Kristen Schaal is an American film, television and voice acting actress, writer, screenwriter, comedian, producer and director. Best known as an actress in the TV series "The Last Man on Earth." As an actress, the voice acting became famous thanks to the animated series "Gravity Falls", "Bob's Diner" and "Horse BoJack", for which she was even nominated for the prestigious Emmy Award.
Childhood and youth
Kristen Schaal was born on January 24, 1978 in Longmont, Colorado. Grew up on a ranch. After graduation, she entered the prestigious Northwestern University. After graduating in 2000, she moved to New York, where she began to build a comedian career.
Carier start
In 2005, she was put on the New Yorker Magazine’s list in “The Funniest New Yorkers You Have Not Heard About”. In 2006, she participated in the HBO channel comedy festival, and in the same year she won the Andy Kaufman prize . In 2008, she won the comedy festival in Melbourne.
At the beginning of the two thousandth she began working as an actress, performed several small roles in popular TV series, including Law and Order, How I Met Your Mother, and Mad Men.
Most Notable Roles
A real breakthrough for Kristen Schaal was the role in the comedy series "Flying Concords." After that, she appeared in a guest role in the popular sitcom American Family, and in 2012 she began to play a regular role in the comedy series Studio 30. Since 2015, she played the main role in the series "The Last Man on Earth", but this year the sitcom was closed by the channel due to low ratings.
Kristen Schaal works a lot as a voice actress. She gave her voice to the main characters of the animated series "Gravity Falls" and "Bob's Snack", and also participated in the creation of the animated projects "Adventure Time", "Toy Story 3", "Archer", "American Dad", "Despicable Me 2" and "Horse BoJack", for the latter was nominated for an Emmy Award as the best voice actress, as already mentioned. Currently working on the fourth part of Toy Story.
In full-length films, Kristen Schaal does not play too often and often in episodic roles. Appeared in the successful comedies Boss, Muppets, Escape from Vegas, Welcome to the Jungle, and Saw the Night.
As a screenwriter, she worked on the TV series South Park and Comedy Laboratory. She directed one of the series "The Last Man on Earth."
Personal life
Since 2012, Kristen Schaal has been married to screenwriter of the popular satirical Daily Show program, Rich Blomkvist. In 2018 she gave birth to her first child, her daughter was named Ruby. Co-authored with her husband, Shaal wrote a humorous book about sex. The couple lives in New York.