Kirsten Vangsness Bio, Family, Career, Personal Life, Boyfriend, Net Worth

Kirsten Vangsness is an American actress and writer. She is best known for co-writing the detective television series ‘Criminal Minds’. And also portraying the character of FBI technical analyst Penelope Garcia on the show. She has worked with actor Lola Glaudini , Shemar Moore, and Rachel Nichols.

Let’s scroll down to learn more about the topics of Kirsten’s personal life, career, and net worth. Also ask about his partner who has already come out as bisexual.

KIRSTEN VANGSNESS: BIO, FAMILY, EDUCATION

Vangsness was born on July 7, 1972 in Pasadena, California, United States as Kirsten Simone Vangsness. She was born to parents Errol Leroy Vangsness and Barbara Mary. Prior to settling in Cerritos, CA, Kirsten spent part of her early childhood in Porterville, CA. And gradually developed an introverted personality as she moved to different places.

Regarding her education, she attended Cerritos High School and graduated in 1990. Later, she joined Cypress College, before attending California State University, Fullerton. In 1995, she received a bachelor’s degree from the university.

KIRSTEN VANGSNESS: PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Before getting to know about her acting debut in the industry, let’s talk briefly about overcoming her shyness. As we said earlier, she built an introverted personality as a child. So, to overcome her shyness, she was enrolled in acting classes. And really, it works like therapy for her and not only does her shyness decrease, but she also turns into an eccentric personality. Also, during her difficult days, she had worked many jobs as a child counselor, personal assistant, and many other odd jobs. Before entering the entertainment industry.

She started her acting career through the stage and also won a 15 Minute Best Female Actress award and the Golden Betty Award. Moreover, she made her screen debut with the short film “Sometimes Santa’s Gotta Get Whacked” in 1998. After that, she appeared in films like “A-List (2006)”, “In My Sleep (2010)”, “The Chicago 8 (2011)” and “Dave Made a Maze (2017)”, among others.

Vangsness began her television career from the 2004 ‘Age Before Beauty’ episode ‘Phil of the Future’. Then in 2005, she started co-writing and starred in the TV series “Criminal Minds” which is still ongoing. With the same character of “Penelope Garcia”, she appeared in spin-off series in “Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior” and “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders”. She has also appeared in series like ‘Pretty the Series’ and ‘Shelf Life’ among others.

As a writer, Kirsten has her work published in the Los Angeles Times. She co-wrote many shows including ‘Criminal Minds’, ‘Nelson’s Sparrow’ and ‘Spencer’ with Erica Messer.

KIRSTEN VANGSNESS: PERSONAL LIFE AND BOYFRIEND

Coming to her personal life, she is not a married woman. But she is in a long-term relationship with Keith Hanson. Hanson is also an American actor and writer. The couple announced their engagement in 2015.

Also, a decade back, before her current relationship, Kirsten described herself as queer. In other words, she came out as bisexual and was in a relationship with co-worker Melanie Goldstein. Mélanie is a film and television editor and duo. She began to date in 2006. After seven years of beautiful relations, they announced their separation. And the couple separated in 2013.

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Caption : Kirsten and her fiancé Keith Hanson
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KIRSTEN VANGSNESS: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Talking about her net worth, she has made a net worth of $3 million from her career. She is still working with the series ‘Criminal Minds’ which premiered on September 22, 2005 and is running till now.

Many people including her fans follow Vangsness on her social media account like Instagram. On Instagram, she has the handle @kirstenvangsness with 889,000 followers. Kirsten goes through the @Vangsness handle on Twitter with 620,000 followers. But the actress doesn’t seem to have an official Facebook account.

KIRSTEN VANGSNESS: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The beautiful actress, Kirsten has a tall body type which is 5 feet 7 inches or 1.70 meters tall. Its weight weighs 76 kg or 167.5 pounds. Other than that, no other information has been revealed about his body measurements.