Kristen Bell
Acting
Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980) is an American actress and singer. Her work includes both film and television, and her accolades include two Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards. In 2025, Time included her in their selection of the 100 most influential people in the world. Bell began her acting career starring in stage productions while attending the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She made her Broadway stage debut as Becky Thatcher in the comedy musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001). She appeared in a Broadway revival of The Crucible (2002). She then appeared in the action film Spartan (2004). She received praise for her performance in the television drama film Gracie's Choice (2004). Bell had her breakout performance as the title character in the television series Veronica Mars (2004–2007), a role she reprised in the 2014 spin-off film and the 2019 revival. She also starred as Elle Bishop in the superhero drama series Heroes(2007–2008), voiced the titular narrator in the teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and its 2021 standalone sequel, and starred in the Showtime comedy series House of Lies (2012–2016). She received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her leading roles in the NBC comedy series The Good Place (2016–2020) and the Netflix romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This (2024); the latter also earned her two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Comedy Series. During her time on Veronica Mars, Bell starred in the television musical film Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) and the horror film Pulse (2006). She has since appeared in several comedy films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), When in Rome (2010), You Again (2010), Burlesque (2010), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Stuck in Love (2012), The Lifeguard (2013), The Boss (2016), Bad Moms (2016), A Bad Moms Christmas (2017), How to Be a Latin Lover (2017), CHiPs (2017), Like Father (2018), Queenpins (2021), The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022), and Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023). She received further recognition for voicing Princess Anna in the Disney animated films Frozen (2013) and Frozen 2 (2019). She is also the voice of Amy Rose in Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (2027).
TV Shows(81)
Is It Cake? Holiday
Self - Guest Judge
2024
My Generation
Narrator
2024
Nobody Wants This
Joanne
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
StoryBots: Answer Time
2022
Zootopia+
Priscilla (voice)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
The Tiny Chef Show
Kristen Bell
2022
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Anna
2022
Baking It
Self
2021
Do, Re & Mi
Mi (voice)
2021
Family Game Fight
Self - Host
2021
Ultra City Smiths
Donella Pecker (voice)
2021
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl (voice)
2021
Hacks
Kristen Bell
2021
Beyond the Spotlight
2020
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
Self
2020
Central Park
Molly (voice)
2020
Zenimation
Anna (voice) (archive footage)
2020
Thanks a Million
Self
2020
Encore!
Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self - Guest
2019
Busy Tonight
Self - Guest
2018
Explained
Narrator (voice)
2018
The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
Self - Special Guest
2018
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
Kristen Bell
2017
Big Mouth
Pam the Pillow (voice)
2017
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Anna (voice)
2016
The Good Place
Eleanor Shellstrop
2016
Chelsea
Self
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
IMDb on the Scene
Self
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Play It Again, Dick
Veronica Mars / Kristen Bell
2014
BoJack Horseman
Ruthie (voice)
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Sarah Marshall
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Liv and Maddie
Kristen Bell
2013
Hollywood Game Night
Self
2013
Burning Love
Mandy
2012
Unsupervised
Megan (voice)
2012
House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather
Jeannie Van Der Hooven
2012
House of Lies
Jeannie Van Der Hooven
2012
Brain Games
Self
2011
Conan
Self
2010
The Cleveland Show
Mandy (voice)
2009
Parks and Recreation
Ingrid de Forest
2009
Party Down
Uda Bengt
2009
Heroes
Elle Bishop
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
Robot Chicken
Sara Lee / Waitress (voice)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Project Runway
Self - Guest Judge
2004
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Deadwood
Flora Anderson
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The O'Keefes
Virginia's Owner
2003
America's Next Top Model
Self - Guest
2003
Punk'd
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
American Dreams
Amy Fielding
2002
Everwood
Stacey Wilson
2002
CMT Music Awards
Self - Host
2002
The Shield
Jessica Hintel
2002
Live from E!
Self
2002
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Family Guy
Martha (voice)
1999
The View
Self
1997
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self - Host
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
The Simpsons
Marge (singing voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(81)
Frozen III
Anna (voice)
2027
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Amy Rose (voice)
2027
Violent Night 2
Mrs. Claus
2026
TOVAH
Self
2026
The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
Self - Presenter
2024
Dolly Parton's Pet Gala
2024
Once Upon a Studio
Anna (voice)
2023
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Janet (voice)
2023
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Alice
2022
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Self
2022
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Self
2022
Harmonious Live!
Self
2022
Queenpins
Connie Janikowski
2021
One Night Only: The Best of Broadway
Self
2020
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Self
2020
Once Upon a Snowman
Anna (voice) (archive sound)
2020
Celebrity Escape Room
Self
2020
Frozen II
Anna (voice)
2019
The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place
Self
2019
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Anna (voice)
2018
Mickey’s 90th Spectacular
Self
2018
Kristen Bell Sings Ultimate Back-to-School Anthem
2018
Like Father
Rachel Hamilton
2018
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
Jade Wilson (voice)
2018
Pandas
Narrator (voice)
2018
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
2017
Olaf's Frozen Adventure
Anna (Voice)
2017
A Bad Moms Christmas
Kiki
2017
CHiPs
Karen
2017
The Disaster Artist
Kristen Bell
2017
How to Be a Latin Lover
Cindy
2017
LEGO Frozen Northern Lights
Anna (voice)
2017
Bad Moms
Kiki
2016
The Boss
Claire
2016
Zootopia
Priscilla (voice)
2016
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
Self - Host
2015
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Frozen Fever
Anna (voice)
2015
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic
Self
2014
Mary Poppins Quits
Mary Poppins
2014
The Maya Rudolph Show
Self
2014
Veronica Mars
Veronica Mars
2014
House of Lies Live
Self
2013
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
Self
2013
Frozen
Anna (voice)
2013
The Lifeguard
Leigh
2013
Some Girl(s)
Bobbi
2013
Stuck in Love
Tricia
2013
Movie 43
Fake Supergirl (segment "Super Hero Speed Dating")
2013
Flatland²: Sphereland
Hex (voice)
2012
Hit & Run
Annie Bean
2012
Safety Not Guaranteed
Belinda
2012
Big Miracle
Jill Jerard
2012
Scream 4
Chloe
2011
Burlesque
Nikki
2010
You Again
Marni
2010
Get Him to the Greek
Sarah Marshall
2010
Lost Masterpieces of Pornography
June Crenshaw
2010
Astro Boy vs The Junkyard Pirates
Cora (voice)
2010
When in Rome
Beth Harper
2010
Serious Moonlight
Sara
2009
Astro Boy
Cora (voice)
2009
Couples Retreat
Cynthia
2009
Fanboys
Zoe
2009
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Sarah Marshall
2008
Veronica in the FBI
Veronica Mars
2007
Flatland
Hex (voice)
2007
Pulse
Mattie
2006
Roman
Isis / The Girl
2006
Fifty Pills
Gracie
2006
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Mary Lane
2006
Deepwater
Nurse Laurie
2005
Spartan
Laura Newton
2004
Gracie's Choice
Gracie Thompson
2004
The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay
Alison Dodge
2003
A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center
Fredrika Armfeldt
2002
People Are Dead
Angela's Friend #1
2002
Pootie Tang
Record Executive's Daughter
2001
Polish Wedding
Teenage Girl (uncredited)
1998
Molly and the Moon
Kate
Frozen IV
Anna (voice)