Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig

geb. 22.08.1973 (50 Jahre)
Canandaigua, New York, USA

Biografie

A native of Rochester, New York, Kristen Wiig began her career as a main company member of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy group, The Groundlings. However, she is most known for her work on "Saturday Night Live" and "Bridesmaids", Wiig is making the transition into drama while continuing to make comedic films and work in television. In 2012, Time magazine honored Wiig in their esteemed Time 100 issue. In 2009, Entertainment Weekly acknowledged Wiig as one of the top 15 great performers for her work on "Saturday Night Live". Wiig has been nominated for four Emmy Awards and received her first Oscar nomination for writing "Bridesmaids."

Kristen Wiig can be seen in the IFC film "Hateship Loveship," starring alongside Guy Pearce, Nick Nolte, and Hailee Steinfeld. Based on the short by the Nobel Prize winning Canadian author Alice Munroe, "Hateship Loveship," directed by Liza Johnson, is currently in theatres. In a dramatic turn, Wiig portrays Johanna, a shy, introverted housekeeper hired to care for Mr. McCauley (Nolte) and his granddaughter Sabitha (Steinfeld.) Through the act of a mean spirited practical joke, Johanna is forced to deal with the repercussions of falling in love with an illusion.

Wiig can be also seen in "The Skeleton Twins," directed by Craig Johnson, starring opposite Bill Hader and Luke Wilson. "The Skeleton Twins" tells the story of twins Maggie (Wiig) and Milo (Hader) who cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite after ten years. The film screened at the Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews.

In 2014, Wiig also starred in the epic IFC television miniseries spoof, "The Spoils Of Babylon," written and directed by Matt Piedmont and Andrew Steele and executive produced by Will Ferrell. Wiig, starring opposite Tobey Maguire and Tim Robbins portrayed Cynthia Morehouse, the daughter of the rich and successful patriarch, Jonas Morehouse (Robbins.) Cynthia falls madly in love with her adopted brother, Devon (Maguire.) The six-episode miniseries takes you through two decades of this unlikely family's trials and tribulations. "The Spoils Of Babylon" was one of the highest-rated debuts ever on IFC television.

Alos in 2014, Wiig starred in three independent films, "Welcome To Me", "Nasty Baby" and "The Diary Of A Teenage Girl." "Welcome To Me," directed by Shira Piven (Fully Loaded) is produced by Gary Sanchez productions. The film tells the story of Alice (Wiig) who suffers from borderline personality disorder and wins the lottery. Alice chooses to spend her newfound fortune on a talk show about herself. Starring alongside Wes Bentley, Linda Cardellini and Joan Cusack, "Welcome To Me" is a dramatic look into the life of a woman who desperately wants to be famous, even if it means alienating her friends and family along the way. "Nasty Baby," "written and directed by Sebastian Silva (Crystal Fairy,) chronicles the lives of a gay couple (Silva and Tunde Adebimpe) who embark on a failed mission to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly (Wiig.) "The Diary Of A Teenage Girl," directed by Marielle Heller is based on the coming of age graphic novel written and illustrated by Phoebe Gloeckner. The story follows a teenage artist living in 1970's San Francisco who enters into an affair with her mother's (Wiig) boyfriend. Wiig stars opposite Alexander Skarsgard and Vanessa Ross.

In 2013, Wiig starred in the critically acclaimed Twentieth Century Fox drama "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty" opposite Ben Stiller, who also produced and directed the film. Based on the 1939 short story by James Thurber, "Walter Mitty" is a breathtaking look into the world of fantasy seen through the eyes of Walter (Stiller) and his daydream sequences. Wiig portrays Cheryl Melhoff, Walter's co-worker at Time Magazine who inspires him to take action into his own hands when their jobs are threatened. Also in December 2013, Wiig starred in the box office smash, "Anchorman Two, The Legend Continues" portraying Chani Lastname, opposite Steve Carell. Wiig also voiced the character of SexyKitten in the Oscar nominated film, "Her." Last summer, Wiig voiced the character of Lucy in the Oscar nominated box office smash, "Despicable Me 2" starring opposite Steve Carell.

