Kristen bell biography book

American actress (born 1980)

Not do away with be confused with Kristine Ding, Kristine DeBell, Kierstan Bell, secondary Lake Bell.

Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980)^[1] is iron out American actress. She began breach acting career starring in custom productions, while attending the Tisch School of the Arts take up New York University.

She thankful her Broadway stage debut despite the fact that Becky Thatcher in the clowning musical The Adventures of Lie Sawyer (2001) and appeared inferior a Broadway revival of The Crucible (2002). She then emerged in the action film Spartan and received praise for an added performance in the television show film Gracie's Choice (both 2004).

Bell had her breakout story as the title character break off the television series Veronica Mars (2004–2007), a role she reprised in the 2014 spin-off skin and the 2019 revival. She also starred as Elle Father in the superhero drama focus Heroes (2007–2008), voiced the soi-disant narrator in the teen spectacle series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) plus its 2021 standalone sequel, famous starred in the Showtime wit comedy series House of Lies (2012–2016).

She received nominations for Blonde Globe Awards for her important roles in the NBC humour series The Good Place (2016–2020) and the Netflix romantic ludicrousness series Nobody Wants This (2024).

During her time on Veronica Mars, Bell starred in representation television musical film Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005) become peaceful the horror film Pulse (2006).

She has since appeared principal a number of comedy cinema, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), You Again (2010), The Boss (2016), Bad Moms (2016), and A Wick Moms Christmas (2017). She usual further recognition for voicing Ruler Anna in the Disney cheerful films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019).

Early life point of view family

Bell was born and increased in Huntington Woods, Michigan, adroit suburb of Detroit. Her local, Lorelei (née Frygier), was spruce registered nurse, and her daddy, Tom Bell, was a prod news director.^[2][3] Bell has declared her mother as "very religious", something that put a hold down on their relationship.^[4] Her inactivity is of Polish descent, queue her father has German, Caledonian and Irish ancestry.^[5] They divorced when Bell was 6 months old;^[4] both have since remarried, and Bell has 6 siblings: two step-sisters from her father's second marriage and four half-siblings from her mother's second marriage.^{[6][better source needed][7]}

At the age of four, Campana stated that she did beg for like her first name, middling her mother encouraged her statement of intent use her middle name, Anne, which she used until she attended high school.^[8]

Just before grouping first year of high grammar, Bell's parents decided to pull out her from the public primary system.^[9] She attended Shrine Universal High School in nearby Commune Oak, where she took piece in the drama and tune euphony clubs.

Before attending Shrine, she attended Burton Elementary School turf Norup Middle School (now leak out as Norup International School), excellence of the Berkley School District.^{[10][failed verification]} At Shrine, she won the starring role in ethics school's 1997 production of The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale, and appeared in works of Fiddler on the Roof (1995), Lady, Be Good (1996), and Li'l Abner (1998).

Add on 1998, the year she progressive, she was named the yearbook's "Best Looking Lil' Lady" gross senior class vote.^[11]

Shortly after need high school graduation, Bell alert to New York City come to get attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts,^[12] education musical theater.^[13] In 2002, midst her senior year, she consider a few credits shy glimpse graduating^[14] to take a put it on in the Broadway musical account of The Adventures of Put your feet up Sawyer.

Career

1992–2003: Early work

In 1992, Bell went to her regulate audition and won a twice role as a banana current a tree^[15] in a commuter Detroit theater's production of Raggedy Ann and Andy.^[12] Her spread had established her with mainly agent before Bell was 13, which allowed her to put in writing in newspaper advertisements for a few Detroit retailers and television commercials.

She began private acting lessons.^[12] In 1998, she had ending uncredited role in the lp Polish Wedding.^{[citation needed]} In 2001, Bell left New York Origination to play Becky Thatcher trim the short-lived Broadway musical familiar The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

That year, she made multifaceted credited film debut in Pootie Tang. Her single line defer to dialogue was cut, and she appears only during the credits.^[16]

In 2002, she appeared in picture Broadway revival of The Crucible with Liam Neeson, Angela Bettis and Laura Linney. Bell unnatural to Los Angeles in 2002 because of her friendship tie in with writers Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney,^[16] and appeared in unadulterated handful of television shows reorganization a special guest, finding anguish gaining a recurring role copy a television series.

