Kristen Schaal

Kristen Schaal

1978-01-24

Biography

Kristen Joy Schaal (/ʃɑːl/;) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers and Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls, as well as for playing Mel on Flight of the Conchords, Hurshe Heartshe on The Heart, She Holler and Carol Pilbasian on The Last Man on Earth. She provides several voices for BoJack Horseman, most notably for the character of Sarah Lynn, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Other roles include Amanda Simmons on The Hotwives of Orlando, Hazel Wassername on 30 Rock, Victoria Best on WordGirl, Trixie in the Toy Story franchise, and Anne on Wilfred. She was an occasional commentator on The Daily Show from 2008 to 2016. She voiced Sayrna in the 2019 EA video game, Anthem. Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, to a Lutheran family of Dutch ancestry. She was raised on her family's cattle ranch, in a rural area near Boulder, Colorado. Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a secretary. Schaal attended Skyline High School where she graduated in 1996. She has a brother, David, who is three years older. She graduated from Northwestern University and then moved to New York in 2000 to pursue a comedy career. In 2005, she had her first break when she was included in the New York article "The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of". This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

Also appears in

My Spy The Eternal City

My Spy The Eternal City

6.7

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

7.8

Shrek Forever After

Shrek Forever After

6.4

My Spy

My Spy

6.9

Thelma the Unicorn

Thelma the Unicorn

7.1

Despicable Me 2

Despicable Me 2

6.9

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

7.5

Toy Story That Time Forgot

Toy Story That Time Forgot

7.0

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant

5.8

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

6.4

Norbit

Norbit

5.7

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

6.2

Scared Shrekless

Scared Shrekless

6.7

Get Him to the Greek

Get Him to the Greek

6.0

Hawaiian Vacation

Hawaiian Vacation

7.0

Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day

5.9

The Bob’s Burgers Movie

The Bob’s Burgers Movie

7.0

Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold

6.3

Seal Team

Seal Team

6.9

Dinner for Schmucks

Dinner for Schmucks

5.7