Kristen Schaal

US-amerikanische Schauspielerin, Autorin und Komikerin
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Vorlage:Infobox actor Kristen Schaal (born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, writer and comedian, best known for her role as Mel in the HBO series Flight of the Conchords and as a contributor on The Daily Show.

Background

Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, to a Lutheran family of Dutch descent.[1] She was raised on her family's cattle farm, in a rural area near Boulder.[1] Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a secretary.[2] Schaal also has a brother who is three years older.[2] She graduated from Northwestern University, then moved to New York to pursue a comedy career. Five years later in 2005, she had her first break when she was included in New York Magazine's "The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of."[3]

Live comedy

In 2006, Schaal was invited to perform at the 2006 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen where she won the award for "Best Alternative Comedian." She was also the winner of the second annual Andy Kaufman Award (hosted by the New York Comedy Festival), Best Female Stand-up at the 2006 Nightlife Awards in New York, and "Best Female Stand Up Comedian" at the 2007 ECNY Awards.[4] At the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she won the Barry Award for her show Kristen Schaal As You Have Probably Never Seen Her Before, tying with Nina Conti.[5] Also in 2006, Schaal appeared on the first season of the Comedy Central show, Live at Gotham.[6]

 
Schaal at the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival to promote The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex.

She co-hosts the weekly variety show Hot Tub at Comix comedy club, which was voted “Best Variety Show of 2005” by Time-Out New York’s readers poll. She also performs at the Peoples Improv Theater on the improv team, "Big Black Car", which was awarded best improv troupe of 2005 at the Emerging Comics of New York awards. She is a founding member of the theatre company The Striking Viking Story Pirates, which adapts stories by children into sketches and songs.

Schaal performed live at the Edinburgh Fringe 2007 in Scotland, where she was one of six acts (chosen from over two hundred American productions at the Fringe) requested to perform at the US Consul General-sponsored "Fringe USA" Showcase.

On her return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2008, Schaal was nominated for the If.comedy award for Kristen Schaal And Kurt Braunohler: Double Down Hearts.[7]

Schaal has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, as part of The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008 in aid of Amnesty International, and the Bonnaroo 2009 music festival.

In 2010, Schaal appeared as a stand-up comic on John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show and at the Solid Sound Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Film, TV and radio

Schaal is best known for her role on HBO's Flight of the Conchords as the stalker-fan Mel, a role which earned her an Ewwy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009. She was also a credited consultant and writer for Season 11 of South Park, appeared on the BBC's Never Mind the Buzzcocks as a contestant on Noel Fielding's Team, and played the boss in Fuse's mockumentary The Intern. She made her first appearance as a "special commentator" on Comedy Central's The Daily Show on March 13, 2008. She is often presented as the Daily Show's "Senior Women's Issues Correspondent." On April 13, 2008, she made an appearance on Good News Week during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in October 2008 she appeared in Amnesty International's The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008.

Schaal's other film and television credits include Dinner for Schmucks, Kate and Leopold, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Snake 'n' Bacon, Norbit, Get Him To The Greek, Conviction, Cheap Seats, Freak Show, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, Adam and Steve, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, Delirious, Australian show Good News Week, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Education of Max Bickford, Comedy Central's Contest Searchlight, Ugly Betty, How I Met Your Mother, MTV's Human Giant, and Mad Men. She was also a contributor to the sketch/music series The Nighttime Clap on the Fuse music network. She also appeared on Fuse's original comedy series The P.A. Schaal has appeared in two recent TV pilots written and directed by Jersey City comedian Dan McNamara -- The Calderons[8] and Redeeming Rainbow,[9] both of which were screened as official selections at the 2006 and 2007 New York Television Festivals. She was also in television commercials for Wendy's, RadioShack, and Starburst. She made an appearance, in April 2008, on the IFC sketch comedy show The Whitest Kids U' Know. She recently taped an episode of Comedy Central Presents, which aired April 3, 2009.[10] In 2010, she'll add her voice to the PBS Kids GO! series WordGirl as Victoria Best, a child prodigy whose parents taught her to be the best at everything that she does.[11]

She also stars in A. D. Miles' MyDamnChannel.com series Horrible People. In October 2008, Schaal appeared in an episode of Spicks and Specks. On June 10, 2009, Schaal broadcast her first radio show, High Five!!, on Sirius XM Radio's 'RawDog' channel with co-host Kurt Braunohler.[12] She played Gertha Teeth in the 2009 movie The Vampire's Assistant. Schaal stars in her own web series, Penelope Princess of Pets, one episode of which doubled as the video for the New Pornographers' "Mutiny, I Promise You."[13] She voiced Trixie the Triceratops in Toy Story 3 and Alice in Shrek Forever After.[14] She also guest starred on Modern Family's thirteenth episode, "Fifteen Percent."