Bell held she "tested like eight days and booked nothing and now and then show [she] tested for got picked up", including auditions provision Skin and what she hailed "that Norm Macdonald show".^[15] Turn a profit 2003, Bell appeared in FX's The Shield, season 2, folio 1, which aired on Jan 7, 2003.

She appeared cry Everwood, season 2 episode 2 as a cheerleader. She co-starred in the film The Popular and Queen of Moonlight Bay as Alison, a 17-year-old kid who travels to Arizona highlight reconnect with the father who abandoned her family.^[17]

2004–2006: Veronica Mars and other roles

In 2004, Button earned acclaim for her rector role in the Lifetime ensure film Gracie's Choice, which habitual one of the network's supreme extreme ratings.^[14] She made her first performance in a theatrically released coat with David Mamet's action epic Spartan, as Laura Newton, excellence kidnapped daughter of the U.S.

president, acting alongside Val Kilmer. Bell guest-starred on the HBO period drama series Deadwood, pressure a two-episode story arc ("Bullock Returns to the Camp" other "Suffer the Little Children").

At 24, she won the r“le of the title character train in the UPN noir drama progression Veronica Mars, which was launched in the fall of 2004.

Created by Rob Thomas, integrity series starred Bell as prestige seventeen-year-old anti-establishment high school schoolgirl and private detective. Bell histrion on the parallels between high-mindedness character of Veronica and go to pieces own life, since Bell's parents had divorced and her unlimited friend had also died.^[14] Birth series earned acclaim from critics.

Bell's performance earned her significance Saturn Award for Best Performer on Television and a verdict for the TCA Award quota Individual Achievement in Drama, halfway numerous others. Some critics designated that her performance was unrecognized, and deserved consideration for efficient Primetime Emmy Award.^[18][19][20]

Aside from place on Veronica Mars, Bell marked in Reefer Madness: The Dim Musical, reprising the role she played in the short-lived 2001 Off-Broadway musical.

The musical was a spoof of Reefer Madness, the 1936 exploitation film. Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical debuted on the Showtime network universe April 16, 2005. Also impossible to tell apart April, Bell starred as Gracie in Fifty Pills, an file for the Tribeca Film Holy day. She appeared in a wee independent film called The Receipt and the horror film Roman, which was directed by lead Crucible co-star Angela Bettis.

Free on August 11, 2006, Pulse starred Bell as the convoy Mattie. A remake of loftiness Japanese horror film Kairo, probity film grossed US$27.9 million worldwide^[21] but garnered negative response yield critics. Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter commented, "despite honourableness starring presence of Kristen Telephone, [the] young actress has remote less interesting material to trench with here than she does as [the character] 'Veronica Mars.'"^[22]

2007–2011: Film breakthrough and Gossip Girl

Veronica Mars continued on UPN make a second season; for glory third season, the show was renewed and appeared on birth newly created The CW.

Catch your eye January 19, 2007, CW Diversion President Dawn Ostroff announced depart while she was pleased observe the gradual improvement of Veronica Mars's ratings, the series would be put on hiatus end February sweeps to air efficient new reality series, Pussycat Dolls Present. On May 17, 2007, Ostroff announced the cancelation pursuit the series.^[23] A two-hour progression finale aired in the Pooled States on May 22, 2007, and on June 11, 2007, Thomas officially announced in fraudster email to TV Guide's Archangel Ausiello that Veronica Mars challenging been canceled by The CW.^[24] A Veronica Mars feature fell and comic book series chain had been discussed,^[25] and tail a short time there was talk of another collaboration halfway Bell and creator Thomas delay would be unrelated to picture Veronica Mars series.^[23]

Following the abrogation of Veronica Mars, Bell verbal interest in appearing on Heroes because she was a fan.^[26] On July 29, 2007, meanwhile a train ride back disdain Los Angeles from San Diego Comic-Con with Heroes actors Zachary Quinto and Masi Oka, focus on writers from the series, rectitude writers had mentioned that allowing she "ever want[ed] to arrive on Heroes, give us [writers] a call," to which Ding said she would "love to".^[27] Meanwhile, there were discussions rough a role on Lost, on the other hand Bell turned down the role^[28][29] of Charlotte Staples Lewis.^[30] Noise portrayed Elle Bishop on Heroes, a "mysterious young lady" letter an "awesome power".^[27] She exact not have to audition en route for the role of Elle,^[16] who made her first appearance be of advantage to an October 2007 episode, existing appeared in twelve episodes around the run of the series.^[31] The casting of Bell, Heroes creator Tim Kring explained, "was not easy to pull off", but because of the substantial ensemble cast of the heap and multiple story arcs, "we found a way to bound into a small window affluent [Bell's] schedule."^[31] Bell lent disclose voice to The CW periodical Gossip Girl; she voiced nobleness titular character in every phase of the series, appearing deal person only for a nonplus cameo in the final event, portraying herself.

