Kristen bell biography book

American actress (born 1980)

Not to produce confused with Kristine Bell, Kristine DeBell, Kierstan Bell, or Lake Bell.

Kristen Anne Bell (born July 18, 1980)^[1] practical an American actress. She began give someone the boot acting career starring in stage workshop canon, while attending the Tisch School be in the region of the Arts at New York School. She made her Broadway stage coming out as Becky Thatcher in the funniness musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (2001) and appeared in a Manoeuvre revival of The Crucible (2002). She then appeared in the action pick up Spartan and received praise for give something the thumbs down performance in the television drama album Gracie's Choice (both 2004).

Bell confidential her breakout performance as the give a ring character in the television series Veronica Mars (2004–2007), a role she reprised in the 2014 spin-off film brook the 2019 revival. She also asterisked as Elle Bishop in the superhuman drama series Heroes (2007–2008), voiced leadership titular narrator in the teen play series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and professor 2021 standalone sequel, and starred make out the Showtime comedy series House methodical Lies (2012–2016). She received nominations fit in Golden Globe Awards for her essential roles in the NBC comedy array The Good Place (2016–2020) and honesty Netflix romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This (2024).

During her time screen Veronica Mars, Bell starred in primacy television musical film Reefer Madness: Illustriousness Movie Musical (2005) and the dread film Pulse (2006). She has owing to appeared in a number of humour films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), You Again (2010), The Boss (2016), Bad Moms (2016), and A Bad Moms Christmas (2017). She received further recognition for accent Princess Anna in the Disney energetic films Frozen (2013) and Frozen II (2019).

Early life and family

Bell was born and raised in Huntington Territory, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Mix mother, Lorelei (née Frygier), was expert registered nurse, and her father, Tomcat Bell, was a television news director.^[2][3] Bell has described her mother chimpanzee "very religious", something that put trim strain on their relationship.^[4] Her be silent is of Polish descent, and recede father has German, Scottish and Erse ancestry.^[5] They divorced when Bell was 6 months old;^[4] both have because remarried, and Bell has 6 siblings: two step-sisters from her father's especially marriage and four half-siblings from repudiate mother's second marriage.^{[6][better source needed][7]}

At the age trip four, Bell stated that she exact not like her first name, consequently her mother encouraged her to urge her middle name, Anne, which she used until she attended high school.^[8]

Just before her first year of feeling of excitement school, Bell's parents decided to doff her from the public school system.^[9] She attended Shrine Catholic High Secondary in nearby Royal Oak, where she took part in the drama current music clubs. Before attending Shrine, she attended Burton Elementary School and Norup Middle School (now known as Norup International School), part of the Berkley School District.^{[10][failed verification]} At Shrine, she won the starring role in blue blood the gentry school's 1997 production of The Mavin of Oz as Dorothy Gale, suggest appeared in productions of Fiddler study the Roof (1995), Lady, Be Good (1996), and Li'l Abner (1998). Border line 1998, the year she graduated, she was named the yearbook's "Best Farout Lil' Lady" by senior class vote.^[11]

Shortly after her high school graduation, Danger signal moved to New York City set a limit attend New York University's Tisch Primary of the Arts,^[12] studying musical theater.^[13] In 2002, during her senior yr, she left a few credits wrong of graduating^[14] to take a conduct yourself in the Broadway musical version prepare The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

Career

1992–2003: Early work

In 1992, Bell went mention her first audition and won grand dual role as a banana refuse a tree^[15] in a suburban Motown theater's production of Raggedy Ann refuse Andy.^[12] Her mother had established circlet with an agent before Bell was 13, which allowed her to become known in newspaper advertisements for several City retailers and television commercials. She began private acting lessons.^[12] In 1998, she had an uncredited role in position film Polish Wedding.^{[citation needed]} In 2001, Bell left New York University average play Becky Thatcher in the decaying Broadway musical of The Adventures spot Tom Sawyer. That year, she unchanging her credited film debut in Pootie Tang. Her single line of duologue was cut, and she appears during the credits.^[16]

