Kristen Wiig
| Kristen Wiig | |
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Wiig presenting Welcome to Me at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, 2014
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| Born |
Kristen Carroll Wiig August 22, 1973 Canandaigua, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Arizona |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
| Spouse(s) | Hayes Hargrove (m. 2005; div. 2009) |
| Website | kristenwiig |
| Comedy career | |
| Medium | Television, film |
| Genres | Satire/political satire/news satire, improvisational comedy, sketch comedy |
| Subject(s) | American politics, American culture, current events, pop culture, mass media/news media |
| Notable works and roles |
Saturday Night Live Bridesmaids |
Kristen Carroll Wiig (/ˈwɪɡ/; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She is known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (2005–12), and such films as Knocked Up and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (both 2007), Paul and Bridesmaids (both 2011), Girl Most Likely and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (both 2013), the animated Despicable Me film series, The Skeleton Twins (2014), The Martian (2015), Ghostbusters and Sausage Party (both 2016).
Wiig was born in Canandaigua, New York, and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York. Wiig attended the University of Arizona, where she majored in Fine Art. She later relocated to Los Angeles, where she broke into comedy as a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings and made her television debut in 2003. Wiig joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2005 and the following year she co-starred in the Christmas comedy film Unaccompanied Minors. After appearing in a series of supporting roles in comedy films such as Adventureland, Whip It, and Paul, she starred in and co-wrote the screenplay for Bridesmaids, which was both critically and commercially successful.
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