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Also known as Kris, Kristen Angela Johnston

American actress

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Vinony's link graph records 224 inbound references to Kristen Johnston, and connects out to Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, Bored to Death and Washington, D.C..

Vinony files it under 1967 births, 20th-century American actresses and 21st-century American actresses.

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Film & TV

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Kristen Johnston studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City. She won two Emmys for her role on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996). She has appeared on many other television shows, including Ugly Betty (2006), ER (1994), Bored to Death (2009) and, perhaps most memorably, as the party girl whose famous final words were "I'm so bored I could die" on Sex and the City…

Known for

  • Maddie's Secret — Beverlee Ralph2026
  • Leanne — Carol2025
  • Going Dutch — General Martin2025
  • Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Self - Guest2025
  • The Little Pageant That Could — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Our Flag Means Death — The Widow Evelyn Higgins2022
  • Small Town Wisconsin — Alicia2020
  • The Wedding Year — Barbara2019
  • The Righteous Gemstones — May-May Montgomery2019
  • Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019

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Key facts

Born
Kristen Angela Johnston , ( 1967-09-20 ) September 20, 1967 (age 58) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Education
New York University
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1985–present
Height
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Rodrigo
Family name
Johnston
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Washington, D.C.
Occupation
voice actor
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Eye colour
blue
Hair colour
blond hair
Image
Kristen Johnston 3 PETA Shankbone 2008.jpg
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Kristen Johnston
date of birth
1967-09-20
name in native language
Kristen Johnston
start of work period
1985-00-00
social media followers
322368
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

Kristen Angela Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American actress. Best known for her work on television sitcoms, she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sally Solomon in 3rd Rock from the Sun. She starred as divorce attorney Holly Franklin on The Exes, and as recovering addict Tammy Diffendorf on Mom. She has also appeared in the films Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), Music and Lyrics (2007), and Bride Wars (2009).

Her memoir Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster (2012) was a New York Times best-seller.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kristen Johnston” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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