About
| Birth Name: | Kristen Carroll Wiig |
| Birth Notes: | 22 August 1973, Canandaigua, New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5" |
| Family: | * Hayes Hargrove (2005 - 2009) (divorced) |
| Biography: | Originally from Rochester, New York, she joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) in the middle of its 2005-2006 season. She is a member of the renowned sketch comedy theater called the Groundlings Main Company in Los Angeles, where she was promoted up from the Groundlings Sunday Company after just one year. She has also been in the cast of two comedy pilots for CBS. |
Filmography
| Adventureland (2009) as Paulette |
| Date Night (2010) as Haley Sullivan |
| Despicable Me (2010) as Miss Hattie |
| Extract (2009) as Suzie |
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) as Yoga Instructor |
| Ghost Town (2008) as Surgeon |
| How to Train Your Dragon (2010) as Ruffnut |
| Knocked Up (2007) as Jill |
| MacGruber (2010) as Vicki St. Elmo |
| Semi-Pro (2008) as Bear Handler |
| Unaccompanied Minors (2006) as Carole Malone |
| Whip It (2009) as Maggie Mayhem |
| All Good Things (2010) as Lauren Fleck |
| Bill (2007) as Jane Whittman |
| Bobby Blue Sky (2012) |
| Bridesmaids (2011) as Annie |
| Clown Girl (2012) as Nita |
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) as Pudgy Beaver Mom |
| Imogene (2013) |
| Life, Death and Mini-Golf (2004) as Debbie |
| Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003) as Extra |
| One Night Only (2009) as Karen |
| Paul (2010) as Ruth Buggs |
| Pretty Bird (2008) as Mandy |
| Saturday Night (2010) as Herself |
| Sundance Skippy (2009) as Herself |
| The Brothers Solomon (2007) as Janine |
| The Enigma with a Stigma (2006) as Tux Shop Employee |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) as Edith |
Trivia
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* Is a core member of Judd Apatow's 'comedy team' which also includes Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen. * In April 2009, Wiig was featured in Entertainment Weekly's list of the 25 Funniest Women in Hollywood. * In December 2008, Wiig was featured in Entertainment Weekly's list of 15 Great Performances for her various impersonations on Saturday Night Live. * Wiig's most famous SNL character is Penelope, a serial one-upper and exaggerator. * In the 2008-2009 SNL series, Wiig appeared in more sketches than any other member of the cast. * Is close friends with Paul co-stars, British comedy actors and directors, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. |
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