In 2012, Wiig finished her seventh and final season as a cast member on NBC's revered show "Saturday Night Live." During her time on SNL, Wiig received four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, playing such memorable characters as the excitable Target Lady, Lawrence Welk singer Doonese, the irritating one-upper Penelope, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Suze Orman. In 2013, Wiig was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her return as a host on the show earlier that year.

In 2011, Wiig starred in the critically acclaimed breakout film "Bridesmaids," which she co-wrote with Annie Mumolo, and for which they were nominated for an Academy Award, Writers Guild of America Award, and BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. Directed by Paul Feig and produced by Wiig and Judd Apatow, "Bridesmaids" is Apatow's highest-grossing production and is the top R-rated female comedy of all time. Wiig was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Lead Actress in a Comedy or Musical, along with the film being nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. The film also received a SAG nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

Other film credits include Apatow's smash-hit comedy "Knocked Up"; "Girl Most Likely," directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, "Friends With Kids," written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt; Greg Mottola's "Paul" and "Adventureland," "All Good Things" with Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst; "MacGruber" alongside Will Forte; Mike Judge's "Extract" with Jason Bateman and Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore's "Whip It," David Keopp's "Ghost Town" and Jake Kasdan's "Walk Hard," another Apatow-produced film in which she starred opposite John C. Reilly. Voice acting credits include the Cartoon Network's "The Looney Toons Show," nominated for three Emmy awards, Fox's The Simpson's and the animated feature films "Despicable Me (1 and 2)" and "How To Train Your Dragon (1 and 2.)" Wiig has also guest-starred in the NBC television series "30 Rock," HBO's "Bored To Death" and "Flight of the Conchords," Netflix's "Arrested Development," Comedy Central's "Drunk History" and IFC's "Portlandia."

20th Century Fox

Schauspielerin

Filme
2025

Toni Erdmann

2024

Freezing People Is Easy

 

Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich 4

2023

The Heart

2021

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

 

Ein Junge namens Weihnacht

2020

Wonder Woman 1984

2019

Bernadette

 

Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht 3: Die geheime Welt

Werbung

Werbung

2017

Downsizing

 

Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich 3

 

Mother!

2016

Ghostbusters

 

Masterminds – Minimaler IQ, maximale Beute

 

Sausage Party - Es geht um die Wurst

 

Zoolander No. 2

2015

A Deadly Adoption (Fernsehfilm)

 

Der Marsianer - Rettet Mark Watney

 

Nasty Baby

 

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

 

The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards

2014

Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht 2

 

The Skeleton Twins

 

Welcome to Me

2013

Anchorman 2 - Die Legende kehrt zurück

 

Das erstaunliche Leben des Walter Mitty

 

Hateship, Loveship

 

Her

 

Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich 2

2012

Nichts wie weg aus Ocean City

 

Revenge for Jolly!

2011

Brautalarm

 

Friends with Kids - Küssen verboten!

 

Paul - Ein Alien auf der Flucht

2010

All Beauty Must Die

 

Date Night - Gangster für eine Nacht

 

Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht

 

Ich - Einfach unverbesserlich

 

MacGruber

2009

Adventureland

 

Extract - Ausgequetscht

 

Ice Age 3: Die Dinosaurier sind los

 

Roller Girl

2008

Nie wieder Sex mit der Ex

 

Pretty Bird

 

Semi-Pro

 

Wen die Geister lieben

2007

Beim ersten Mal

 

Die Brüder Solomon

 

Meet Bill

 

Walk Hard: Die Dewey Cox Story

2006

The Enigma with a Stigma

 

Unaccompanied Minors

2004

June (Fernsehfilm)

 

Life, Death and Mini-Golf

 

My Life, Inc. (Fernsehfilm)

2003

Melvin Goes to Dinner

Serien
2024

Palm Royale

 

Maxine Throws a Party (E10)

 

Maxine Makes a Splash (E09)

 

Maxine Saves the Whale (E08)

  mehrere Folgen (7)
2022

Big Mouth

 

Vaginascham (S06E03)

2021

Bless the Harts

 

Betty's Birthday (S02E24)

 

Tiny Pies (S02E23)

