Kristen Wiig
Highest Rated: 99% How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Lowest Rated: 14% A Deadly Adoption (2015)
Birthday: Aug 22, 1973
Birthplace: Canandaigua, New York, USA
Comedian Kristen Wiig gained fame as a breakout performer on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ) and used the exposure as a springboard into a successful and nuanced film career. Born in Canandaigua, New York, she moved to Los Angeles after college to pursue acting. Before long, she began performing with the improvisational group The Groundlings. Her stage work led to a recurring role on the faux reality show "The Joe Schmo Show" (Spike, 2003-04) playing a marriage counselor. She began earning small roles on television, including an appearance on "The Drew Carey Show" (ABC, 1994-2004). Wiig joined the cast of "SNL" in 2005. During her seven seasons, the comedian became one of the show's breakout performers with characters like Dooneese, a woman with incredibly small hands, the one-upping Penelope, and mischievous schoolgirl Gilly. While still a cast member on the show, she began appearing in small supporting roles in films such as "Unaccompanied Minors" (2006), "Knocked Up" (2007), "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" (2007), "Adventureland" (2009), "Date Night" (2010), and "Paul" (2011). She also teamed with fellow cast member Will Forte for a film based on the popular sketch "MacGruber" (2010). The actress had a recurring role as well on the comedy "Bored to Death" (HBO, 2009-11) with Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis. Her film career took a giant leap forward when she wrote and starred in the broad comedy "Bridesmaids" (2011). Acting alongside Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, and fellow "SNL" veteran Maya Rudolph, she played a woman spiraling out of control in advance of her best friend's wedding. The film was a critical and commercial success, proving that Wiig could handle a lead role. She would team with Rudolph again as part of the ensemble cast of Jennifer Westfeldt's "Friends with Kids" (2011). She then starred with Elijah Wood and Oscar Isaac in "Revenge for Jolly!" (2012) and headlined "Girl Most Likely" (2012). On television, she had a multiple episode run on "Arrested Development" (Fox/Netflix, 2003- ) playing the younger version of Jessica Walter's Lucille Bluth. She starred with Guy Pearce in "Hateship Loveship" (2013) and with Ben Stiller in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013). After appearing in "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues" (2013), she formed a unique partnership with star, and fellow "SNL" alum, Will Farrell. Wiig starred with the comedian in a series of tongue-in-cheek dramatic TV projects, "The Spoils of Babylon" (IFC, 2014), "A Deadly Adoption" (Lifetime, 2015), and "The Spoils Before Dying" (IFC, 2015). She teamed with another former "SNL" castmate, Bill Hader, for "The Skeleton Twins" (2014) with the pair playing twins trying to reconnect with one another. She continued a run of quirky roles with "Welcome to Me" (2014), playing a mentally unbalanced woman who wins the lottery, and "The Diary of a Teenage Girl" (2015). She also joined Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain for the Oscar-nominated "The Martian" (2015). After teaming with Stiller and Farrell for the sequel "Zoolander 2" (2016), Wiig tried her hand at starring in a big-budget blockbuster. The actress partnered with McCarthy, along with Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones, for a reboot of "Ghostbusters" (2016). The film touched off a media firestorm with some fans of the original movie complaining about the all-female lineup, and women's rights activists firing back over the misogynistic undertones of the complaints. The controversy didn't help the film as it failed to live up to expectations. On television, she made appearances as part of the all-star comedy ensemble for "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp" (Netflix, 2015) and "Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later" (Netflix, 2017). The lack of success by "Ghostbusters" didn't deter her film career, as she starred with Owen Wilson and Galifianakis in "Masterminds" (2016) and with Damon in "Downsizing" (2017). She also took a small role in the Darren Aronofsky-Jennifer Lawrence project "Mother!" (2017). On television, she had a recurring role on Forte's sitcom "The Last Man on Earth" (Fox, 2015-18) and appeared, as herself, on the McCarthy produced comedy "Nobodies" (TV Land/Paramount, 2017-18). During the marriage of England's Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, Wiig partnered with Farrell and Molly Shannon for the spoof "The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Trish!" (HBO, 2018). The actress appeared with Cate Blanchett in Richard Linklater's "Where'd You Go, Bernadette?" (2018) and wrote and starred in "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar" (2020). She produced and provided voices for the animated sitcom "Bless the Harts" (Fox, 2019- ). Wiig joined the superhero set by playing the villainous Cheetah opposite Gal Gadot in "Wonder Woman 1984" (2020).
