Kristen Johnston

Known for ActingBorn 1967-09-20 (age 58)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 (1998). She's currently, on television, on TV Land's hit series, The Exes (2011), which is now in its fourth season. Just a few of Johnston's many stage credits are "So Help Me God!" (Drama desk nomination), "The Women", "Aunt Dan & Lemon", "Love Song" on the West End, as well as starring in three "Shakespeare in Central Park" productions, "Much Ado About Nothing", "12th Night", and "The Skin of our Teeth". She is a long-time member of The Atlantic Theater Company, and her roles over the years have included "The Lights" (Drama Desk Nomination) and "Scarcity". Kristen's film credits include Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), the 2nd Austin Powers film (as "Ivana Humpalot"), Finding Bliss (2009), Bad Parents (2012), Bride Wars (2009), L!fe Happens (2011), Vamps (2012), Strangers with Candy (2005), and the upcoming independent film, Lovesick (2014), with Matt LeBlanc. Johnston teaches acting at The Atlantic Theater Company's Acting School at NYU. She founded an organization called SLAM, whose goal is the creation of a desperately needed sober high school in New York City. Johnston's first book was a New York Times Bestselling memoir, entitled "GUTS: the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster".Read more

Movies & web series

The Women

The 5 Mrs. Buchanans

Amphibia

Modern Family

Our Flag Means Death

ER

Hearts Afire

The Righteous Gemstones

The Larry Sanders Show

RuPaul's Drag Race

Hollywood Squares

Leanne

3rd Rock from the Sun

Mom

Ice Age

Sex and the City

The New Adventures of Old Christine

Duckman

Chicago Hope

Beaver Trilogy

The Exes

The Debt

Music and Lyrics

Billy on the Street

Ugly Betty

Getting On

Late Show with David Letterman

Bride Wars

Colin Fitz

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

The Mayor

Small Town Wisconsin

The Wedding Year

Queens Supreme

Going Dutch

Austin Powers in Goldmember

The Orkly Kid

The Roseanne Show

Strangers with Candy

Not Today, Bianca

L!fe Happens

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Vamps

Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate

Lovesick

RuPaul Drives...

Kirstie

London Suite