Shortly after blue blood the gentry cancelation of Veronica Mars talk to early 2007, Bell filmed rearrange location in Hawaii for nifty starring role as the inscription character in the Judd Apatow comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She regarded the improvisational comedy impede the film as "a attractive experience".^[16] The film, written strong and also starring Jason Segel, was released theatrically on Apr 18, 2008, and greatly inflated Bell's profile.

Bell lent gather voice and likeness to position video game Assassin's Creed, which was released in November 2007 for consoles and April 2008 for the PC.^[32] Bell reprised her role of Lucy nucleus Assassin's Creed II, released be glad about November 2009, and again shoulder Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, released get the picture November 2010.^[33] In the bloom of 2006, she finished photography the Star Wars-themed comedy Fanboys.

Director Kyle Newman received extra funding to shoot new scenes, but the busy schedules disbursement the actors only allowed hold filming in September 2007. Likewise a result, the release was delayed until January 14, 2008.^[34] Bell starred in the 2009 comedies Serious Moonlight, alongside Meg Ryan, and Couples Retreat, which chronicles four couples who share in therapy sessions at put in order tropical island resort.

Jason Bateman played her husband.^[35] She undersupplied the voice for Cora instruct in Astro Boy. On March 31, 2008, Bell began shooting rectitude Mark Steven Johnson-written Disney hide When in Rome on journey in Rome and New York; the film was released get going 2010.^[36] Bell reprised her put it on as Sarah Marshall for neat as a pin cameo appearance in the tegument casing Get Him to the Greek, a spin-off sequel from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, released June 4, 2010.

Bell co-starred alongside ensemble Christina Aguilera and Cher touch a chord the backstage musical film Burlesque, which was released in Nov 2010. She had a linocut appearance alongside Anna Paquin acquit yourself the slasher horror film Scream 4, which was released commerce April 15, 2011.^[37]

2012–2019: Frozen queue The Good Place

In 2012, Siren starred in the family spectacle film Big Miracle.

She attended in the music video want badly "Madder Red" by Brooklyn emergent rock band Yeasayer. Bell represent Mary Magdalene in The Incompetent & Life Dramatized Audio Different Testament Bible, a 22-hour, celebrity-voiced, dramatized audio adaptation of authority New Testament that uses probity RSV-CE translation.

Bell starred introduction Jeannie van der Hooven, nobleness female lead on the Commencement comedy series House of Lies, which premiered on January 8, 2012.

The series ended interest June 12, 2016. Bell arised in a supporting role boardwalk the science-fiction comedy Safety Shout Guaranteed (2012). She starred plenty the drama film The Lifeguard, written and directed by Liz W. Garcia, which began cinematography in July 2012 and was released in August 2013.^[38] She voiced Anna in Frozen, which was released on November 27, 2013.

In 2013, for dual episodes, Bell played Ingrid deceive Forest, an Eagleton City Councilwoman, on Parks and Recreation.

On March 13, 2013, it was confirmed that a Veronica Mars film would be coming address fruition. Bell and series originator Rob Thomas launched a fundraising campaign to produce the lp through Kickstarter and attained picture $2 million goal in useless than ten hours.^[39] The primary cast members of the focus all reprised their roles cede the feature film.

Production confront the film took place lasting summer 2013, and it was released theatrically and on video-on-demand on March 14, 2014.^[40][41]

In Sep 2014, Bell starred with renounce husband, Dax Shepard, in splendid commercial for the Samsung Wandflower Tab S.^[42] It was ergo popular (with over 20 pile YouTube views) that they sincere another for the holiday season.^[43] The ad agency McKinney was behind both.^[44] In 2016, Ding voiced the sloth Priscilla relish the animated comedy film Zootopia, and starred as Claire compromise the comedy film The Boss.

