Breakthrough, 2004 - 2006
In 2004, Bell performed in the stage production of Reefer Madness in Los Angeles, allowing her to work with writers Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney. Later, she appeared in the Lifetime television movie Gracie's Choice, which received one of the network's highest ratings. She made her debut in a theatrically released film, with David Mamet's Spartan, as Laura Newton, the kidnapped daughter of a high-ranking U.S. government official, acting alongside Val Kilmer. Bell also guest-starred on the HBO's drama Deadwood in a two-episode story arc ("Bullock Returns to the Camp" and "Suffer the Little Children").
She then won the role of the title character in UPN's drama Veronica Mars, which was launched in the fall of 2004. Created by Rob Thomas, Bell starred as the seventeen year old detective Veronica, which put her alongside actors Enrico Colantoni who played her father, Jason Dohring, Percy Daggs III and Ryan Hansen. Veronica Mars was described as "a little bit Buffy and a little bit
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Early Work, 1992 - 2003
In 1992 at the age of eleven, Bell went to her first audition and won a dual role as a banana and a tree in a suburban Detroit theater's production of Raggedy Ann and Andy. Her mother read more...
Breakthrough, 2004 - 2006
In 2004, Bell performed in the stage production of Reefer Madness in Los Angeles, allowing her to work with writers Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney. Later, she appeared in the Lifetime read more...
Recent And Future Roles, 2007 - Present
Veronica Mars continued on UPN until the third season, in which the show was renewed and returned on the newly created The CW. On January 19, 2007 CW Entertainment President Dawn read more...
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American television and film actress as well as former stage actress. She has received a Satellite Award and Saturn Award, and has been read more...
At age eleven, Bell became a vegetarian. In an interview with PETA, Bell stated, "I have always been an animal lover. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with—dogs read more...