Kristen Joy Schaal (born January 24, 1978 in Longmont, Colorado) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and voice artist.
While she's probably best known as Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls and Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers, Schaal has had roles in projects as diverse as Flight of the Conchords, Shrek Forever After, Get Him to the Greek, Toy Story 3, Despicable Me 2, 30 Rock, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, and BoJack Horseman. She was also a contributor on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and a writer/consultant for South Park. She stars opposite Will Forte in The Last Man on Earth. She even got to play God in an episode of Axe Cop.
Her physical appearance, mostly Cloudcuckoolander type persona and high-pitched voice make her the 21st century counterpart to George Burns' zany comedy partner and wife Gracie Allen. The comparison even carries over to Gravity Falls, where her character acted as the comic foil to Jason Ritter's straight man character, much like Allen was foil to Burns' straight man during their old double acts.
Schaal is also known for the web series Penelope Princess of Pets, in which she stars and co-writes with frequent collaborator Kurt Braunohler. A backdoor pilot for a Penelope TV series aired on the British anthology show Comedy Lab, and Schaal and Braunohler also appeared as their Penelope characters in the video for The New Pornographers' "Muitiny, I Promise You
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She married writer-producer Rich Blomquist in 2012, and they have one daughter together.
No relation to fellow voice actor Wendy Schaal (American Dad!).
Filmography on TV Tropes:
- Kate & Leopold (2001) as Miss Tree
- Norbit (2007) as Event Organizer
- The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) as Stewardess Stacey
- When in Rome (2010) as Ilona
- Valentine's Day (2010) as Ms. Gilroy
- Get Him to the Greek (2010) as Production Assistant
- Dinner for Schmucks (2010) as Susana
- Going the Distance (2010) as Female Bartender
- Butter (2011) as Carol-Ann Stevenson
- The Muppets (2011) as Moderator
- Sleepwalk With Me (2012) as Cynthia
- Welcome to the Jungle (2013) as Brenda
- The Boss (2016) as Sandy Haim
- My Spy (2020) as Bobbi
- Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) as Kelly
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode, 2004) as Abby
- Cheap Seats (1 episode, 2005) as Emily
- Conviction (1 episode, 2006) as Allie Rubinoff
- Ugly Betty (1 episode, 2006) as Nancy
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 episode, 2007) as Alana Binder
- Human Giant (1 episode, 2007) as Girl in Doritos Commercial
- Mad Men (1 episode, 2007) as Nannette
- How I Met Your Mother (1 episode, 2007) as Laura Girard
- Flight of the Conchords (2007–09) as Mel
- The Whitest Kids U' Know (1 episode, 2008) as Homeless Woman
- The Daily Show (2008–16) as Herself
- Modern Family (1 episode, 2010) as Whitney
- The Heart, She Holler (6 episodes, 2011–14) as Hershe Heartshe
- 30 Rock (11 episodes, 2012–13) as Hazel Wassername
- Wilfred (4 episodes, 2013) as Anne
- Comedy Bang! Bang! (2 episodes, 2013–16) as Hersef / Gina Guppies
- NTSF:SD:SUV:: (1 episode, 2013) as Deborah
- Glee (1 episode, 2014) as Mary Halloran
- The Last Man on Earth (2015–18) as Carol Pilbasian
- Great Minds with Dan Harmon (1 episode, 2016) as Amelia Earhart
- Ask the StoryBots as Biologist
- Future Man (1 episode, 2019) as Screw
- Corporate (1 episode, 2019) as Sheena
- What We Do in the Shadows (2019) (8 episodes, 2019–21) as The Guide
- The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021–2022) as Number Two
- Our Flag Means Death (2 episodes, 2022) as Antoinette
- The Muppets Mayhem (1 episode, 2023) as Jenny
- Freak Show (7 episodes, 2006) as various voices
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force (1 episode, 2008) as Tammy Tangerine
- Xavier: Renegade Angel (1 episode, 2009) as various voices
- Shrek Forever After (2010) as Pumpkin / Palace Witches
- Toy Story 3 (2010) as Trixie
- Toy Story 3: The Video Game (2010)
- Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
- Toy Story of Terror (2013)
- Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014)
- Forky Asks a Question (2 episodes, 2018)
- Toy Story 4 (2019)
- Scared Shrekless (2010) as Sugar the Gingerbread Girl
- WordGirl (5 episodes, 2010–15) as Victoria Best
- The Penguins of Madagascar (1 episode, 2011) as Muffy / Buffy / Fluffy
- Soul Quest Overdrive (5 episodes, 2011) as Tammy
- American Dad! (2 episodes, 2011–12) as Librarian / Girl
- The Simpsons (1 episode, 2011) as Taffy
- Bob's Burgers (2011–present) as Louise Belcher
- The Simpsons (1 episode, 2018)
- The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)
- Adventure Time (4 episodes, 2012–14) as Jake Jr.
- Gravity Falls (2012–16) as Mabel Pines
- Archer (2 episodes, 2013) as Tiffy
- Despicable Me 2 (2013) as Shannon
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) as Barb
- BoJack Horseman (14 episodes, 2014–20) as Sarah Lynn / various voices
- Axe Cop (1 episode, 2015) as God
- Wander over Yonder (1 episode, 2016) as Mavis
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) as Edith
- Transformers: Rescue Bots (1 episode, 2017) as Chickadee
- Anthem (2019) as Sayrna
- Amphibia (1 episode, 2020) as Bella the Bellhop
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (1 episode, 2020) as Herself
- Bless the Harts (1 episode, 2020) as Stacey
- Seal Team (2021) as Beth
- Teenage Euthanasia (1 episode, 2021) as Norma the Crotch Beetle
- Big Mouth (1 episode, 2021) as Bernadette "Bernie" Saunders
- Bubble Guppies (1 episode, 2021) as Agnus
- Haunt The Johnsons (2021) as Shannon Marie
- The Sandman (2020) (2022) as Delirium
