Kristen Schaal

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Kristen Schaal (2016)

Kristen Joy Schaal (born January 24, 1978 in Longmont , Colorado ) is an American actress , writer and comedian . She was best known for her role in the television series Flight of the Conchords and as a comedian and writer on the Daily Show .

life and career

After graduating from Northwestern University , Schaal moved to New York City . In 2005, New York Magazine listed her as one of the "Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of". In 2006 she won an award at the US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen in the US state of Colorado and the Andy Kaufman Award at the New York Comedy Festival, the award for Best Female Stand up- -Komikerin the 2006 Nightlife Awards in New York and at the 2007 ECNY Awards. At the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2008 she won the Barry Award together with Nina Conti .

In 2006, Schaal appeared in the first season of the Comedy Central show Live at Gotham . She co-hosts the weekly variety show Hot Tub at the Comix Comedy Club and performs at the Peoples Improv Theater . Schaal is a founding member of The Striking Viking Story Pirates theater company , which uses children's stories in skits and songs.

At Edinburgh Fringe in 2007 joined Schaal to live and was invited as one of six from more than two hundred American performances there, in one of the US Consulate General to act sponsored selection. Schaal also performed at the Royal Albert Hall at The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 and the Bonnaroo 2009 Music Festival. In 2010 Schaal appeared as a stand-up comedian in John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show , as well as at the Solid Sound Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art .

Schaal is also featured in the 2014 music video for Weird Al Yankovic's Tacky , a parody of Pharrell Williams Happy .

Filmography (selection)

Schaal at the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival

Film appearances

Television appearances

book

  • (together with her fiancé Rich Blomquist): Sexy Book of Sexy Sex . Chronicle Books, July 2010.

Web links

Commons : Kristen Schaal  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charlie Todd: The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of . New York Magazine . September 26, 2005. Archived from the original on March 26, 2006. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 13, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / newyorkmetro.com
  2. ↑ ECNY Awards . ECNY Awards . February 10, 2011. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 11, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ecnyawards.com
  3. ↑ Melissa Kent: Top comics grin and share the main prize . The Age . April 13, 2008. Retrieved April 13, 2008.
  4. ↑ Alex Strachan: Live at Gotham a Prerequisite for the Big Time . Edmonton Journal . October 17, 2009. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 5, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www2.canada.com
  5. ↑ 'Weird Al' Enlists Jack Black, Aisha Tyler for Pharrell Parody 'Tacky' , accessed December 19, 2014
  6. ^ Mina Hochberg: Kristen Schaal on Her Sex Book, Her Strange Voice, and Being a Woman on The Daily Show - New York Magazine , August 17, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Schaal, Kristen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schaal, Kristen Joy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress, writer and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Longmont , Colorado