Personal Info

Birth date

1978-01-24 (47 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Longmont, Colorado, USA

Also known as

Kristen Joy Schaal

Frannie Hood

کریستن شال

Kristen Schaal

Biography

Kristen Joy Schaal (/ʃɑːl/; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers and Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls, as well as for playing Mel on Flight of the Conchords, Hurshe Heartshe on The Heart, She Holler and Carol Pilbasian on The Last Man on Earth. She provides several voices for BoJack Horseman, most notably for the character of Sarah Lynn, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Other roles include Amanda Simmons on The Hotwives of Orlando, Hazel Wassername on 30 Rock, Victoria Best on WordGirl, Trixie in the Toy Story franchise, and Anne on Wilfred. She was an occasional commentator on The Daily Show from 2008 to 2016. She voiced Sayrna in the 2019 EA video game, Anthem. Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, to a Lutheran family of Dutch ancestry. She was raised on her family's cattle ranch, in a rural area near Boulder, Colorado. Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a secretary.

Schaal attended Skyline High School where she graduated in 1996. She has a brother, David, who is three years older. She graduated from Northwestern University and then moved to New York in 2000 to pursue a comedy career. In 2005, she had her first break when she was included in the New York article "The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of".

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Filmography

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.939

Overview:

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

The Simpsons

8

Overview:

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

How I Met Your Mother

8.141

Overview:

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

Modern Family

7.885

Overview:

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

American Dad!

6.99

Overview:

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."

Conan

7.1

Overview:

A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.564

Overview:

The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.

Bob's Burgers

7.829

Overview:

Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.

Mad Men

8.1

Overview:

Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.

Adventure Time

8.504

Overview:

Unlikely heroes Finn and Jake are buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. The best of friends, our heroes always find themselves in the middle of escapades. Finn and Jake depend on each other through thick and thin.

30 Rock

7.469

Overview:

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

Gravity Falls

8.6

Overview:

Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.

Glee

6.8

Overview:

In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.

BoJack Horseman

8.546

Overview:

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

Archer

7.959

Overview:

Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

7.811

Overview:

A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Big Mouth

7.664

Overview:

Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.

What We Do in the Shadows

8

Overview:

A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.

The Penguins of Madagascar

7.4

Overview:

The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico; the lemurs King Julien, Maurice, and Mort; and Mason and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter and a zookeeper named Alice. It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation. A pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of "Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend" on November 29, 2008, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series on March 28, 2009. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere. Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, The Penguins of Madagascar does not take place at a precise time within it. McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place "not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe."

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

7.6

Overview:

The surreal adventures of three anthropomorphic fast food items: Master Shake, Frylock and Meatwad, and their human nextdoor neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski.

The Soup

6.1

Overview:

With this satirical series, the E! Entertainment Network returns to a format they helped create with the popular '90s show Talk Soup. Only this time instead of just poking fun at talk shows, they're setting their sights on all things in entertainment, reality TV, pop culture, and politics.

Toy Story 3

7.803

Overview:

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

Shrek Forever After

6.389

Overview:

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away—where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met—he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

7

Overview:

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Toy Story 4

7.47

Overview:

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.

Ugly Betty

6.4

Overview:

Betty Suarez is smart, tough and tenacious, but also sensitive and loving. She hopes these skills will help her to get a job within the Meade Publishing Corporation. The fact that she isn’t traditionally attractive initially keeps her from getting hired by fashion bible, Mode. The magazine, however, is in flux, with power-hungry executives vying for dominance. Hoping to control the situation, the publisher gives his inexperienced son, Daniel, the position of Editor-in-Chief. He hires Betty as Daniel’s assistant after catching him in a compromising position with his secretary on his first day on the job. After a tough start, in which Daniel tries to force Betty into quitting by treating her terribly, he realizes her worth and the two pair up to be an effective team.

Bubble Guppies

7.6

Overview:

The adventures of seven fish-tailed kids- Molly, Gil, Oona, Deema, Nonny, Goby, and Zooli!

Despicable Me 2

6.935

Overview:

Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.

