Kristen Schaal is an American actress, voice artist, writer, and comedian. She is best known for her roles as Mel on the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, Louise Belcher on FOX animated comedy Bob's Burgers, and Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls. Other notable roles include her appearances as a commentator on The Daily Show, Amanda Simmons on The Hotwives of Orlando, Hazel Wassername on 30 Rock, Victoria Best on WordGirl, Trixie from the Toy Story franchise, and Anne on Wilfred. Since 2015, she has co-starred alongside Will Forte in the Fox comedy The Last Man on Earth, playing the role of Carol.
Her last name is pronounced shl.
Engaged to Rich Blomquist , former writer for "The Daily Show" .
Has a brother David who is three years older.
Graduated from Northwestern University.
She was raised in a Lutheran family.
She has German, English, and Dutch ancestry.
Kristen was the 2005 winner of the Andy Kaufman Award.
I would like to be known as someone who was really sweet but also,knowledgeable in all areas of life.
I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not,a lot of friends nearby, makes you entertain yourself and kind of grows,your imagination - being alone is quite good for all that. You make up,stories, talk to the animals, let them be an audience, a bunch of cows.
No one knows who the real me is, so I can be a hundred different kinds,of me.
In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started,laughing, more than I was prepared to deal with. It was a surprise.
Are you related to Criss Angel? Because you look like an angel.
I think growing up on a farm in a certain amount of isolation, with not a lot of friends nearby, makes you entertain yourself and kind of grows your imagination - being alone is quite good for all that. You make up stories, talk to the animals, let them be an audience, a bunch of cows.
