Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American actress, screenwriter and producer. The greatest fame brought her roles in the films: "Martian", "Gender: The Secret Material", "Ghostbusters", "Hen Night in Vegas". The actress was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe.
The creative biography of Wiig has more than eighty roles in the movie. She also acted as a producer of dozens of films, including: "Hen Night in Vegas", "Bobby", "Trophies of Babylon", "From Hate to Love", and participated in writing the script for the movie "Hen Night in Vegas".
In addition, Kristen took part in a comedy show on American television for several years, on the basis of which the film "Saturday Night Live: Christmas in the Style of Gilly" was shot.
early years
Kristen was born in the USA in the summer of 1973. Her mother was engaged in design activities, and her father was a businessman and owner of a local yacht club. The girl’s childhood passed in Pennsylvania, in the small town of Lancaster, where the family moved from Canandeigua.
Kristen did not dream of an acting career, she was fond of medicine and psychology since childhood. After graduation, she continued her college studies, choosing the profession of psychoanalyst. But study soon disappointed the girl: after the first year, she leaves college and returns home.
A year later, Kristen again decides to continue her studies, but now her choice fell on a university in Arizona. She enters the Faculty of Fine Arts, but continues to be interested in medicine and has worked for several years in one of the clinics involved in plastic surgery as an administrator.
Soon, Kristen, along with her friends, falls into one of the student theater rehearsals and decides to try herself as an actress in one of the upcoming productions. Creativity so captivated the girl that a year later she again dropped out of university and went to Los Angeles to begin a professional acting career.
She manages to get a job at the Groundlings Theater. There, actress Melissa McCarthy becomes Kristen's girlfriend. Soon they begin to perform in a duet that appears in the popular television program "The Drew Carey Show". Later, Melissa and Kristen create their own entertaining comedy program called "Saturday Night Live."
Film career
The first time Kristen got on the set in 2003. She performed one of the small roles in the film "I am with her." This was followed by work in new projects, including films: “A little pregnant”, “Unattended children, ” The Solomon Brothers, “Birdie”, “Culture and Rest Park”, “City of Ghosts”.
The actress achieved the greatest success in 2011. She starred in the comedy "Hen Night in Vegas", writing her own script for the film, and also acting as a producer. The film was a great success not only among the audience, but also among film critics. Kristen was nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Original Screenplay", as well as for the Golden Globe Award in the category "Best Actress in a Comedy".
After the film was released, Wig's career went up. She received many invitations from directors and performed roles in such prominent films as: “Gender: The Secret Material”, “I Will Tear All Up!”, “Children Have Sex Not a Hindrance”, “The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty”, “Gemini”, “Martian”, "Diary of a teenage girl, " "In short, " "Mom!", "Ghostbusters, " "Pioneers."
Today, Wiig continues to star in new projects. Fans of her talent will be able to see the actress in the films: "Where did you go, Bernadette?", "Wonder Woman: 1984".