Books

Schaal wrote a book, titled Sexy Book of Sexy Sex, with her boyfriend, Daily Show writer Rich Blomquist. It was published in July 2010 by Chronicle Books.[15] They originally intended to write the book under pseudonyms, "because I don't want anyone to imagine me doing those things,"[16] but soon realized that it would be harder to sell the book without using their own names.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Kate & Leopold Miss Tree
The Education of Max Bickford Valerie Holmes Episode: "In the Details"
Episode: "A Very Great Man"
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Valerie Holmes Episode: "The Bad Girl"
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Abby Episode: "Brotherhood"
Poster Boy Bookstore Lady #14
2005 Adam & Steve Ruth
Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker Emily Episode: "Dog Show/World Beard and Mustache Championshop"
2006 Conviction Allie Rubinoff Episode: "Madness"
The Calderons Barbara TV movie
Delirious Joelle
Ugly Betty Nancy Episode: "Pilot"
Six Degrees Gail Episode: "Pilot"
Episode: "The Puncher"
Freak Show Various (voice) 7 episodes
2007 Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents Earth's New Robot Overlord (voice)
Trixie Tangway
Episode: "Two"
Episode: "Three"
Norbit Event Organizer
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Alana Binder Episode: "30"
Human Giant Girl in Doritos Commercial Episode: "Lil 9-11"
Mad Men Nannette Episode: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
Redeeming Rainbow Nameless Drifter TV movie
Comedy: Shuffle Penelope / Princess of Pets Episode: "Jocelyn Jee Esien"
How I Met Your Mother Laura Girard Episode: "The Platinum Rule"
2007–2009 Flight of the Conchords Mel 21 episodes
2008 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Tammy Tangerine (voice) Episode: "Bible Fruit"
The Whitest Kids U'Know Homeless Woman Episode: "2.9"
Horrible People Margaret 10 episodes
2009 Xavier: Renegade Angel Frantic Spectator / Old Ryan's Wife (voice) Episode: "Going Normal"
Snake 'n' Bacon The Green Fairy TV movie
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard Stewardess Stacey
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Gertha Teeth
Comedy Showcase Tourist Episode: "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret"
2010 Modern Family Whitney Episode: "Fifteen Percent"
When in Rome Ilona
Valentine's Day Ms. Gilroy
Comedy Lab Penelope Episode: "Penelope Princess of Pets"
Shrek Forever After Pumpkin Witch / Palace Witch (voice)
Get Him to the Greek Today Show Production Assistant
Toy Story 3 Trixie (voice)
Dinner for Schmucks Susana
Going the Distance Female Bartender
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit Paula 8 episodes
WordGirl Victoria Best
Scared Shrekless Gingerbread Girl (vioce)
2011 Butter Post-production
Bob's Burgers Louise (voice) Episode: "Pilot"

References

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  1. a b John Patterson: Kristen Schaal: The toast of American comedy, The Guardian, 16. Oktober 2010. Abgerufen am 27. Oktober 2010 
  2. a b The Kooky Monster, The Age, March 13, 2008. Abgerufen am 16. Mai 2008 
  3. Charlie Todd: The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of, New York Magazine, September 26, 2005. Abgerufen am 13. April 2008 
  4. ECNY Awards
  5. Melissa Kent: Top comics grin and share the main prize, The Age, April 13, 2008. Abgerufen am 13. April 2008 
  6. Alex Strachan: Live at Gotham a Prerequisite for the Big Time, Edmonton Journal, October 17, 2009. Abgerufen am 5. November 2009 
  7. Edinburgh Festival If.comedy award shortlist announced. The List, 20. August 2008, abgerufen am 3. Oktober 2008.
  8. The Calderons at IMDb.com
  9. Redeeming Rainbow at IMDb.com
  10. COMEDY CENTRAL(R) Gets the New Year Rolling with Laughter! The 13th Season of 'COMEDY CENTRAL Presents' Premieres Friday, January 9 at 10:00 p.m.* Featuring All-New Original Comedy
  11. ToonZone.net
  12. Jamin Brophy-Warren: “Flight of the Conchords” Meets “South Park” on Satellite Radio In: The Wall Street Journal, June 10, 2009 
  13. Kristen Schaal (COMEDIAN)
  14. David Chen: Lee Unkrich Announces Kristen Schaal and Blake Clark Cast in Toy Story 3; Toy Story 3D Double Feature To Stay in Theaters. 12. Oktober 2009, abgerufen am 12. Oktober 2009.
  15. http://www.amazon.com/Sexy-Book-Sex-Kristen-Schaal/dp/0811871266
  16. Kristen Schaal: Confessions of a Disappointed Hillary Supporter. In: SuicideGirls.com. 10. Dezember 2008, abgerufen am 10. Dezember 2008..