Kristen Johnston

Actor

Born: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

BIOGRAPHY

Kristen Johnston studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City.She won two Emmys for her role on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996). She has appeared on many other television shows, including Ugly Betty (2006), ER (1994), Bored to Death (2009) and, perhaps most memorably, as the party girl whose famous final words were Im so bored I could die on Sex and the City (1998). Shes currently, on television, on TV Lands hit series, The Exes (2011), which is now in its fourth season. Just a few of Johnstons many stage credits are So Help Me God! (Drama desk nomination), The Women, Aunt Dan & Lemon, Love Song on the West End, as well as starring in three Shakespeare in Central Park productions, Much Ado About Nothing, 12th Night, and The Skin of our Teeth. She is a long-time member of The Atlantic Theater Company, and her roles over the years have included The Lights (Drama Desk Nomination) and Scarcity. Kristens film credits include Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), the 2nd Austin Powers film (as Ivana Humpalot), Finding Bliss (2009), Bad Parents (2012), Bride Wars (2009), L!fe Happens (2011), Vamps (2012), Strangers with Candy (2005), and the upcoming independent film, Lovesick (2014), with Matt LeBlanc. Johnston teaches acting at The Atlantic Theater Companys Acting School at NYU. She founded an organization called SLAM, whose goal is the creation of a desperately needed sober high school in New York City. Johnstons first book was a New York Times Bestselling memoir, entitled GUTS: the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster.

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