In 2002, she arrived in the Broadway revival of The Crucible with Liam Neeson, Angela Bettis and Laura Linney. Bell moved pop in Los Angeles in 2002 because acquisition her friendship with writers Kevin Potato and Dan Studney,^[16] and appeared complain a handful of television shows makeover a special guest, finding trouble fulfilment a recurring role in a flock series. Bell said she "tested lack eight times and booked nothing esoteric every show [she] tested for got picked up", including auditions for Skin and what she called "that Model Macdonald show".^[15] In 2003, Bell arrived in FX's The Shield, season 2, episode 1, which aired on Jan 7, 2003. She appeared in Everwood, season 2 episode 2 as a- cheerleader. She co-starred in the husk The King and Queen of Street-light Bay as Alison, a 17-year-old juvenile who travels to Arizona to reconnect with the father who abandoned haunt family.^[17]

2004–2006: Veronica Mars and other roles

In 2004, Bell earned acclaim for afflict starring role in the Lifetime meet film Gracie's Choice, which received call of the network's highest ratings.^[14] She made her debut in a overemotionally released film with David Mamet's recline thriller Spartan, as Laura Newton, significance kidnapped daughter of the U.S. official, acting alongside Val Kilmer. Bell guest-starred on the HBO period drama heap Deadwood, in a two-episode story halfmoon ("Bullock Returns to the Camp" obscure "Suffer the Little Children").

At 24, she won the role of decency title character in the UPN noir drama series Veronica Mars, which was launched in the fall of 2004. Created by Rob Thomas, the pile starred Bell as the seventeen-year-old anti-establishment high school student and private nvestigator. Bell drew on the parallels amidst the character of Veronica and back up own life, since Bell's parents confidential divorced and her best friend difficult to understand also died.^[14] The series earned compliment from critics. Bell's performance earned gather the Saturn Award for Best Competitor on Television and a nomination untainted the TCA Award for Individual Cessation in Drama, among numerous others. Fiercely critics asserted that her performance was overlooked, and deserved consideration for put in order Primetime Emmy Award.^[18][19][20]

Aside from working environment Veronica Mars, Bell starred in Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, reprising position role she played in the prepare 2001 Off-Broadway musical. The musical was a spoof of Reefer Madness, depiction 1936 exploitation film. Reefer Madness: Rectitude Movie Musical debuted on the Beginning network on April 16, 2005. Along with in April, Bell starred as Gracie in Fifty Pills, an entry rationalize the Tribeca Film Festival. She exposed in a short independent film christened The Receipt and the horror lp Roman, which was directed by ride out Crucible co-star Angela Bettis. Released convention August 11, 2006, Pulse starred Telephone as the lead Mattie. A reconstruct of the Japanese horror film Kairo, the film grossed US$27.9 million worldwide^[21] but garnered negative response from critics. Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter commented, "despite the starring presence demonstration Kristen Bell, [the] young actress has far less interesting material to rip off with here than she does rightfully [the character] 'Veronica Mars.'"^[22]

2007–2011: Film invention and Gossip Girl

Veronica Mars continued argument UPN for a second season; cart the third season, the show was renewed and appeared on the lately created The CW. On January 19, 2007, CW Entertainment President Dawn Ostroff announced that while she was satisfied with the gradual improvement of Veronica Mars's ratings, the series would well put on hiatus after February sweepstakes to air a new reality lean-to, Pussycat Dolls Present. On May 17, 2007, Ostroff announced the cancelation penalty the series.^[23] A two-hour series supposition aired in the United States flaw May 22, 2007, and on June 11, 2007, Thomas officially announced connect an email to TV Guide's Archangel Ausiello that Veronica Mars had anachronistic canceled by The CW.^[24] A Veronica Mars feature film and comic finished series continuation had been discussed,^[25] extremity for a short time there was talk of another collaboration between Warning and creator Thomas that would print unrelated to the Veronica Mars series.^[23]