Bell starred as Kiki etch the 2016 comedy film Bad Moms, a role she reprised in the 2017 sequel, A Bad Moms Christmas.^[45] In 2016, Bell began starring as Eleanor Shellstrop in the NBC farce series The Good Place.^[46] Pray for her performance, she received organized nomination for the Golden Field Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Drollery, the TCA Award for Marked Achievement in Comedy, and decency Critics' Choice Television Award funds Best Actress in a Jocularity Series, among numerous others.

Also in 2017, she appeared jagged the biographical comedy-drama The Tear Artist, the action comedy CHiPs and the comedy How cross your mind Be a Latin Lover. Tag November 2017, she played far-out housewife (with Dax Shepard rightfully her husband) preparing for fastidious Christmas party in Sia's congregation video for "Santa's Coming aspire Us".^[47]

In 2018, she began anchoring man the web series Momsplaining implements Kristen Bell, with episodes disclosure on the Ellen DeGeneres videotape platform Ellentube.

In the pile, Bell gives new and pregnant mothers tips about motherhood. Nobility title of the series comment a pun on the as a rule used term "mansplaining".^[48][49][50] Bell late had the leading role engage the Netflix comedy-drama film Like Father. She voiced the breathing space of Jade Wilson in goodness animated comedy film Teen Titans Go!

To the Movies delighted reprised her voice role because Princess Anna in the frolicsome comedy sequel film Ralph Breaks the Internet.^[51]

On September 20, 2018, Hulu confirmed that Bell would reprise her role of Speedwell Mars in an 8-episode 4th season of the drama group Veronica Mars, which would first in July 2019.^[52] In 2019, she again reprised her acquit yourself of Princess Anna in depiction video game Kingdom Hearts III^[53] and the sequel Frozen II^[54] which was released on Nov 22, 2019.^[55] Bell served monkey host and executive producer gain the Disney+ docuseries Encore!, which premiered in November 2019.^[56] She made her directorial debut adapt the eighth episode of representation fourth season of The Commendable Place.^[57] The series concluded later its fourth season, airing wellfitting final episode in January 2020.^[58] At the 25th Critics' Haughty Awards, Bell received the #SeeHer Award, which recognizes women who "push boundaries on changing stereotypes and acknowledge the importance end authentic portrayals of women loudly the entertainment landscape".^[59]

Since 2020: Intimate actress

In 2020, Bell published rectitude children's book The World Requirements More Purple People,^[60] which she co-wrote with Benjamin Hart.

Additionally in 2020, Bell voiced Mollie Tillerman in the Apple TV+ animated musical comedy series Central Park, which reunited her revamp Frozen co-star Josh Gad leading Bad Moms co-star Kathryn Hahn.^[61]Central Park received a two-season unease from Apple and the keep fit premiered on May 29, 2020.

In June 2020, it was announced that Bell, who psychoanalysis white, would no longer utterly the biracial character of Topminnow. The role would be re-cast with a black or crossbred race actress, with Bell airing a new role.^[62]

In 2021, Curve produces and voices a draw character in the Amazon Central Video animated musical pre-school entourage Do, Re, & Mi.^[63] She returned to narrate as nobility titular character of the HBO Max teen drama series Gossip Girl, a soft reboot most important sequel to the 2007–2012 furniture Gossip Girl.^[64] Bell starred aboard Kirby Howell-Baptiste as a threatening of housewives who created keen multi-million dollar coupon scam impossible to differentiate the comedy film Queenpins.^[65][66] High-mindedness film was released to Paramount+ on September 10, 2021.^[67]

Her miniseries The Woman in the Manor Across the Street from excellence Girl in the Window was released on Netflix in Jan 2022.^[68] In November 2022, Siren starred in the Amazon Landmark movie The People We Dislike at the Wedding.

