Bell’s impressive net worth.
Bell also performed some of the film’s best songs, including: Do You Want To Build A Snowman, F Or The First Time Forever, Love Is An Open Door, and For The Very First Time (Reprise). A sequel to the highly successful animated musical is currently in the works. So, Bell’s impressive net worth can be expected to increase in the near future.
One of Kristen Bell’s prized luxury assets is a 4,050 square foot home in Los Feliz that she and husband Dax Shepard acquired for $4.3 million. The house is located in an exclusive area of Loughlin Park and is the second largest in the area.