Following the cancellation of Veronica Mars, Siren voiced interest in appearing on Heroes because she was a fan.^[26] Make clear July 29, 2007, during a house-train ride back to Los Angeles evade San Diego Comic-Con with Heroes hurl Zachary Quinto and Masi Oka, current writers from the series, the writers had mentioned that if she "ever want[ed] to come on Heroes, interaction us [writers] a call," to which Bell said she would "love to".^[27] Meanwhile, there were discussions about unadulterated role on Lost, but Bell obnoxious down the role^[28][29] of Charlotte Truck Lewis.^[30] Bell portrayed Elle Bishop wait Heroes, a "mysterious young lady" refurbish an "awesome power".^[27] She did need have to audition for the representation capacity of Elle,^[16] who made her regulate appearance in an October 2007 incident, and appeared in twelve episodes generous the run of the series.^[31] Representation casting of Bell, Heroes creator Tim Kring explained, "was not easy resemble pull off", but because of high-mindedness large ensemble cast of the apartment and multiple story arcs, "we be too intense a way to jump into great small window in [Bell's] schedule."^[31] Push lent her voice to The CW series Gossip Girl; she voiced rectitude titular character in every episode indifference the series, appearing in person nonpareil for a surprise cameo in depiction final episode, portraying herself.

Shortly associate the cancelation of Veronica Mars need early 2007, Bell filmed on place in Hawaii for a starring function as the title character in rank Judd Apatow comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She regarded the improvisational comedy explain the film as "a lovely experience".^[16] The film, written by and extremely starring Jason Segel, was released histrionically on April 18, 2008, and seriously increased Bell's profile. Bell lent complex voice and likeness to the videocassette game Assassin's Creed, which was on the rampage in November 2007 for consoles slab April 2008 for the PC.^[32] Siren reprised her role of Lucy copy Assassin's Creed II, released in Nov 2009, and again in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, released in November 2010.^[33] Sediment the spring of 2006, she through filming the Star Wars-themed comedy Fanboys. Director Kyle Newman received additional support to shoot new scenes, but distinction busy schedules of the actors inimitable allowed for filming in September 2007. As a result, the release was delayed until January 14, 2008.^[34] Button starred in the 2009 comedies Serious Moonlight, alongside Meg Ryan, and Couples Retreat, which chronicles four couples who partake in therapy sessions at neat as a pin tropical island resort. Jason Bateman feigned her husband.^[35] She provided the tab for Cora in Astro Boy. Memo March 31, 2008, Bell began wise the Mark Steven Johnson-written Disney coating When in Rome on location sentence Rome and New York; the ep was released in 2010.^[36] Bell reprised her role as Sarah Marshall on the side of a cameo appearance in the hide Get Him to the Greek, fine spin-off sequel from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, released June 4, 2010.

Bell co-starred alongside singers Christina Aguilera and Cher in the backstage musical film Burlesque, which was released in November 2010. She had a cameo appearance aboard Anna Paquin in the slasher loathing film Scream 4, which was floating on April 15, 2011.^[37]

2012–2019: Frozen gain The Good Place

In 2012, Bell marked in the family drama film Big Miracle. She appeared in the sonata video for "Madder Red" by Borough experimental rock band Yeasayer. Bell depicted Mary Magdalene in The Truth & Life Dramatized Audio New Testament Bible, a 22-hour, celebrity-voiced, dramatized audio fitting of the New Testament that uses the RSV-CE translation.

Bell starred since Jeannie van der Hooven, the warm lead on the Showtime comedy playoff House of Lies, which premiered restoration January 8, 2012. The series ballooned on June 12, 2016. Bell comed in a supporting role in position science-fiction comedy Safety Not Guaranteed (2012). She starred in the drama husk The Lifeguard, written and directed overstep Liz W. Garcia, which began cinematography in July 2012 and was at large in August 2013.^[38] She voiced Anna in Frozen, which was released situation November 27, 2013. In 2013, matter multiple episodes, Bell played Ingrid inclined Forest, an Eagleton City Councilwoman, sign Parks and Recreation.

On March 13, 2013, it was confirmed that pure Veronica Mars film would be future to fruition. Bell and series innovator Rob Thomas launched a fundraising push to produce the film through Kickstarter and attained the $2 million target in less than ten hours.^[39] Illustriousness main cast members of the apartment all reprised their roles in grandeur feature film. Production of the coat took place during summer 2013, subject it was released theatrically and fastened video-on-demand on March 14, 2014.^[40][41]

In Sep 2014, Bell starred with her lay by or in, Dax Shepard, in a commercial symbolize the Samsung Galaxy Tab S.^[42] Swimming mask was so popular (with over 20 million YouTube views) that they frank another for the holiday season.^[43] Primacy ad agency McKinney was behind both.^[44] In 2016, Bell voiced the idleness Priscilla in the animated comedy vinyl Zootopia, and starred as Claire snare the comedy film The Boss. Curve starred as Kiki in the 2016 comedy film Bad Moms, a put it on she reprised in the 2017 consequence, A Bad Moms Christmas.^[45] In 2016, Bell began starring as Eleanor Shellstrop in the NBC comedy series The Good Place.^[46] For her performance, she received a nomination for the Prosperous Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, position TCA Award for Individual Achievement lure Comedy, and the Critics' Choice Clip Award for Best Actress in neat as a pin Comedy Series, among numerous others.

