• Kristen Carroll Wiig, born August 22, 1973, in Canandaigua, New York, is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer who first broke through with the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundlings before achieving stardom on Saturday Night Live (SNL), where she performed from 2005 to 2012.
  • During her seven-season tenure on SNL, she earned four Primetime Emmy nominations and took on supporting roles in hits like Knocked Up (2007) and Paul (2011).
  • Her biggest breakthrough came when she co-wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed comedy Bridesmaids (2011), which earned her Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay, respectively.
  • After leaving SNL, she appeared in a diverse range of films, including The Martian (2015), Ghostbusters (2016), and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), while also voicing characters in major franchises like How to Train Your Dragon (2010–2019) and Despicable Me (2010–present).
  • Her later work brought more Emmy nominations for The Spoils of Babylon (2014) and Palm Royale (2024), and Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in both 2012 and 2025.
  • Growing up in New York and Pennsylvania, she studied art in college, and after a chance encounter with a psychic who urged her to move to Los Angeles, she pursued acting—eventually honing her improvisational skills with The Groundlings.