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Mario Cantone, Kristen Johnston et al. Join Reynolds & Feldshuh in ...

Broadway World - Found Jan. 11, 2010
Zweibel Monday, January 11 at 7:30pm and 9:30pmScott Adsit, Mario Cantone, Rachel Dratch, Kristen Johnston, Eugene Pack, Rosie Perez, Dayle...

Posted on January 11, 2010, 2:58 am

Designs for Tall Ladies

Epoch Times - Found Mar. 8, 2010
... or over include Brooke Shields, Uma Thurman, Elle Macpherson, Geena Davis, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Johnston, Brigitte Nielsen, and Nicole...

Posted on March 8, 2010, 11:57 am

Mullally & Cavett Join Celebrity Autobiography, 3/8

Broadway World - Found Mar. 5, 2010
The casts are scheduled as follows: Scott Adsit, Mario Cantone, Dick Cavett, Rachel Dratch, Kristen Johnston, Megan Mullally, Eugene Pack...

Posted on March 5, 2010, 4:06 am

Photo Flash: Epic Theatre Ensemble 2010 Gala

Broadway World - Found Mar. 2, 2010
Special appearances were made by two of James Calleri's "discoveries," Kristen Johnston (Baby Anger, "Third Rock From The Sun") and Nina...

Posted on March 2, 2010, 1:19 pm

Megan Mullally Joins CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY at The Triad, 3/8

Broadway World - Found Feb. 27, 2010
... are scheduled as follows: Monday, March 8 at 7:30pm:Scott Adsit, Mario Cantone, Rachel Dratch, Kristen Johnston, AndRea Martin, Megan Mullally...

Posted on February 27, 2010, 5:33 am

Cool or Warm Skin Tone?

Beauty Buffet - Found Mar. 2, 2010
Rebecca Romjin, Tara Reid, Renee Zellweger, Ellen Degeneres, Jillian Anderson, Amanda Bynes, Becki Newton, Nicole Richie, Kristen Johnston.

Posted on March 2, 2010, 9:19 am

Epic Theatre Ensemble 2010 Spark Gala To Honor James Calleri 3/1

Broadway World - Found Feb. 25, 2010
Special appearances will be made by two of James Calleri's "discoveries," Kristen Johnston (Baby Anger, "Third Rock From The Sun") and Nina...

Posted on February 25, 2010, 1:20 pm

Actors Kristen Johnston and John Tartaglia to Guest Star on 'Ugly ...

BuddyTV - Found Jan. 19, 2010
Even though a new episode of Ugly Betty airs tonight, it's never too early to bring up the guest stars lined up for the next installments.  It's

Posted on January 19, 2010, 2:48 am

Actress Kristen Johnston on playing an 'Ugly Betty' party monster

New York Daily News - Found Jan. 25, 2010
Q. You're reprising your role as ex-party girl and temp Helen on 'Ugly Betty' this week. Would you consider yourself a party girl?

Posted on January 25, 2010, 10:42 am

Florence Henderson Joins CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY Feb. 15; New Books ...

Broadway World - Found Feb. 15, 2010
... casts are scheduled as follows: Scott Adsit, Mario Cantone, Rachel Dratch, Florence Henderson, Kristen Johnston, Carol Kane, John Leguizamo...
Shields, Cantone, Leguizamo and More Read Celebrity Autobiography ... - Playbill
Reynolds, Rocca, Leguizamo et al. Set for CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY: ... - Broadway World
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Posted on February 15, 2010, 6:49 am

Kristen Johnston Biography

Kristen Johnston
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Kristen Johnston

Johnston at a PETA event honoring filmmaker Donny Moss, June 2008
Born September 20, 1967 (1967-09-20) (age 42)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1985–present

Kristen Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American stage, film, and television actress. She may be most famous for her role as Sally Solomon in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also starred as Wilma Flintstone in The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Johnston is known for her towering 6' (1.83 m) frame.citation needed

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Biography

Early life

Johnston was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of a real estate agent and a Republican state senator from Wisconsin.1 Johnston was raised mostly in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. She attended St. Eugene's Catholic Grade School and graduated from Whitefish Bay High School, although she spent some of her teen years as an exchange student in Sweden and in South America. She earned a B.F.A. degree in drama at New York University.

Career

Johnston made her professional stage debut with New York's Atlantic Theater Company, which was founded by playwright David Mamet. During her association with that company, she appeared in such productions as As You Like It, Girl's Talk, Stage Door, Author's Voice, Portrait of a Woman, and Rosemary for Remembrance. Now in addition to her stage and film career, she also teaches at the Atlantic Acting School in NYC.

In addition, she performed with the Naked Angels Theatre Company in The Stand-In and Hot Keys, and with New York Stage and Film in Kim's Sister, with David Strathairn and Jane Adams.

For her performance in The Lights at Lincoln Center Theatre, Johnston was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Best Supporting Actress. The show brought her to the attention of a Carsey-Werner television executive. After numerous auditions in 1996 for the TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun, she won the role of Sally Solomon, the alien lieutenant and security officer posing as a sexy female human in Ohio. She starred in the series from 1996-2001 along with John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, French Stewart, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the role earned her two Emmy Awards for best supporting actress in a comedy series.

Johnston made her feature film debut in The Debt, winner of Best Short at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1995, she played Kate in Backfire. Other television credits include guest-starring roles on the series Chicago Hope, Hearts Afire, and The Five Mrs. Buchanans. She was also the narrator in Microscopic Milton on the Disney Channel. Her significant roles in commercially-successful movies included Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999, Austin Powers in Goldmember in 2002 and Music and Lyrics in 2007.

In 1998, she was a spokesmodel for the Clairol company, as well as appearing on the Bad Religion's No Substance album cover.2 Johnston appeared in the sixth and final season of Sex and the City. In the episode entitled "Splat!", she plays Lexi Featherston, an aging party girl. After the character accidentally falls out of a window and dies, Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) reexamines her life and decides to move to Paris with Aleksandr Petrovsky (played by Mikhail Baryshnikov). In 2005, Johnston was also featured in six episodes of NBC's ER. She was cast as Patsy in a proposed American remake of the British TV show, Absolutely Fabulous, but the series was never picked up by a network. She was recently cast in a recurring role in the 2009 season of Ugly Betty in a role first pitched to Paula Abdul3.

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