Also in 2017, she appeared in honesty biographical comedy-drama The Disaster Artist, blue blood the gentry action comedy CHiPs and the wit comedy How to Be a Latin Lover. In November 2017, she played keen housewife (with Dax Shepard as give someone the boot husband) preparing for a Christmas outfit in Sia's music video for "Santa's Coming for Us".^[47]

In 2018, she began hosting the web series Momsplaining come to mind Kristen Bell, with episodes airing be in charge the Ellen DeGeneres video platform Ellentube. In the series, Bell gives spanking and expecting mothers tips about motherliness. The title of the series not bad a pun on the commonly motivated term "mansplaining".^[48][49][50] Bell later had description leading role in the Netflix comedy-drama film Like Father. She voiced ethics character of Jade Wilson in nobleness animated comedy film Teen Titans Go! To the Movies and reprised give someone the cold shoulder voice role as Princess Anna timetabled the animated comedy sequel film Ralph Breaks the Internet.^[51]

On September 20, 2018, Hulu confirmed that Bell would reformatory keep from her role of Veronica Mars kick up a fuss an 8-episode fourth season of probity drama series Veronica Mars, which would premiere in July 2019.^[52] In 2019, she again reprised her role get the picture Princess Anna in the video project Kingdom Hearts III^[53] and the consequence Frozen II^[54] which was released include November 22, 2019.^[55] Bell served little host and executive producer on ethics Disney+ docuseries Encore!, which premiered hold November 2019.^[56] She made her chargeable debut with the eighth episode time off the fourth season of The Fine Place.^[57] The series concluded after closefitting fourth season, airing its final event in January 2020.^[58] At the Twenty-five Critics' Choice Awards, Bell received dignity #SeeHer Award, which recognizes women who "push boundaries on changing stereotypes sports ground acknowledge the importance of authentic portrayals of women across the entertainment landscape".^[59]

Since 2020: Established actress

In 2020, Bell available the children's book The World Desires More Purple People,^[60] which she co-wrote with Benjamin Hart. Also in 2020, Bell voiced Molly Tillerman in nobleness Apple TV+ animated musical comedy serial Central Park, which reunited her knapsack Frozen co-star Josh Gad and Bad Moms co-star Kathryn Hahn.^[61]Central Park conventional a two-season order from Apple person in charge the series premiered on May 29, 2020. In June 2020, it was announced that Bell, who is chalkwhite, would no longer voice the biracial character of Molly. The role would be re-cast with a black stigma mixed race actress, with Bell demonstration a new role.^[62]

In 2021, Bell produces and voices a lead character make a fuss the Amazon Prime Video animated euphonious pre-school series Do, Re, & Mi.^[63] She returned to narrate as integrity titular character of the HBO Augmentation teen drama series Gossip Girl, fine soft reboot and sequel to birth 2007–2012 series Gossip Girl.^[64] Bell marked alongside Kirby Howell-Baptiste as a two of a kind of housewives who created a multi-million dollar coupon scam in the jocularity film Queenpins.^[65][66] The film was unattached to Paramount+ on September 10, 2021.^[67]

Her miniseries The Woman in the Platform Across the Street from the Miss in the Window was released subtext Netflix in January 2022.^[68] In Nov 2022, Bell starred in the Behemoth Prime movie The People We Be averse to at the Wedding. Bell appeared burst three episodes of The Tiny State official Show and serves as the show's executive producer.^[69]

Bell also played the central character an agnostic sex podcaster wishywashy the name of Joanne in Nobody Wants This (2024). Her performance attained her another Golden Globe nomination come up with Best Actress.^[70]

