Kristen Johnston

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Kristen Johnston (2014)

Kristen Johnston (born September 20, 1967 in Washington, DC ) is an American actress .

life and career

Johnston is the daughter of a senator and a real estate agent . She grew up in Wisconsin ; She spent part of her youth as an exchange student in Sweden and South America . After graduating from the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City , she began her acting career with small appearances in such films as Austin Powers - Spy in a Secret Missionary Position .

In 1996 she got the leading female role in the series Hinterm Mond immediately left , which she played until 2001 and which earned her the coveted Emmy television award twice .

She also made various guest appearances in series such as Sex and the City and Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme . Since 2011, she played the lead role of divorce lawyer Holly Brooks in the television series The Exes .

Johnston reported in her autobiographical book Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster , published in 2012 . about her years of alcohol and pill addiction that nearly cost her her life.

On the music album No Substance by the Californian punk rock group Bad Religion , which was released in 1998, Kristen Johnston is depicted on the album cover as a brightly made-up phone sex lady with a crossed out cross on her right breast , the Bad Religion band symbol .

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

American Comedy Award

  • 1997: Nomination for the funniest female supporting actor in a TV show for Hinterm Mond directly on the left

CableACE Award

  • 1997: Nomination for best actress in a comedy series for Hinterm Mond immediately on the left

Drama Desk Award

  • 1994: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Play for The Lights
  • 2007: Nomination for Best Actress in a Play for So Help Me God!
  • 2010: Nomination for Best Actress in a Play for So Help Me God!

Emmy Award

  • 1997: Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Hinterm Mond immediately on the left
  • 1998: Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Behind the Moon Immediately Left
  • 1999: Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Hinterm Mond immediately on the left

Golden Globe Award

  • 1997: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Mini-Series or TV-Film for Behind the Moon Immediately Left

Screen Actors Guild Award

  • 1997: Nomination for Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy for Behind the Moon Immediately Left
  • 1997: Nomination for Best Acting Ensemble in a TV Series - Comedy for Hinterm Mond immediately left (shared with colleagues)
  • 1998: Nomination for Best Acting Ensemble in a TV Series - Comedy for Hinterm Mond directly on the left (shared with colleagues)
  • 1999: Nomination for Best Acting Ensemble in a TV Series - Comedy for Hinterm Mond directly on the left (shared with colleagues)

TV Guide Award

  • 1997: TV Guide Award in the "Editor's Choice" category for Hinterm Mond on the left (shared with colleagues)
  • 2001: Nomination for best supporting actress of the year in a comedy series for Hinterm Mond directly on the left

Viewers for Quality Television Award

  • 1997: Nomination for best supporting actress in a comedy series for Hinterm Mond directly on the left

Web links

Commons : Kristen Johnston  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
  2. ↑ 'I'm a pill popping lush:' Emmy-winning actress Kristen Johnston confesses drug and alcohol addictions in tell-all memoir in Daily Mail , March 7, 2002
  3. ^ Diane Anderson-Minshall: Kristen Johnston Is the Queen of Freaks , in: The Advocate , March 9, 2012
  4. ↑ a b Kristen Johnston - Biography . americantheatrewing.org. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 27, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / americantheatrewing.org
  5. ↑ a b c Kristen Johnston Awards . ibdb.com. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ a b c Awards Search . emmys.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 27, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.emmys.com
  7. ↑ Kristen Johnston . hfpa.org. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ a b The 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . sagawards.org. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  9. ^ The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . agawards.org. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  10. ^ The 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . agawards.org. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Johnston, Kristen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH 20th September 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , United States