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Kristen Wiig
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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56% |
|
Despicable Me 4 | Lucy (Voice) | $360.4M | 2024 |
No Score Yet |
|
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self | - | 2023 |
21% |
|
Big Gold Brick | Executive Producer | - | 2022 |
84% |
|
A Boy Called Christmas | Aunt Carlotta (Character) | - | 2021 |
80% |
|
Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar |
Sharon Gordon Fisherman/ Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2021 |
58% |
|
Wonder Woman 1984 | Barbara Minerva (Character) | $46.5M | 2020 |
50% |
|
Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Audrey (Character) | $9.2M | 2019 |
90% |
|
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Ruffnut (Voice) | $160.8M | 2019 |
47% |
|
Downsizing | Audrey (Character) | $24.4M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
|
The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards | Monica (Character) | - | 2017 |
68% |
|
mother! | Herald (Character) | $17.8M | 2017 |
58% |
|
Despicable Me 3 | Lucy (Voice) | $264.6M | 2017 |
34% |
|
Masterminds | Kelly Campbell (Character) | $17.3M | 2016 |
82% |
|
Sausage Party | Brenda (Voice) | $97.7M | 2016 |
74% |
|
Ghostbusters | Erin Gilbert (Character) | - | 2016 |
22% |
|
Zoolander No. 2 | Alexanya Atoz (Character) | $28.8M | 2016 |
14% |
|
A Deadly Adoption | Sarah Benson (Character) | - | 2015 |
68% |
|
Nasty Baby | Polly (Character) | $79.8K | 2015 |
91% |
|
The Martian | Annie Montrose (Character) | $228.4M | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
|
Unity | Narrator | - | 2015 |
95% |
|
The Diary of a Teenage Girl | Charlotte (Character) | $1.5M | 2015 |
73% |
|
Welcome to Me |
Alice Klieg (Character), Producer |
$625.7K | 2014 |
86% |
|
The Skeleton Twins | Maggie (Character) | $5.3M | 2014 |
92% |
|
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Ruffnut (Voice) | $177.0M | 2014 |
53% |
|
Hateship Loveship |
Johanna Parry (Character), Executive Producer |
$50.6K | 2013 |
95% |
|
Her | SexyKitten (Character) | $25.6M | 2013 |
52% |
|
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Cheryl (Character) | $58.2M | 2013 |
74% |
|
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Chani (Character) | $127.3M | 2013 |
75% |
|
Despicable Me 2 | Lucy Wilde (Voice) | $368.0M | 2013 |
23% |
|
Girl Most Likely |
Imogene (Character), Executive Producer |
$1.4M | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
|
Revenge for Jolly! | Angela (Character) | - | 2012 |
66% |
|
Friends With Kids | Missy (Character) | $7.3M | 2011 |
90% |
|
Bridesmaids |
Annie (Character), Screenwriter |
$169.1M | 2011 |
70% |
|
Paul | Ruth Buggs (Character) | $37.4M | 2011 |
35% |
|
All Good Things | Lauren Fleck (Character) | $578.4K | 2010 |
80% |
|
Despicable Me | Miss Hattie (Voice) | $251.5M | 2010 |
47% |
|
MacGruber | Vicki St. Elmo (Character) | $8.5M | 2010 |
67% |
|
Date Night | Haley Sullivan (Character) | $98.7M | 2010 |
99% |
|
How to Train Your Dragon | Ruffnut (Voice) | $217.4M | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
|
Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon Legends | Ruffnut (Voice) | - | 2010 |
86% |
|
Whip It | Maggie Mayhem (Character) | $13.0M | 2009 |
62% |
|
Extract | Suzie (Character) | $10.8M | 2009 |
46% |
|
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Pudgy Beaver Mom (Voice) | - | 2009 |
88% |
|
Adventureland | Paulette (Character) | $16.0M | 2009 |
20% |
|
Pretty Bird | Mandy (Character) | - | 2008 |
85% |
|
Ghost Town | Surgeon (Character) | $13.2M | 2008 |
20% |
|
Meet Bill | Jane Whittman (Character) | $59.1K | 2007 |
75% |
|
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Edith Cox (Character) | $18.3M | 2007 |
16% |
|
The Brothers Solomon | Janine (Character) | $900.9K | 2007 |
89% |
|
Knocked Up | Jill (Character) | $148.7M | 2007 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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48% | 47% | Sausage Party: Foodtopia | Brenda Bunson (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2018 2024 |
56% | 68% | Palm Royale |
Maxine Simmons (Character), Executive Producer |
2024 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star), Host |
2006-2014 2016 2020 2024 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2014-2016 2020 2024 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2015-2016 2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2014-2017 2020 2024 |
85% | 80% | MacGruber | Vicki St. Elmo (Character) | 2021 |
82% | 60% | Bless the Harts |
Jenny Hart/ Executive Producer |
2019-2021 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 2021 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside the Actors Studio | Guest | 2017 |
85% | 82% | The Last Man on Earth | Pamela Brinton (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Wet Hot American Summer - Ten Years Later | Courtney (Character) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2013 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nobodies | Kristen Wiig (Guest Star) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 41% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2011 2013-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2014-2016 |
81% | 67% | The Spoils of Babylon | Cynthia Morehouse (Character) | 2014-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2011 2015 |
100% | 90% | Late Show With David Letterman | Guest | 2013-2014 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Calliope Juniper (Guest Voice) | 2011 2013 |
No Score Yet | 84% | The Looney Tunes Show | Lola (Voice) | 2011-2013 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2009-2011 2013 |
75% | 85% | Arrested Development | Young Lucille Bluth (Guest Star) | 2013 |
94% | 81% | Portlandia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 69% | SpongeBob SquarePants | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2011 |
100% | No Score Yet | Funny or Die Presents | Loretta (Character) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 64% | The Cleveland Show | Fern Stapleton (Guest Voice) | 2010 |
94% | 98% | Flight of the Conchords | Brahbrah (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Candace Van der Shark (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
58% | No Score Yet | I'm With Her | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon Legends | Unknown (Character) |