Kristen Bell is a famous actress who hails from the United States of America. Bell began her career as a stage actress, where she appeared in various stage productions while attending college. After that, Bell progressed to Broadway productions and finally to films and shows.
Kristen’s spectacular performance in various films has earned her accolades, praise, and recognition. While she has remained an actress for many years, she became more popular in 2004, when she acted in Gracie’s Choice.
Early Life and Family
Bell is an American actress who was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan. Her mother worked as a registered nurse while her father Tom Bell was a television news director. Bell’s mother has been supportive, but she almost ruined their relationship, because of being highly religious.
Bell’s parents divorced when she was six months old, and both of her parents went on to remarry. Bell has two half-siblings from her father’s side and four half-siblings from her mother’s side.
Bell attended Burton Elementary School and Norup Middle School before she joined Shrine Catholic High School. At Shrine High School, she joined music and drama clubs. While in high school, she won the role of Dorothy Gale and starred in a 1997 school production of The Wizard of Oz.
After high school, Bell moved to New York City and began attending Tisch School of the Arts while studying musical theater. Just before she completed her college education, she left school to star in a role in a Broadway musical version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Career
Bell began acting in 1992 after she auditioned for a role as a banana and a tress in Raggedy Ann and Andy. Bell’s mother enabled her to have an agent before she was thirteen years old, which allowed her to have exposure to roles. She appeared in newspaper advertisements for television commercials, and it helped her boost her career.
At the same time, she began taking private acting lessons and began having uncredited roles. Her first uncredited role happened in 1998 in a film, Polish Wedding. Her first credited role happened in 2001 when she left college to take a role in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Broadway was short-lived, but it opened more opportunities for the actress.
Despite early career challenges, Bell has created a name for herself through acting. She is now an established film and television show actress, who has received numerous awards.
What is Kristen Bell’s Net Worth?
Kristen Bell is an American actress who has accumulated a net worth of $60 million. Bell has managed to amass such a huge net worth because of her career as a singer, actress, and film producer.
The net worth is also combined with that of her husband Dax Shepherd whom she married in 2013. Bell is one of the best actresses in Hollywood and it is no wonder that she has managed to accumulate such a net worth.
Personal Life
Bell is a wife and mother. In 2013, she walked down the aisle and exchanged vows with her husband Dax Shepherd, a fellow actor who also hails from Detroit. The couple has two daughters.