Kristen Carroll Wiig is an American actress, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for her roles in the films: "The Martian", "Paul: The Secret Material", "Ghostbusters", "Bachelorette Party in Vegas". The actress was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Wiig's creative career includes more than eighty film roles. She has also produced dozens of films including Bachelorette Vegas, Bobby, Trophies of Babylon, Hate to Love, and wrote the screenplay for Bachelorette Vegas.
In addition, Kristen took part in a comedy show on American television for several years, based on which the film "Saturday Night Live: Gilly's Style Christmas" was filmed.
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 spent her childhood in Pennsylvania, in the small town of Lancaster, where the family moved from Canandeigua.
Kristen never dreamed of an acting career, she was fond of medicine and psychology since childhood. After graduation, she continued her studies at college, choosing the profession of a psychoanalyst. But her studies 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 the university in Arizona. She enters the Faculty of Fine Arts, but continues to take a great interest in medicine and for several years works part-time in one of the plastic surgery clinics as an administrator.
Soon, Kristen, along with her friends, gets to one of the student theater rehearsals and decides to try herself as an actress in one of the upcoming productions. Creativity captured the girl so much that a year later she again dropped out of university and went to Los Angeles to start a professional acting career.
She manages to get a job at the Groundlings Theater. There actress Melissa McCarthy becomes Kristen's girlfriend. They soon begin performing in a duet, which appears on the popular television program The Drew Carey Show. Later, Melissa and Kristen create their own entertaining comedy program called Saturday Night Live.
Film career
For the first time Kristen got to the shooting in 2003. She performed one of the small roles in the film "I am with her." This was followed by work in new projects, among which were the films: "A little pregnant", "Children without supervision," The Brothers Solomon, "Birdie", "Park of Culture and Leisure", "City of Ghosts".
The actress achieved her greatest success in 2011. She starred in the comedy "Bachelorette Party in Vegas", writing her own screenplay for the film, as well as acting as a producer. The film was a great success not only with the audience, but also with film critics. Kristen was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy.
After the release of the film, Wiig's career took off. She received many invitations from directors and performed roles in such notable films as: "Gender: The Secret Material", "Tear All!", "Children Are Not a Hindrance to Sex", "The Incredible Life of Walter Mitty", "Gemini", "The Martian", "Diary of a teenage girl", "In short", "Mom!", "Ghostbusters", "Instigators".
Today Wiig continues to appear in new projects. Fans of her talent will be able to see the actress in the films: "Where have you disappeared, Bernadette?", "Wonder Woman: 1984".
Personal life
Kristen had a long relationship with actor Hayes Hargrove. In 2005, they became husband and wife, but only lived together for four years. After parting with Hayes, the actress said that she was not going to formalize any more formal relations with anyone.
Today, Kristen's heart is free, although for several years she had a romantic relationship with director Brian Petsos, and then with musician Fabrizio Moretti.
