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| Birth Name(s) : Kristen Johnston |
Date of Birth: September 20, 1967 |
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Kristen Johnston was raised in the Midwest, in Milwaukee, WI, with her younger sister and older brother, although she was born (on 20 September, 1967) in Washington, DC.
She spent a large part of her teens traveling as an exchange student to Sweden and South America.
While earning her B.F.A. degree at New York University in drama, Johnston appeared in college stage productions before making her professional stage debut with the Atlantic Theatre Co, founded by playwright David Mamet. During her long association with that theatre company in New York's Chelsea District, the company featured her in such productions as "Overruled," "As You Like It," "Girl's Talk," "Five Very Live," "Stage Door," "Author's Voice," "Portrait of a Woman," "Boy's Life" and "Rosemary for Remembrance." In addition she has performed with the Naked Angels Theatre Company in "The Stand In" and "Hot Keys," and with New York Stage and Film in "Kim's Sister" with David Strathairn and Jane Adams.
Johnston was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "The Lights" at Lincoln Center Theatre. That show brought her to the attention of a Carsey-Werner executive casting "3rd Rock," and after numerous auditions, she landed the role of Sally. "Sally is really the 'right-hand man' to the alien mission leader played by John Lithgow," says Kristen Johnston, who portrays Sally Solomon, the alien posing as a sexy, Ohio, female human on "3rd Rock from the Sun." "She's a dame, a serious, business-like, tough chick," Johnston observes, proving that appearances on earth are deceiving.
Her television credits include guest-starring roles on the series "Chicago Hope," "Heart's Afire" and "The Five Mrs. Buchanans". Her latest role is narrating "Microscopic Milton" on The Disney Channel.
Johnston made her feature film debut in "The Debt," winner of Best Short at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993. In 1995 she played Kate in "Backfire". |
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Kristen Johnston, (born September 20, 1967, in Washington, D.C., United States), is an Emmy Award winning American stage, film, and television actress.
She may be most famous for her Emmy Award winning role in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also starred as Wilma Flintstone in the sequel to the live-action movie adaptation of The Flintstones animated series. Johnston is also known for her tall 6 ft (1.83 m) frame and relatively deep voice for an actress. In 2005, Johnston featured in six episodes of NBC's ER.
Johnston was raised mostly in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she graduated from Whitefish Bay High School, although she spent some of her teen years as an exchange student in Sweden and in South America. She earned a B.F.A. degree in drama at New York University.
Johnston made her professional stage debut with New York's Atlantic Theater Company, which was founded by playwright David Mamet. During her association with that company she appeared in such productions as As You Like It, Girl's Talk, Stage Door, Author's Voice, Portrait of a Woman, and Rosemary for Remembrance.
In addition, she performed with the Naked Angels Theatre Company in The Stand-In and Hot Keys, and with New York Stage and Film in Kim's Sister, with David Strathairn and Jane Adams.
For her performance in The Lights at Lincoln Center Theatre, Johnston was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Best Supporting Actress. The show brought her to the attention of a Carsey-Werner television executive. After numerous auditions in 1996 for the TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun, she won the role of "Sally Solomon", the alien lieutenant and security officer posing as a sexy, female human in Ohio. She appeared in the series from 1996-2001 along with John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Johnston made her feature film debut in The Debt, winner of Best Short at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1995, she played Kate in Backfire. Other television credits include guest-starring roles on the series Chicago Hope, Hearts Afire, and The Five Mrs. Buchanans. She was also the narrator in Microscopic Milton on the Disney Channel. Her significant roles in commercially successful movies included Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999 and Austin Powers in Goldmember in 2002.
In 1998, she was a spokesmodel for the Clairol company as well as appearing on the Bad Religion's No Substance album cover.
Johnston appeared in the sixth and final season of Sex and the City. In the episode entitled "Splat!", she plays Lexi Featherston, an aging party girl. After the character accidentally falls out of a window and dies, Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) reexamines her life and decides to move to Paris with Aleksandr Petrovsky (played by Mikhail Baryshnikov).
She was also nominated for an additional Emmy:
- 1998 - Outstanding Supporting Actress - 3rd Rock from the Sun |
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