My Spy The Eternal City

6.61

Overview:

JJ, a veteran CIA agent, reunites with his protégé Sophie, in order to prevent a catastrophic nuclear plot targeting the Vatican.

Celebrity Family Feud

7.8

Overview:

Celebrity Family Feud pits celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to survey-type questions posed to 100 people.

Acting

2025Andy Kaufman Is Me as Self

2025Hollywood Squares (2 Episodes) as Self

2024My Spy The Eternal City as Bobbi

2024Thelma the Unicorn as Goat Girl (voice)

2024After Midnight (2 Episodes) as Self

2023The Muppets Mayhem (1 Episode) as Jenny Henderson

2022Chibiverse (1 Episode) as Mabel Pines (voice)

2022The Bob's Burgers Movie as Louise Belcher (voice)

2022My Butt Has a Fever as Louise Belcher (voice)

2022Our Flag Means Death (2 Episodes) as Antoinette

2021And Just Like That… (1 Episode) as Lois Fingerhood

2021Seal Team as Beth (voice)

2021Teenage Euthanasia (1 Episode) as Unknown

2021The Mysterious Benedict Society (16 Episodes) as Number Two

2021Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (1 Episode) as Self - Contestant

2020Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun (1, 6 Episode) as Dishwasher, Dishwasher (voice)

2020Bill & Ted Face the Music as Kelly

2020Dicktown (1 Episode) as Kendra

2020My Spy as Bobbi

2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? as Trixie (voice)

2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? as Trixie (voice)

2019Broken Karaoke (1 Episode) as Mabel Pines (voice)

2019Bless the Harts (1 Episode) as Stacey (voice)

2019Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik (1 Episode) as Self

2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (1 Episode) as Kristen Schaal (voice)

2019Toy Story 4 as Trixie (voice)

2019What We Do in the Shadows (35 Episodes) as Floating Woman / The Guide

2019It Started As a Joke as Self

2019UnMade (1 Episode) as Herself

2018One Crazy Summer: A Look Back at Gravity Falls as Self

2018Boundaries as JoJo Jaconi

2018Squinters (6 Episodes) as Tina

2017Future Man (1 Episode) as Screw

2017Big Mouth (1 Episode) as Bernie Sanders (voice)

2017Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special as Self

2017Austin Found as Nancy

2017The Gong Show (1 Episode) as Self - Judge

2017Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie as Edith (voice)

2017Literally, Right Before Aaron as Talula

2017All Nighter as Roberta

2016Ask the Storybots (1 Episode) as Unknown

2016Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio (1 Episode) as (voice)

2016To Tell the Truth (1 Episode) as Self - Panelist

2016The Boss as Scout Leader Sandy

2016Great Minds with Dan Harmon (1 Episode) as Amelia Earhart

2016Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie as Gloria

2016Not Safe with Nikki Glaser (1 Episode) as Herself

2015The Comments as Kelly

2015A Walk in the Woods as Mary Ellen

2015Welcome to Bridgetown as Self

2015Celebrity Family Feud (1 Episode) as Self

2015Marcel, Marcel as Most Beautiful Girl in the World

2015The Last Man on Earth (67 Episodes) as Carol Pilbasian

2014Toy Story That Time Forgot as Trixie (voice)

2014BoJack Horseman (8, 1, 2, 2 Episode) as Sarah Lynn (voice), Sarah Lynn / Harper / Tori Spelling Fan (voice), Sabrina (voice), Sarah Lynn / Sabrina (voice)

2014The Hotwives of Orlando (7 Episodes) as Amanda Simmons

2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (1 Episode) as Self

2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick (4 Episodes) as Self

2013Toy Story of Terror! as Trixie (Voice)

2013Gravity Falls: Six Strange Tales as Mabel Pines (voice) (archive footage)

2013Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 as Barb (voice)

2013Wander Over Yonder (1 Episode) as Mavis (voice)

2013Despicable Me 2 as Shannon (voice)

2013RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013 as Herself

2013Welcome to the Jungle as Brenda

2013Kristen Schaal: Live at the Fillmore as Herself

2013The Jeselnik Offensive (1 Episode) as Self