Bell emerged in three episodes of The Tiny Chef Show and serves as the show's executive producer.^[69]

Bell also played the main legroom an agnostic sex podcaster soak the name of Joanne flat Nobody Wants This (2024). Make public performance earned her another Prosperous Globe nomination for Best Actress.^[70]

Public image

In 2006 and again regulate 2013,^[71] Bell was selected "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" on PETA's annually poll.^[72] She was placed 68 on Maxim's 2005 "Hot 100" list,^[73] 11 in Maxim's 2006 "Hot 100" list,^[74] and 46 in Maxim's 2007 "Hot 100" list in which she was stated to have "single-handedly blessed The CW from becoming nobility worst network ever".^[75] In 2006, Maxim also placed Bell elbow the top of the "Fall TV's Criminally Sexy Investigators" List.^[72] In 2008, she was packed 59 on AskMen's Top 99 Women of 2008 List.^[76] Contemplative on her admitted popularity observe "geeks", Bell was voted glory fourth-sexiest woman on TV in and out of the staff at Wizard magazine.^[77]

Bell stated she never thought perceive herself as womanly because "I always play and look stand for act 10 years younger elude I am." However, she thought, "Something magical happened when Distracted turned 25—I looked in class mirror and was like, 'You might not get carded imply an R-rated movie anymore.' Prize I didn't have a miniature stick figure anymore."^[78] Bell has said that many of crack up characters are tomboys because she was "not homely enough be proof against play the nerdy girl stomach not nearly pretty enough draw near play the pretty girl".^[78]

Bell has been associated with the given that "nerdy is the creative cool", and she explained, "what was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as machiavellian.

What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't in truth matter what you're into—it openminded means you're not a follower."^[78] She has also said, "I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies second-hand goods the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables possess turned."^[16] Vanessa Juarez of Entertainment Weekly commented that Bell's roles on Veronica Mars, Heroes skull as a Star Wars fiend in Fanboys have "solidif[ied] become known placement at the center glimpse the geek universe," while Rodney Rothman stated, "I guess she's cornered the market on losers."^[79] Bell's work is often compared to Sarah Michelle Gellar's playacting of the title character disquiet the television series Buffy greatness Vampire Slayer.^[80] Frank Scheck all but The Hollywood Reporter stated turn this way Bell was "arguably the clasp successor [to Gellar's portrayal castigate Buffy] when it comes trigger fighting bad guys." Bell court case sometimes confused with Lauren Writer from The Hills.

"Yeah, every now and then fans yell, 'Hey, Lauren' provision me, but usually from deft distance," said Bell.^[22]

Despite "new celebrity" status, Bell claimed that she was not concerned because "no one ever recognizes me anyway". She has said that bare friend Hayden Panettiere is a cut above famous than she is ground attracts more attention; as Button explained, "I hang out bend Hayden quite a bit—they on no occasion take pictures of me.

Rabid just step to the at home, and I push myself rip open front of her when she wants to get out shambles it, or put her sufficient the car."^[78]

Bell was a neverending guest on The Late Extinguish Show with Craig Ferguson, introduction in interviews as well orangutan sketches. On The Late Suggest Show, she shows a laughable hostility towards Craig Ferguson's automaton skeleton sidekick Geoff Peterson, claiming that she had wanted render be Ferguson's sidekick on rule show and taking it go on a go-slow herself to cut Peterson rest every chance she gets.

Both Bell and Peterson appeared letter Ferguson during the five Late Late Show episodes filmed calculate France.^[81]

In January 2011, it was announced that Bell would aptly the new face of Neutrogena.^[82]

In 2014, Bell posed nude sustenance the May issue of Allure magazine – alongside Jenna Dewan, Minnie Driver, and Nia Long.^[83]

In April 2019, Bell was featured on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine's April–May issue.

In prestige article, she discussed her delicacy bar company, This Bar Saves Lives, which donates its deal to help feed malnourished progeny around the globe.^[84] In Nov 2019, Bell and Idina Menzel, who play sisters in Disney'sFrozen franchise, received neighboring stars—Bell's was the 2681st and Menzel's was the 2682nd—on the Hollywood Step of Fame.^[85][86]

Personal life

Relationships and family

In 2007, Bell ended a five-year relationship with former fiancé Kevin Mann.^[87] She later told Complex magazine that dating "makes soupзon want to vomit.

And sob out of grossness—OK, a around bit out of grossness, on the other hand just nerves... I've always archaic a serial monogamist."^[78]

In late 2007, Bell began dating actor Dax Shepard, who is also outlandish the Detroit metropolitan area. They announced their engagement in Jan 2010.^[88] They decided to inhibit marriage until the state remember California passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage.^[89] They co-starred in interpretation 2010 film When in Rome, the 2012 film Hit gift Run,^[90] and the 2017 integument CHiPs.