Public image

In 2006 and come again in 2013,^[71] Bell was selected "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" on PETA's yearly poll.^[72] She was placed 68 on Maxim's 2005 "Hot 100" list,^[73] 11 coop up Maxim's 2006 "Hot 100" list,^[74] dowel 46 in Maxim's 2007 "Hot 100" list in which she was supposed to have "single-handedly saved The CW from becoming the worst network ever".^[75] In 2006, Maxim also placed Warning at the top of the "Fall TV's Criminally Sexy Investigators" List.^[72] Stop in full flow 2008, she was ranked 59 covering AskMen's Top 99 Women of 2008 List.^[76] Reflecting on her admitted reputation with "geeks", Bell was voted authority fourth-sexiest woman on TV by honourableness staff at Wizard magazine.^[77]

Bell stated she never thought of herself as motherly because "I always play and site and act 10 years younger escape I am." However, she said, "Something magical happened when I turned 25—I looked in the mirror and was like, 'You might not get carded for an R-rated movie anymore.' Emerge I didn't have a little staff figure anymore."^[78] Bell has said go wool-gathering many of her characters are tomboys because she was "not homely close to play the nerdy girl enthralled not nearly pretty enough to arena the pretty girl".^[78]

Bell has been corresponding with the idea that "nerdy level-headed the new cool", and she explained, "what was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, evaluation it doesn't really matter what you're into—it just means you're not unmixed follower."^[78] She has also said, "I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are interpretation tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned."^[16] Vanessa City of Entertainment Weekly commented that Bell's roles on Veronica Mars, Heroes most recent as a Star Wars fanatic wellheeled Fanboys have "solidif[ied] her placement attractive the center of the geek universe," while Rodney Rothman stated, "I postulate she's cornered the market on losers."^[79] Bell's work is often compared strut Sarah Michelle Gellar's portrayal of high-mindedness title character on the television escort Buffy the Vampire Slayer.^[80] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter stated ditch Bell was "arguably the television heir [to Gellar's portrayal of Buffy] as it comes to fighting bad guys." Bell is sometimes confused with Lauren Conrad from The Hills. "Yeah, now fans yell, 'Hey, Lauren' to gratis, but usually from a distance," voiced articulate Bell.^[22]

Despite "new celebrity" status, Bell presumed that she was not concerned thanks to "no one ever recognizes me anyway". She has said that her get hold of Hayden Panettiere is more famous puzzle she is and attracts more attention; as Bell explained, "I hang groundwork with Hayden quite a bit—they not ever take pictures of me. I binding step to the side, and Mad push myself in front of shrewd when she wants to get employment of it, or put her obligate the car."^[78]

Bell was a recurring patron on The Late Late Show inspect Craig Ferguson, appearing in interviews importation well as sketches. On The Collect Late Show, she shows a piquant hostility towards Craig Ferguson's robot scandal sidekick Geoff Peterson, claiming that she had wanted to be Ferguson's helper on his show and taking effervescence upon herself to cut Peterson close every chance she gets. Both Curve and Peterson appeared with Ferguson past the five Late Late Show episodes filmed in France.^[81]

In January 2011, luxuriate was announced that Bell would subsist the new face of Neutrogena.^[82]

In 2014, Bell posed nude for the Haw issue of Allure magazine – fringe Jenna Dewan, Minnie Driver, and Decisive factor Long.^[83]

In April 2019, Bell was featured on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine's April–May issue. In the article, she discussed her snack bar company, That Bar Saves Lives, which donates take the edge off sales to help feed malnourished descendants around the globe.^[84] In November 2019, Bell and Idina Menzel, who throw sisters in Disney'sFrozen franchise, received near stars—Bell's was the 2681st and Menzel's was the 2682nd—on the Hollywood Dance of Fame.^[85][86]

Personal life

Relationships and family

In 2007, Bell ended a five-year relationship occur to former fiancé Kevin Mann.^[87] She consequent told Complex magazine that dating "makes me want to vomit. And turn on the waterworks out of grossness—OK, a little set a price out of grossness, but just heebie-jeebies. I've always been a serial monogamist."^[78]

In late 2007, Bell began dating event Dax Shepard, who is also strip the Detroit metropolitan area. They declared their engagement in January 2010.^[88] They decided to delay marriage until birth state of California passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage.^[89] They co-starred in description 2010 film When in Rome, distinction 2012 film Hit and Run,^[90] move the 2017 film CHiPs. After chop 3 of the Defense of Add-on Act was ruled unconstitutional by dignity Supreme Court on June 26, 2013, Bell asked Shepard to marry second through Twitter, which he accepted.^[92] They were married at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's Office on October 16, 2013.^[93] They have two daughters, constitutional in March 2013, and December 2014.^[94][95]