 

Toni with an I (S02E22)

  mehrere Folgen (12)
 

MacGruber

 

Havencroft (E08)

 

The Architect (E07)

 

The Storm (E06)

  mehrere Folgen (5)
2020

Big Mouth

 

Die schlimmste Periode aller Zeiten (S04E02)

 

Bless the Harts

 

Tying the Not (S01E10)

 

Invasion of the Potty Snatcher (S02E09)

 

Pumped (S02E08)

  mehrere Folgen (7)
2019

Big Mouth

 

Wie bekomme ich einen Orgasmus? (S03E06)

 

Bless the Harts

 

Miracle on Culpepper Slims Boulevard (S01E09)

 

Mega-Lo-Memories (S01E08)

 

Myrtle Beach Memoirs (S01E07)

  mehrere Folgen (6)
2018

Nobodies

 

Kristen's Wiig (S02E06)

 

Sandra

2017

Big Mouth

 

Mädchen sind auch geil (S01E05)

 

Nobodies

 

Not the Emmys (S01E05)

 

The Last Man on Earth

 

Die wundersame Welt der Nippel (S03E18)

 

Sühne (S04E03)

 

Stockholm Syndrom (S04E02)

 

Ab auf die Insel (S04E01)

 

Wet Hot American Summer: Zehn Jahre später

 

Tigerclaw (E03)

2015

The Spoils Before Dying

 

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

 

Der Tag ist vorbei (E08)

 

Electro-City (E06)

 

Vorsingen (E04)

2014

The Spoils of Babylon

2013

Arrested Development

 

Es kann nur besser werden (S04E13)

 

Die Unsichtbare (S04E10)

 

Rotschopf (S04E08)

  mehrere Folgen (4)
 

Die Simpsons

 

Homerland (S25E01)

 

Drunk History

 

San Francisco (S01E05)

 

The Looney Tunes Show

 

Mister Wiener (S02E24)

 

Die Hochzeits-Crasher 2.0 (S02E23)

 

Das Jahr der Ente (S02E21)

  mehrere Folgen (5)
2012

Portlandia

 

Cat Nap (S02E06)

 

The Looney Tunes Show

 

Dickies Geheimnis (S01E25)

 

Alles hat seinen Preis (S01E24)

 

Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte (S02E10)

  mehrere Folgen (7)
2011

Die Simpsons

 

Moeback Mountain (S22E11)

 

The Looney Tunes Show

 

Um Haaresbreite (S01E22)

 

Bringen Scherben Glück? (S01E21)

 

Keine Pappe – Große Klappe (S01E18)

  mehrere Folgen (4)
2010

Bored To Death

 

Ehekrise auf Indisch (S02E05)

 

Der Drogentest (S02E04)

 

Funny or Die Presents...

 

The Cleveland Show

 

Junior, der Barkeeper (S01E14)

 

Ugly Americans

 

Du willst also Vampir werden? (S01E06)

2009

Bored To Death

 

Ein Streit unter Liebenden (S01E02)

 

Flight of the Conchords

 

Brahbrah (S02E06)

2008

Global Warming

2007

30 Rock

 

Gegensätze ziehen sich aus (S02E06)

2006

Home Purchasing Club

2003

I'm with Her

1995

The Drew Carey Show

Dokumentationen
2021

Die Geschichte der Schimpfwörter (Serie) - Arch.

 

F**k - Arch. (E01)

2020

My Darling Vivian - Arch.

2016

Ghostbusters: Slime Time

 

Ghostbusters: Visual Effects 30 Years Later

 

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

2012

Inside Portlandia (Fernsehfilm)

2011

Between the Lightning Strikes: The Making of 'Paul'

2010

Saturday Night

Musikvideos
2009

The Lonely Island: Like a Boss

2008

The Lonely Island: Ras Trent

2006

The Lonely Island feat. Justin Timberlake - Dick in a box

Theateraufzeichnung
2012

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Kurzfilme
2016

Lightningface

2011

Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury

2010

Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (Fernsehfilm)

 

Sticky Minds

2009

One Night Only

2000

Carnata

Drehbuchautorin

Gast

Produzentin

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