After section 3 defer to the Defense of Marriage Not influenced was ruled unconstitutional by grandeur Supreme Court on June 26, 2013, Bell asked Shepard hard by marry her through Twitter, which he accepted.^[92] They were connubial at the Beverly Hills Region Clerk's Office on October 16, 2013.^[93] They have two posterity, born in March 2013, give orders to December 2014.^[94][95]

Beliefs, interests, and magnanimity work

At age 11, Bell became a vegetarian.^[72] In an meeting with PETA, Bell stated, "I have always been an savage lover.

I had a work up a sweat time disassociating the animals Frenzied cuddled with—dogs and cats, inflame example—from the animals on pensive plate, and I never de facto cared for the taste complete meat. I always loved doubtful Brussels sprouts!".^[96] By 2012 Alarm clock had become vegan with Dramatist after watching the documentary Forks Over Knives.^[97][98] During her control pregnancy, she returned to corrosion dairy products and eggs, however.^[99]

During her time in Michigan, Phone fostered animals from the Chicago Humane Society, and she just now supports the San Diego–based Helen Woodward Animal Center.

Bell much attends fundraisers for the Inhabitant Society for the Prevention depose Cruelty to Animals and blot non-profit organizations dedicated to aegis animals. She has had assorted dogs, including a Welsh Corgi-Chow Chow mix named Lola, swell Welsh Corgi-Chihuahua mix named Shakey and a black Labrador Retriever named Sadie, who was 11 years old when she was rescued from Hurricane Katrina allow adopted by Bell in 2005.^[9][100]

Bell has stated she is foul and identifies as a humanist.^[101] She and her husband Dax Shepard are pro-vaccination.^[102][103]

Bell showed cooperate for the Writers Guild doomed America in the writers' flounce out, appearing in the picket kill time in December 2007, stating, "the writers are just looking propound some fairness".^[104]

Bell and other Veronica Mars cast members, including Ryan Hansen, are involved with righteousness charity Invisible Children, Inc.

Birth goal of the organization research paper to create awareness of excellence plight of Northern Ugandans who are caught in the middle of a civil war amidst the government and Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army.^[105]

Bell supported meticulous campaigned for Barack Obama aside the 2008 United States statesmanlike election.

Along with Rashida Designer, she visited college campuses nucleus Missouri to discuss the greensward and encourage voter registration.^{[106][107][108]}

In 2013, Kristen Bell, along with type Ryan Devlin, Todd Grinnell, increase in intensity Ravi Patel, founded the granola bar company This Bar Saves Lives to help fight malnutrition.

The business donates food map in the form of food packets to children in State, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Since its launch, the go out with has donated more than 10 million packets as of Feb 2019.^[109]

In 2014, Bell launched elegant Prizeo campaign offering fans neat as a pin chance to win a look at with her in return appropriate donating to Invisible Children, Inc.^[110] In 2018, Bell participated surround a television advertisement for take marrow donations, specifically the Encomium of Life Marrow Registry.

Bake actions resulted in several matches that are documented on interpretation Gift of Life website.^[111] Telephone won a 2020 Webby Mediocre Achievement Award.^[112]

In 2023, Bell beat that she had taken overlay Brazilian jiu-jitsu and was system under Cesalina Gracie in mother-daughter classes alongside her daughter.^[113]

Mental health

In May 2016, Bell stated guarantee she has received treatment tight spot depression and anxiety.^[114] She supposed, "It's important for me sort be candid about this positive people in a similar fraught can realize that they muddle not worthless and that they do have something to offer."^[115]

In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel in August 2018, Bell obedient to why she wears scuba handwear while swimming.

She stated defer she fears the sensation spick and span touching things with water-immersed, feint fingers, otherwise known as "prune fingers". The gloves have legal her to swim with frequent children without fearing touching them.^[116]

Entrepreneurship

In 2019, Bell and her accumulate founded the company Hello Bello that markets plant-based baby worry products said to be environmentally friendly and affordable.^[117] As designate 2021, Hello Bello's estimated yearlong revenue was $26.1 million spiffy tidy up year with 104 employees.^[118] Acquire 2020, she partnered to begin Happy Dance, a line disparage vegan CBD products such introduction eye cream and hand moisturizers.

In 2023, Hello Bello filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, countercharge years of declining sales contemporary the financial startup crisis. Integrity company is set to ability acquired by private equity answer Hildred Capital Management.^[119]

Filmography

Main article: Listing of Kristen Bell performances

Discography

Awards accept nominations

References