Kristen+Wiig


 * [[image:Kristen Wiig.jpg width="357" height="550" align="left"]]Kristen Wiig **

Kristen Wiig was born August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York. Her involvement with acting began at the University of Arizona, where she took an acting class to fulfill a course requirement. She later moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in theatre. Her involvement in the sketch comedy troupe “Groundlings” led to her discovery by Saturday Night Live executive Lorne Michaels, and she joined the legendary television show shortly after the beginning of its 31st season. Wiig has played a host of memorable characters, most notably Penelope, a “serial one-upper” and extreme exaggerator, Doonese Merrill, a character on the Lawrence Welk show with a massive head and doll hands, and Judy Grimes, a nervous travel agent known for her overuse of the phrase, “Just kidding!”. Wiig recently announced that she will be leaving SNL after seven years with the show to pursue other opportunities, presumably in the film industry. After minor roles in several movies, Kristen Wiig’s portrayal of Annie, a woman who experiences many misfortunes after being asked to be her best friend’s maid of honour, in the movie //Bridesmaids// garnered a 2012 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy. //Bridesmaids//, written by Wiig and fellow Groundling Annie Mumolo, received critical acclaim for its highlighting of women in comedy, and was nominated for Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy but lost out to //The Artist//. With several other films in the works, Kristen Wiig continues to change the perception of women in comedy.

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