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Kristen Carroll Wiig, usually named Kristen Wiig, has an estimated net worth of 16 million dollars. Kristen has earned her net worth as an actress, comedian, screen-writer, director and producer. Wiig is a nominee for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award which have also increased her popularity and net worth. Kristen Wiig has been active in the entertainment industry since 2003.

Kristen Carroll Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New York, Unites States. Kristen Wiig started her career as well as the accumulation of the net worth in television in 2003. She debuted in a reality show ‘The Joe Schmo Show’ created by Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese and worked there for a season. From 2005 to 2012, Kristen worked on the ‘Saturday Night Live’ show where she appeared in more than a hundred and thirty episodes.

Wiig was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards three times and won the 1st Annual Comedy Award for the Best Female Comedy Actress for her work on ‘Saturday Night Live’ thus increasing her net worth. In addition to this, Kristen appeared in the episodes of television series such as ‘I’m with Her’, ‘Flight of the Conchords’, ‘Bored to Death’, ‘Portlandia’, ‘Arrested Development’, ‘Drunk History’, ‘The Spoils of Babylon’ and others. Moreover, she voiced ‘The Cleveland Show’, ‘Ugly Americans’, ‘The Looney Tunes Show’, ‘The Simpsons’, ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ and others.

Furthermore, Kristen has been acting on the big screen since 2006 which has also added much to her net worth. She debuted on the big screen with a role of Carole Malone in a comedy film directed by Paul Feig ‘Unaccompanied Minors’ (2006). Later, she appeared in the main cast of the following films ‘The Brothers Solomon’ (2007) directed by Bob Odenkirk, ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’ (2007) co-written and co-produced and directed by Jake Kasdan, ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ (2008) directed by Nicholas Stoller, ‘Pretty Bird’ (2008) written and directed by Paul Schneider, ‘Ghost Town’ (2008) directed by David Koepp, ‘Whip It’ (2009) co-produced and directed by Drew Barrymore, ‘Extract’ (2009) written and directed by Mike Judge, ‘MacGruber’ (2010) directed by Jorma Taccone, ‘All Good Things’ (2010) directed by Andrew Jarecki and other films.

In 2011, Wiig debuted as a film writer and director in the film ‘Bridesmaids’ where she also landed the leading role. The film was very successful commercially as the box office grossed 288 million dollars and received positive reviews from critics, winning a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for the Best Comedy Film. Undoubtedly, the film increased the overall amount of Kristen Wiig net worth. Afterwards, she appeared in the films ‘Friends with Kids’ (2011) produced, written and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, ‘Revenge for Jolly!’ (2012) directed by Chadd Harbold, ‘Girl Most Likely’ (2012) directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ (2013) produced and directed by Ben Stiller, ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ (2013) directed by Adam McKay, ‘Hateship, Loveship’ (2013) directed by Liza Johnson and other.

In 2005 Kristen Wiig married Hayes Hargrove. However, the couple divorced in 2009.

