Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 20, 1967
Place of Birth:
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".
Year | Movie | Role |
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2024 | The Little Pageant That Could | Self (archive footage) |
2020 | Small Town Wisconsin | Alicia |
2019 | The Wedding Year | Barbara |
2018 | Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate | Roksana |
2018 | Swiped | Professor Barnes |
2018 | For the Love of George | Psychic Sara |
2017 | Thrill Ride | Esmerelda |
2014 | Lovesick | Katherine |
2012 | Vamps | Mrs. Van Helsing |
2012 | Bad Parents | Tracy |
2011 | L!fe Happens | Francesca |
2009 | Bride Wars | Deb |
2009 | Finding Bliss | Irene Fox |
2007 | Music and Lyrics | Rhonda |
2006 | Strangers with Candy | Coach Divers |
2004 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Miranda |
2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Dancer |
2002 | The Women | Sylvia Fowler |
2000 | The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | Wilma Slaghoople |
2000 | Beaver Trilogy | |
1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Ivana Humpalot |
1997 | Colin Fitz | Stalker Fan |
1996 | London Suite | Grace Chapman |
1993 | The Debt | Alice Kosnick |
1985 | The Orkly Kid |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2025 | Leanne | Carol |
2022 | Our Flag Means Death | The Widow Evelyn Higgins |
2019 | The Righteous Gemstones | May-May Montgomery |
2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
2019 | Amphibia | Braddock (voice) |
2017 | The Mayor | Chief Fox |
2016 | Not Today, Bianca | Bianca's agent |
2013 | RuPaul Drives... | Self - Guest |
2013 | Mom | Tammy Diffendor |
2013 | Kirstie | Maddie |
2011 | The Exes | Holly Franklin |
2011 | Billy on the Street | Self |
2009 | Modern Family | Brenda |
2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Guest Judge |
2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Judge (archive footage) |
2006 | Ugly Betty | Helen |
2006 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Francie |
2003 | Queens Supreme | |
2002 | Kim Possible | Warmonga (voice) |
1998 | Hollywood Squares | Self - Panelist |
1998 | Sex and the City | Lexi Featherston |
1998 | The Roseanne Show | |
1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Sally Solomon |
1994 | Duckman | |
1994 | The 5 Mrs. Buchanans | |
1994 | Chicago Hope | |
1994 | ER | Eve Peyton |
1992 | Hearts Afire | Margot |