Kristen Wiig

Kristen Carroll Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York, United States. Her very rare surname is of Norwegian origin. She moved to Pennsylvania when she was three years old, but she returned to the Big Apple, to Rochester, where she graduated from high school. She then went to study art at the University of Arizona, and a professor, seeing her self-confidence, recommended that she take acting classes to get her credits: she had become an actress. She was soon in the improvised theater group The Grounlings, located in Los Angeles. There she met Annie Mumolo , with whom she prepared skits, and who would later write with her the script for the film that catapulted her to fame,My best friend’s wedding . “Annie and I joined the company almost at the same time and started writing together,” recalls Wiig. “It has always worked, there are no ego issues, we have never fought to add or remove something from a script. We have a very good creative relationship in which we respect each other. She is one of my best friends.” Actually, the complete opposite of the characters of Annie and Helen in the aforementioned film, rivals in the wedding preparations for her best friend.

But before success knocked on his door, Wiig had a very picturesque job, where he used his art studios: making portraits of people who wanted cosmetic surgery, showing how they would look after the pertinent intervention. Her first on-screen steps were for television, as a doctor on the improvisational reality sitcom The Joe Schmo Show (2003). In 2005 she married little-known actor Hayes Hargrove, but the marriage broke up in 2009; She is currently dating another unknown actor, Brian Petsos.

2006 saw Wiig’s film debut, a small acting role inJudd Apatow ‘s Embarrassing Mess . The artist had entered this comedian’s orbit, and the force not of his gravity but of his comedy would no longer let her go, and in fact she has been in other Apatow Factory titles such asDewey Cox: A Long Hard Life (2007) orPaso de ti (2008), frequently in fleeting roles. During this time, she would have a presence on the essential television program for comedians in the United States, The Saturday Night Live, where she continues to work and has earned two Emmy nominations as a supporting actress. There she would continue to develop her talent for devising gags and performing them, which would lead to a series of off-Apatow comedies, so to speak:The Solomon Brothers (2007),My life is a ruin (2007),I have fallen dead! (2008), with Ricky Gervais ,Crazy Night (2010), with Steve Carell and Tina Fey . Drew Barrymore would choose her for her directorial debut inRoller Girls (2009). She has also lent her voice to animated films such asIce Age 3: Rise of the Dinosaurs (2009),grunt. Despicable Me (2010) andHow to train your dragon (2010).

Has Wiig been in movies in genres other than comedy? Well, not really. There is some work in this field that incorporates dramatic elements, such asAdventureland (Gregg Mottola, 2009), which, although it incorporates gags about promiscuity, tries to have a romantic touch. Director ofSuperbad , who came out with this film directly influenced by Apatow, would turn to Wiig again inPaul (2011), a comedy about extraterrestrials where the actress is a blind religious fanatic who recovers her sight and gets a little out of control.

Undoubtedly the most important film to date in the career is My Best Friend’s Wedding (2011) where he repeated with Paul Feig , who directed it in Danger! Loose minors. Wiig has shown the strength to support a film with absolute leading role as an actor, and on top of that, she is co-responsible for the script. He has grace and natural charm, as well as a certain clumsy air of normalcy that earns the public’s sympathy. It will be necessary to see if he manages to maintain the popularity that has given himMy best friend’s wedding is finalizing at the momentFriends with Kids , where he is joined by Megan Fox , as well as actors he has already worked with, such as Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm ; directs a TV actress making her behind-the-scenes debut, Jennifer Westfeldt .