What is Kristen Bell’s net worth and salary?
Kristen Bell is an American actress, dancer, singer, and film producer who has a net worth of $40 million (a combined net worth with her husband since 2013, actor/podcaster Dax Shepard). Kristen Bell is one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood and has amassed an impressive list of credits throughout her career. Although she got her start on the Broadway stage, Kristen Bell is best known today for her roles in a variety of films and television shows.
Youth
Kristen Anne Bell was born on July 18, 1980 in a suburb of Detroit. Her family was somewhat involved in the entertainment industry as her father worked as a television news director in Las Vegas. Her mother was a nurse. When Bell was just two years old, her parents separated. Because both parents remarried, she has a number of half-siblings.
Bell attended a private school instead of a public high school and graduated from Shrine Catholic School in 1998. Kristen Bell fell in love with theater and acting during her time at this private school and participated in a number of its theater productions. – assuming the main role. Her passion for theater led her to New York after graduation, where she attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and majored in musical theater.
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Career
Kristen Bell never had the chance to graduate from New York University because she was given the chance of a lifetime in her senior year. She was cast in the Broadway production The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , and the actor started with lightning. She’s been auditioning since she was 13, but her Broadway role seems to have launched her career. Soon after, she won a role in the film Pootie Tang . After appearing in a Broadway production, she moved to Los Angeles and landed a number of guest roles on various television shows. Although Kristen Bell was booking, she had trouble finding a recurring role early in her career.
Kristen Bell gained widespread fame after appearing in the film Spartan alongside Val Kilmer, playing the president’s kidnapped daughter. That year proved to be a major turning point in Bell’s career, as she finally booked the recurring role she had been seeking when she released Veronica Mars in 2004. Critics were quick to praise Bell’s performance, and she soon booked more film roles as a result of her increased fame.
Although Veronica Mars was eventually cancelled, Kristen Bell was able to transition to other roles quite easily – both on TV and in film. Her first major role in Veronica Mars It was in Heroes , a series he has expressed admiration for in the past. She also won a role as narrator for gossip girl , finally appearing in person during the final episode. During this period, he also acted in films Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Fanboys .
She also became involved in the video game industry, voice acting and motion capture for various games in the series Assassin’s Creed . She again earned voice acting credit when she worked on Astro Boy . Additional roles during this time include those of Scream 4 and Burlesque. In 2013, she landed what was possibly her biggest voice acting role ever in the hit film Frozen .
Voice acting roles continued to come Bell’s way, and she also played Sloth in the animated film Zootopia . Other voice roles include those in Ralph Breaks the Internet and Frozen II . Although voice seems to have become a focus for Bell in the later stages of her career, she continues to take on traditional acting roles as well. The fourth season of Veronica Mars was greenlit in 2018, with Kristen Bell once again playing the title role. She also appeared in the comedy Chips.
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Personal life
Although she was in a relationship with Kevin Mann since 2002, Kristen Bell put those relationships on hold. The couple had been engaged for several years before the split. That same year, Kristen Bell began a romantic relationship with Dax Shepard, a fellow actor who was also from the Detroit area. The couple went on to star alongside each other in a number of films including CHiPs, When In Rome and Hit and Run . Although they got engaged in 2010, it wasn’t until 2013 that they finally tied the knot. The couple has two daughters together.
Kristen Bell is a dedicated vegan and was previously a vegetarian since the age of 11. She and her husband both went vegan after watching a documentary, and Bell is very active in the animal rights community. She has a number of pets and supports a number of animal welfare organizations.
Business business
In addition to acting, Kristen Bell has also been involved in a number of entrepreneurial projects. In keeping with the vegan lifestyle, she and her husband created a line of plant-based baby care products called Hello Bello. These products are affordable yet eco-friendly and are sold at all Walmart locations open in 2019.
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are also employed in the real estate industry and own at least two residential blocks in Los Angeles. The couple made headlines during the 2020 coronavirus crisis after they publicly refused to accept rent checks in April, offering tenants a period of financial help during tough economic times.
