Kristen Bell

Kristen Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress who currently stars in the U.S. television show Veronica Mars.

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July 18 - 1980 - American - Actress - Veronica Mars

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Born in Detroit, Michigan, Bell was raised in suburban Huntington Woods, and attended Shrine Catholic High School in nearby Royal Oak. There she took the starring role in the school's 1997 production of The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale. She also appeared in Fiddler on the Roof (1995); Lady Be Good (1996); and Li'l Abner (1998). In 1998, the year of her graduation, she appeared in Polish Wedding, a movie that was being filmed locally.

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Detroit - Michigan - Huntington Woods - Royal Oak - 1997 - The Wizard of Oz - Dorothy Gale - Fiddler on the Roof - 1995 - Lady Be Good - 1996 - Li'l Abner - 1998 - Polish Wedding

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Following high school, Bell enrolled in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She took a key role as Becky Thatcher in the short-lived Broadway musical of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 2001. That same year she officially made her credited film debut in Pootie Tang, though her appearance in that film exists only in the credit sequence. In 2002, she appeared in the Broadway revival of The Crucible.

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Tisch School of the Arts - New York University - Becky Thatcher - Broadway - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - 2001 - Pootie Tang - 2002 - The Crucible

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Bell then appeared in a handful of television shows as a special guest before landing a role in the Hallmark movie The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay in 2003. A year later, she appeared in the television movie Gracie's Choice.

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Hallmark - The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay - 2003 - Gracie's Choice

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In 2004, Bell made her big-screen debut, appearing in David Mamet's Spartan as Laura Newton, the President's kidnapped daughter, acting alongside Val Kilmer. Following this, Bell's career continued to progress as she won the role of the title character in UPN's drama Veronica Mars, which was launched in the fall of 2004. The show has earned positive reviews from television critics and has been renewed for a second season. Bell has also guest-starred on HBO's drama Deadwood in a two episode story-arc.

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2004 - David Mamet - Spartan - Val Kilmer - UPN - Veronica Mars - Deadwood

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Bell has recently finished filming Fifty Pills, set for release later in 2005, and continues to star in Veronica Mars. She now lives in Los Angeles and has made several appearances on popular late-night television shows. A film version of her off-Broadway musical, Reefer Madness (a spoof of the 1938 exploitation film of the same name, which was in turn based on an anti-marijuana propaganda film entitled Tell Your Children), debuted on the Showtime network in April 2005, with Bell reprising the role she played in the musical. She also has the film "Roman" and the horror film "Pulse" both scheduled for release in 2006. This is an American remake of the Japanese horror film Kajiro.

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Fifty Pills - 2005 - Los Angeles - Off-Broadway - ''Reefer Madness'' - 1938 - Marijuana - Propaganda - Showtime - April 2005 - Kajiro

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She was named by Jane magazine in the USA as one of the "11 people you'd most like to see naked". She posed for the magazine's July 2005 issue in a tasteful manner.

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