Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig

Birthday: August 22
Birthplace: Rochester, New York

Eleven-time Emmy-nominated Kristen Wiig is an American actress, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter who is widely recognized for appearing in NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. Between 2005 and 2012, Wiig performed on 137 episodes of the show, taking on such characters as Penelope the neurotic attention seeker, Kat (of the musical duo Garth and Kat), The Target Lady, Shana, and TV game show host Cheryl Bryant. She received Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the show in 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Eleven-time Emmy-nominated Kristen Wiig is an American actress, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter who is widely recognized for appearing in NBC's sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. Between 2005 and 2012, Wiig performed on 137 episodes of the show, taking on such characters as Penelope the neurotic attention seeker, Kat (of the musical duo Garth and Kat), The Target Lady, Shana, and TV game show host Cheryl Bryant. She received Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the show in 2010, 2011, and 2012.

Wiig recently appeared as Cynthia Morehouse on the TV mini-series The Spoils of Babylon, which also starred Will Ferrell, Tobey Maguire, and Tim Robbins. She is known for the role of Annie Walker, a tragic maid of honor who can’t handle the stress of planning her best friend's (Maya Rudolph) wedding in Bridesmaids. The role earned Wiig a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy as well as nominations for a BAFTA and an Academy Award.

She starred as Cheryl Melhoff opposite Ben Stiller in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and lent her voice to Ruffnut in How to Train Your Dragon and the sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2. She also appeared as Miss Hattie in Despicable Me and Lucy in Despicable Me 2, a role for which she was nominated for an Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production.  

Wiig's additional film credits include Friends with Kids, Girl Most Likely, Revenge for Jolly!, Her, The Skeleton Twins, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Paul, Semi-Pro, Knocked Up, and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. She starred as "Patricia 'Dr. Pat' Lane" on The Joe Schmo Show and has made guest appearances on television shows such as 30 Rock, Flight of the Conchords, The Cleveland Show, Ugly Americans, WWF Raw, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Simpsons. She starred as Young Lucille Bluth in the 2013 Netflix installment of Arrested Development and was the voice of "Lola Bunny" on The Looney Tunes Show.

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Awards & Nominations

12 Nominations
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2024
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, Host
  • Saturday Night Live
  • "Host: Kristen Wiig"
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Comedy Series - 2024
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, Executive Producer
  • Palm Royale
  • Apple TV+
  • Apple Studios
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series - 2024
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, as Maxine Simmons
  • Palm Royale
  • Apple TV+
  • Apple Studios
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2021
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, Host
  • Saturday Night Live
  • "Host: Kristen Wiig"
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - 2017
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, Host
  • Saturday Night Live
  • "Host: Kristen Wiig"
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series - 2013
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, Host
  • Saturday Night Live
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - 2012
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, as various characters
  • Saturday Night Live
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 2012
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - 2011
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, as Various characters
  • Saturday Night Live
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - 2010
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, as Various Characters
  • Saturday Night Live
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series - 2009
  • Nominee
  • Kristen Wiig, as Various Characters
  • Saturday Night Live
  • NBC
  • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video

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Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, and Bowen Yang present the award for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special at the 76th Emmy Awards
Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig and Carol Burnett at the 76th Emmy Awards
Kristen Wiig of Saturday Night Live on the red carpet at the 76th Emmy Awards
Kristen Wiig backstage at the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig
Kristen Wiig of The Spoils of Babylon arrives at the 66th Emmy Awards.
Kristen Wiig arrives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Kristen Wiig arrives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
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Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig, and Bowen Yang present the award for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special at the 76th Emmy Awards
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Maya Rudolph, Seth Meyers, Kristen Wiig and Bowen Yang present the award for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special at the 76th Emmy Awards

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Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig and Carol Burnett at the 76th Emmy Awards
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Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig and Carol Burnett at the 76th Emmy Awards

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Kristen Wiig of Saturday Night Live on the red carpet at the 76th Emmy Awards
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Kristen Wiig of Saturday Night Live on the red carpet at the 76th Emmy Awards

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Kristen Wiig backstage at the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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Kristen Wiig backstage at the 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards

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Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig
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Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm of Mad Men and Kristen Wiig of The Spoils of Babylon at the 66th Emmys Governors Ball.

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Kristen Wiig of The Spoils of Babylon arrives at the 66th Emmy Awards.
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Kristen Wiig of The Spoils of Babylon arrives at the 66th Emmy Awards.

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Kristen Wiig arrives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
Kristen Wiig arrives at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards
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