Krysten Ritter
Krysten Alyce Ritter (born December 16, 1981 in Bloomsburg , Pennsylvania ) is an American actress , author and former model .
life and career
Ritter was discovered in a shopping mall by a talent scout from Elite Model Management . She then worked as a model on the catwalks of New York , Milan and Paris and shot commercials . She also trained as an actor in New York. In 2001 she gave up modeling in favor of her acting career.
In 2001 Ritter had her first small film role in a men's circus . After a guest role on Law & Order in 2004, she received a recurring role as Gia Goodman on the second season of the television series Veronica Mars . She had other recurring roles in Gilmore Girls and Marriage is… . She was also seen in the films 27 Dresses and Love Vegas .
In 2009 she took on the role of Jane Margolis in the second season of the series Breaking Bad . In 2012, she starred alongside Alicia Silverstone , Sigourney Weaver, and Malcolm McDowell in Amy Heckerling's dark romantic comedy Vamps - Dating with a Bite in front of the camera.
Ritter played a leading role in the comedy series Apartment 23 , which premiered on ABC in April 2012 , but was canceled during the second season. The series, which received a Critics' Choice Television Award as the most promising new series in June 2011 , was also broadcast in Germany by ProSieben from February 28, 2013 .
From November 2015 to June 2019 she starred in the series Marvel's Jessica Jones .
Ritter has been in a relationship with Adam Granduciel , leader of the indie rock band The War on Drugs , since 2014 . Their son was born on July 29, 2019 in Los Angeles.
Filmography (selection)
- 2001: Men's Circus (Someone Like You ...)
- 2003: Mona Lisa's Smile (Mona Lisa Smile)
- 2004: Law & Order (TV series, episode 14x20)
- 2004: Love, Lie, Passion ( One Life to Live , TV series)
- 2004: Whoopi (TV series, episode 1x19)
- 2005: Veronica Mars (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2006: Justice - Not Guilty ( Justice , TV series, episode 1x12)
- 2006: Gilmore Girls (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2006: Marriage is ... ( 'Til Death , TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2008: 27 Dresses
- 2008: Love Vegas (What Happens in Vegas)
- 2009: Gossip Girl (TV series, episode 2x24)
- 2009: The Tudors ( The Tudors , TV series, 1 episode)
- 2009: Shopaholic - The Bargain Hunter (Confessions of a Shopaholic)
- 2009–2010: Breaking Bad (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 2010: Too hot to be true (She's Out of My League)
- 2010: How to Make Love to a Woman
- 2011: Killing Bono
- 2011: L! Fe Happens - Just life! (L! Fe Happens)
- 2012: Vamps - Dating with a Bite (Vamps)
- 2012–2013: Apartment 23 ( Don't Trust the B ---- in Apartment 23 , TV series)
- 2014: Veronica Mars
- 2014: The Blacklist (TV series, episode 2x01)
- 2014: Big Eyes
- 2015: Listen Up Philip
- 2015: Search Party
- 2015–2019: Marvel's Jessica Jones (TV series, 39 episodes)
- 2016: asthma
- 2017: The Hero
- 2017: Marvel's The Defenders (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2019: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie)
Works
- 2017: Bonfire: A Novel , Crown Archetype (German Bonfire - you never belonged , Diana Verlag 2018, ISBN 978-3-453-29213-0 )
Web links
- Krysten Ritter at the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schaffer, Sarah: The Real Thing . In: Philadelphia Style , January / February 2009, p. 66. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
- ↑ Krysten Ritter Is Ready For A Big-Screen 'Veronica Mars'. In: MTV Movie Blogs. Retrieved April 17, 2012 .
- ↑ MeeVee Interviews Veronica Mars / Gilmore Girls Star Krysten Ritter. In: Blog Critics. Retrieved April 17, 2012 .
- ↑ a b “VAMPS” gets a distribution bite. In: Fangoria. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012 ; accessed on April 17, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Uwe Mantel: Bitch in “Apartment 23” moves in after “Topmodel”. In: dwdl.de. DWDL.de , January 17, 2013, accessed on January 19, 2013 .
- ↑ David Bean: The War on Drugs: Inside Man . In: Pitchfork.com of September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Rianne Addo: Krysten Ritter gives birth to first child: Actress secretly welcomed baby boy Bruce with boyfriend Adam Granduciel a week ago . In: dailymail.co.uk of August 8, 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Knight, Krysten |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ritter, Krysten Alyce (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and a former model |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bloomsburg , Pennsylvania, United States |