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Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Krysten Alyce Ritter (born December 16, 1981) is an American actress. After an early modelling stint, she appeared on the UPN noir mystery series Veronica Mars (2005–2006) and the CW comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (2006–2007). Her breakthrough role was Jane Margolis on the AMC drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2010), a character she reprised in its spinoff film El Camino (2019). She headlined…
Known for
- Stone Cold Fox — Goldie2025
- Dexter: Resurrection — Mia Lapierre / Lady Vengeance2025
- Daredevil: Born Again — Jessica Jones2025
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — Director Rockwell2024
- Orphan Black: Echoes — Lucy2024
- Grave Conversations — Self2024
- Love & Death — Sherry Cleckler2023
- Krapopolis — Persephone (voice)2023
- Nightbooks — Natacha2021
- Slugfest — Self2021
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Key facts
- Born
- Krysten Alyce Ritter , ( 1981-12-16 ) December 16, 1981 (age 44) , Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Occupations
- Actress musician model author
- Years active
- 2000–present
- Partner
- Adam Granduciel (2014–2021)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ritter
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bloomsburg
- Occupation
- film producer
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Krysten Ritter - LA Times Festival of Books 2025.jpg
- Height
- 5.9
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- Commons category
- Krysten Ritter
- date of birth
- 1981-01-01
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- social media followers
- 22320
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Krysten Alyce Ritter
- name in native language
- Krysten Ritter
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Encyclopedic overview
Krysten Alyce Ritter (born December 16, 1981) is an American actress, musician, author, and former model. After an early modeling stint, she appeared on the UPN noir mystery series Veronica Mars (2005–2006) and the CW comedy drama series Gilmore Girls (2006–2007). Her breakthrough role was Jane Margolis on the AMC drama series Breaking Bad (2009–2010), a character she reprised in its spinoff film El Camino (2019). She headlined the ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012–2013) before playing the character Jessica Jones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Jessica Jones (2015–2019), The Defenders (2017), and Daredevil: Born Again (2026–present). She also appeared in the Max miniseries Love & Death (2023).
Ritter's early film roles include the romantic comedies 27 Dresses (2007), What Happens in Vegas (2008), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), and She's Out of My League (2010). She wrote, co-produced, and starred in the comedy Life Happens (2011). This was followed by roles in the horror comedy Vamps (2012), the comedy drama Listen Up Philip (2014), the Veronica Mars continuation (2014), the biographical drama Big Eyes (2014), the comedy drama The Hero (2017), and the dark fantasy Nightbooks (2021).
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