Kristen Bell is a beautiful actress who looks like a fashion model. She comes from Detroit where she was born in 1980. She was raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and attended Burton Elementary School, the same school actress Jessy Hodges and actor David Geister attended. She started her acting career in local amateur musicals.

After moving to New York in 1998 to attend University she made her Broadway debut, before graduating, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, playing the part of Becky Thatcher. She also appeared in The Crucible with Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. She was getting well known and decided to quit University. It was a smart move.

After re-locating to Los Angeles, she made guest appearances on a number of TV programmes, continuing to make a name for herself. She started to get some small film parts, and then hit the jackpot with the title role on the massively popular Veronica Mars TV detective drama. She won the Saturn Award for "Best Actress on Television" in 2006 for her acting on Veronica Mars, and the series as a whole was nominated for "Best Network Television Show".

Name:  Kristen Bell

Birth Name: Kristen Anne Bell

Height: 5' 1''

Nationality: American

Birth Date: July 18, 1980

Birth Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA

Profession: Actress

Education: Burton Elementary School in Huntington Woods, Michigan Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan Tisch School of the Arts in New York, New York

Sister: Sara and Jody

Claim to fame: As teen investigator on TV Series Veronica Mars

In 2008 she appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan, and has continued tobe popular in glossy magazines. Who are we to complain!

After her new comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, opens at No. 2, Bell finds a place among the 'pretty,' as she lands on PEOPLE's Most Beautiful list. In 2008, she was also featured at number 59 on Ask Men's Top 99 Women List.

Kristen Bell is an investor in bar L'Scorpion.

Kristen says she was a vegan in high school, but had to give it up because of her love of

Sang her version of the 'Fame' theme on Emmy Award ceremony on September 18 2005.

Is of Polish descent

Kristen showed her support for the Writers Guild of America during the writers' strike and walked the picket lines in December 2007.

Is a big fan of America's Funniest Home Videos (1990).

Kristen helped deliver two babies while doing volunteer work in Brazil

Has two dogs named Lola and Mr. Shakes

Kristen uses the internet to go on to YouTube because it makes her laugh and to check her e-mail, nothing else.

She loves animals and often volunteers for animal related charities.

Kristen fell off a horse while filming Forgetting Sarah Marshall. As a result she spent a lot of the film walking "with a pirate's limp".