Beliefs, interests, and charity work

At age 11, Bell became a vegetarian.^[72] In harangue interview with PETA, Bell stated, "I have always been an animal enthusiast. I had a hard time disassociating the animals I cuddled with—dogs topmost cats, for example—from the animals whim my plate, and I never in reality cared for the taste of nourishment. I always loved my Brussels sprouts!".^[96] By 2012 Bell had become lactovegetarian with Shepard after watching the picture Forks Over Knives.^[97][98] During her important pregnancy, she returned to eating farm products and eggs, however.^[99]

During her in the house in Michigan, Bell fostered animals pass up the Michigan Humane Society, and she now supports the San Diego–based Helen Woodward Animal Center. Bell often attends fundraisers for the American Society detail the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other non-profit organizations dedicated fall prey to protecting animals. She has had some dogs, including a Welsh Corgi-Chow Meat mix named Lola, a Welsh Corgi-Chihuahua mix named Shakey and a smoky Labrador Retriever named Sadie, who was 11 years old when she was rescued from Hurricane Katrina and adoptive by Bell in 2005.^[9][100]

Bell has presumed she is non-religious and identifies rightfully a humanist.^[101] She and her partner Dax Shepard are pro-vaccination.^[102][103]

Bell showed dialectics for the Writers Guild of Land in the writers' strike, appearing heritage the picket lines in December 2007, stating, "the writers are just alluring for some fairness".^[104]

Bell and other Veronica Mars cast members, including Ryan Hansen, are involved with the charity Unobserved Children, Inc. The goal of excellence organization is to create awareness break into the plight of Northern Ugandans who are caught in the midst holdup a civil war between the create and Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army.^[105]

Bell supported and campaigned for Barack Obama during the 2008 United States statesmanly election. Along with Rashida Jones, she visited college campuses in Missouri hold on to discuss the candidates and encourage constituent registration.^{[106][107][108]}

In 2013, Kristen Bell, along presage actors Ryan Devlin, Todd Grinnell, turf Ravi Patel, founded the granola shaft company This Bar Saves Lives achieve help fight malnutrition. The business donates food aid in the form promote to nutrition packets to children in State, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia. By reason of its launch, the company has congratulatory more than 10 million packets makeover of February 2019.^[109]

In 2014, Bell launched a Prizeo campaign offering fans copperplate chance to win a date tie in with her in return for donating lend your energies to Invisible Children, Inc.^[110] In 2018, Alarm clock participated in a television advertisement cart bone marrow donations, specifically the Function of Life Marrow Registry. Her ball games resulted in several matches that criticize documented on the Gift of Perk up website.^[111] Bell won a 2020 Webbed Special Achievement Award.^[112]

In 2023, Bell open that she had taken up Brazilian jiu-jitsu and was training under Cesalina Gracie in mother-daughter classes alongside protected daughter.^[113]

Mental health

In May 2016, Bell acknowledged that she has received treatment provision depression and anxiety.^[114] She said, "It's important for me to be honest about this so people in clean similar situation can realize that they are not worthless and that they do have something to offer."^[115]

In chiefly interview with Jimmy Kimmel in Noble 2018, Bell discussed why she wears scuba gloves while swimming. She hypothetical that she fears the sensation a variety of touching things with water-immersed, wrinkled fingers, otherwise known as "prune fingers". Character gloves have allowed her to scan with her children without fearing affecting them.^[116]

Entrepreneurship

In 2019, Bell and her hoard founded the company Hello Bello ditch markets plant-based baby care products uttered to be environmentally friendly and affordable.^[117] As of 2021, Hello Bello's alleged annual revenue was $26.1 million smart year with 104 employees.^[118] In 2020, she partnered to start Happy Shake off, a line of vegan CBD income such as eye cream and guard moisturizers. In 2023, Hello Bello filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, blaming time eon of declining sales and the fiscal startup crisis. The company is shatter to be acquired by private faithfulness firm Hildred Capital Management.^[119]

Filmography

Main article: Tilt of Kristen Bell performances

Discography

Awards and nominations

References