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Kristen Wiig BiographyShe is known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (2005–12), and such films as Bridesmaids, The Martian, and Ghostbusters.
Wiig was born in Canandaigua, New York, and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York. Wiig attended the University of Arizona, where she majored in Fine Art. She later relocated to Los Angeles, where she broke into comedy as a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings and made her television debut in 2003. Wiig joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2005 and the following year she co-starred in the Christmas comedy film Unaccompanied Minors. After appearing in a series of supporting roles in comedy films such as Adventureland, Whip It, and Paul, she starred in and co-wrote the screenplay for Bridesmaids, which was both critically and commercially successful.
Wiig received seven consecutive Emmy Awards nominations and has been nominated for an Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her work on Despicable Me 2. In 2012, Bridesmaids earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy, as well as nominations for the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay and a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. She was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role as Cynthia Morehouse in the miniseries The Spoils of Babylon.
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-"Zoolander 2" is coming to a theater near you on Friday, and there's one scene we can alert you about ahead of time: Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig will make out. Well, sort of. As TODAY's Willie Geist put it while talking to the pair on Monday, "You were basically just yelling into each other's mouths."
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon have been chosen for Paul Feig's upcoming all-female Ghostbusters reboot.
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She is known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (2005–12), and such films as Bridesmaids, The Martian, and Ghostbusters.
Wiig was born in Canandaigua, New York, and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York. Wiig attended the University of Arizona, where she majored in Fine Art. She later relocated to Los Angeles, where she broke into comedy as a member of the improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings and made her television debut in 2003. Wiig joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2005 and the following year she co-starred in the Christmas comedy film Unaccompanied Minors. After appearing in a series of supporting roles in comedy films such as Adventureland, Whip It, and Paul, she starred in and co-wrote the screenplay for Bridesmaids, which was both critically and commercially successful.
Wiig received seven consecutive Emmy Awards nominations and has been nominated for an Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production for her work on Despicable Me 2. In 2012, Bridesmaids earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy, as well as nominations for the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay and a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Cast. She was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her role as Cynthia Morehouse in the miniseries The Spoils of Babylon.
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Kristen Wiig is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Kristen Wiig for your event is $100,000 - $200,000. Kristen Wiig generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Kate McKinnon, Lena Dunham, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Kristen Wiig for an upcoming event.
"Zoolander 2" is coming to a theater near you on Friday, and there's one scene we can alert you about ahead of time: Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig will make out. Well, sort of. As TODAY's Willie Geist put it while talking to the pair on Monday, "You were basically just yelling into each other's mouths."
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon have been chosen for Paul Feig's upcoming all-female Ghostbusters reboot.
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