Kristen Johnston
Acting • Born 1967-09-20
Biography
Kristen Johnston studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City. She won two Emmys for her role on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996). She has appeared on many other television shows, including Ugly Betty (2006), ER (1994), Bored to Death (2009) and, perhaps most memorably, as the party girl whose famous final words were "I'm so bored I could die" on Sex and the City (1998). She's currently, on television, on TV Land's hit series, The Exes (2011), which is now in its fourth season. Just a few of Johnston's many stage credits are "So Help Me God!" (Drama desk nomination), "The Women", "Aunt Dan & Lemon", "Love Song" on the West End, as well as starring in three "Shakespeare in Central Park" productions, "Much Ado About Nothing", "12th Night", and "The Skin of our Teeth". She is a long-time member of The Atlantic Theater Company, and her roles over the years have included "The Lights" (Drama Desk Nomination) and "Scarcity". Kristen's film credits include Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), the 2nd Austin Powers film (as "Ivana Humpalot"), Finding Bliss (2009), Bad Parents (2012), Bride Wars (2009), L!fe Happens (2011), Vamps (2012), Strangers with Candy (2005), and the upcoming independent film, Lovesick (2014), with Matt LeBlanc. Johnston teaches acting at The Atlantic Theater Company's Acting School at NYU. She founded an organization called SLAM, whose goal is the creation of a desperately needed sober high school in New York City. Johnston's first book was a New York Times Bestselling memoir, entitled "GUTS: the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster".
Filmography
61 credits
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Movie • 2000
Wilma Slaghoople
Bride Wars
Movie • 2009
Deb
Music and Lyrics
Movie • 2007
Rhonda
Strangers with Candy
Movie • 2006
Coach Divers
L!fe Happens
Movie • 2011
Francesca
Vamps
Movie • 2012
Mrs. Van Helsing
London Suite
Movie • 1996
Grace Chapman
Colin Fitz
Movie • 1997
Stalker Fan
Bad Parents
Movie • 2012
Tracy
Beaver Trilogy
Movie • 2000
The Debt
Movie • 1993
Alice Kosnick
Nobody Knows Anything!
Movie • 2004
Miranda
The Orkly Kid
Movie • 1985
Lovesick
Movie • 2014
Katherine
Finding Bliss
Movie • 2009
Irene Fox
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Movie • 2002
Dancer
Thrill Ride
Movie • 2017
Esmerelda
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Movie • 1999
Ivana Humpalot
Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate
Movie • 2018
Roksana
Swiped
Movie • 2018
Professor Barnes
For the Love of George
Movie • 2018
Psychic Sara
The Wedding Year
Movie • 2019
Barbara
The Women
Movie • 2002
Sylvia Fowler
Small Town Wisconsin
Movie • 2020
Alicia
The Little Pageant That Could
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Duane Incarnate
Movie • 2008
Fran
Ice Age
Movie • 2002
Sylvia (voice) (uncredited)
Maddie's Secret
Movie • 2025
Beverlee Ralph
Backfire!
Movie • 1995
Kate
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV • 1996
Sally Solomon
Duckman
TV • 1994
Kathie Lee (voice)
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
TV • 1994
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Helen
The New Adventures of Old Christine
TV • 2006
Francie
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Wendy Smythe
ER
TV • 1994
Eve Peyton
Queens Supreme
TV • 2003
Modern Family
TV • 2009
Brenda
The Exes
TV • 2011
Holly Franklin
Billy on the Street
TV • 2011
Self
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Warmonga (voice)
The Righteous Gemstones
TV • 2019
May-May Montgomery
Hollywood Squares
TV • 1998
Self - Panelist
RuPaul Drives...
TV • 2013
Self - Guest
Hearts Afire
TV • 1992
Margot
Our Flag Means Death
TV • 2022
The Widow Evelyn Higgins
The Mayor
TV • 2017
Chief Fox
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Leanne
TV • 2025
Carol
Mom
TV • 2013
Tammy Diffendor
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Lexi Featherston
Kirstie
TV • 2013
Maddie
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Amphibia
TV • 2019
Braddock (voice)
The Roseanne Show
TV • 1998
Not Today, Bianca
TV • 2016
Bianca's agent
Getting On
TV • 2013
Marla Pounder
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Kristen Johnston
Going Dutch
TV • 2025
General Martin