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Kristen Wiig Quick Info

Kristen Wiig Quotes

• When you’re on your deathbed, you probably aren’t counting the movies you’ve made.
• Why can’t there be a lot of great women who are doing great things?
• You have to leave things that you love.
• A big part of being in a wedding is the financial obligation, and that’s something that people don’t really talk about, but if you’re asked to be in a wedding, you’re gonna have to fork over some cash.
• I just always gravitate toward the kind of characters or people that maybe you don’t want to talk to for a long time at a party, but you do like to watch what they’re doing.
• I know from my own experience and from other people in the business that when you come from a place where nobody knew who you were and then there is this sudden shift to where everybody now knows who you are, there’s an adjustment that you have to make.
• I like to write and draw and paint, and my mom’s an artist, so I think I get caught up in thinking, ‘I’m afraid it’s gonna be bad,’ and it’s hard for me to start sometimes.
• I probably lived more of a rock-star life when I was 15. I got in trouble a fair amount. I cared more about hanging out and skipping school than studying.
• I roller skated when I was younger, but when you’re on a track that’s slanted and you’re with other people all skating in a pack, it’s a whole different sport.
• I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I think just as humans we like to see that and them coming out of it. I love those kinds of movies.
• It sounds so cheesy, but there’s something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it’s really hard to lie.
• People always call me a comedian. And I don’t really see myself like that. I guess I just consider myself an actor who does comedy. But who wants to do other things as well.
• People sometimes get a little extra criticism when they try something that they don’t normally do, but I think that’s just a natural thing for artists. It’s like, ‘Okay, I did that, and now I want to try this.’
• The good thing about ‘SNL’ is that it’s the same people every week that you’re working with, and we’ve all become so close and tight because we’ve worked together so long and so closely together.
• There are so many funny women in the world, and there has been for so many years, so I’ll be happy when people can just move on from that, and things can just be ‘comedies’ and not ‘female’ or ‘male,’ and everyone gets an equal opportunity.
• I would never wear fur.
• I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I’m not too psyched about.
• I’d make a terrible surgeon. The fear of blood? Very high on my list.
• I’m a vegetarian; I eat a lot of tofu and soy.
• I’m not as much a history person as an art person, but I mean, you can read history through art.
• If I can be doing something in the arts till the day I die. I would be very, very happy.
• It’s fun for me to play people that are just kind of odd.
• It’s not like I have boxes of scripts arriving at my door.
• Maybe studios don’t want to see women acting in a way that isn’t womanly. Maybe people don’t.
• Mean comedy is not really something that I personally gravitate towards or something that I do.
• My friends back home are very supportive.
• People are always so surprised when I want to do dramatic stuff.
• The public doesn’t want to hear people complaining about having their picture taken.
• The weddings that I’ve been in have been pretty mellow.
• There’s something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.
• I feel like women are asked their age more than men.
• I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn’t have to do it.
• I just like to walk around New York, just put my iPod on and walk around.
• I just want to try and be in projects that are exciting to me.
• I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York.
• I never think if I do an impression of someone, I’m never making fun of them.
• I really, really want to go to Paris. I’ve never been.
• I think it’s an interesting thing to watch when a person is trying to keep it together and then ultimately when they do lose it a little bit.
• I wasn’t rich.
• I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts.
• When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there’s nothing more satisfying.
• With improv, it’s a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.
• I don’t know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.
• I wish I had a lot of tattoos.
• Sometimes I need to blow off steam and go dance really hard.
• Even in this day and age, if you’re not married, there are people who are like, ‘Awww! Don’t worry, it’ll happen for you someday.’
• For movies to get greenlit solely based on the success of other movies that have a lot of women in them? It’s so ridiculous to me.
• I always say I want to look haunted.
• I am shyer than most people think.
• I definitely ran with a pack of hoodlums, that’s for sure.
• I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies.
• I don’t always just want to do the same thing.
• I don’t know if you can articulate an instinct.
• I don’t rehearse a lot. I try to keep it organic. Even in movies, the less I rehearse, the better I am.
• I enjoy being characters rather than myself.
• I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you’re like, ‘What’s wrong with me?’
• If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think.
• At parties, I’ll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, ‘Forget it,’ and then start eating things.
• I love the rain. It’s my favorite weather.
• It’s a mystery to me what makes people laugh.

Kristen Wiig Important Facts

• Nicknamed “The Brown Cow” by friends for her love of chocolate.
• She is of Norwegian and Irish ancestry on her father’s side, and of English and Scottish ancestry on her mother’s side. Her surname, “Wiig”, is Norwegian.
• Alumna of the Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles.
• One of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. [2012]
• Her father ran a lake marina in western New York.
• Once waited tables in the executive dining room of Universal Studios.
• Was studying for a degree in art at the University of Arizona before turning to acting.
• Was sent to the hospital after being injured during the filming of The Joe Schmo Show (2003).
• Is a vegetarian.
• Is close friends with Paul (2011) co-stars, British comedy actors and directors Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost.
• In the 2008-2009 Saturday Night Live (1975) series, Wiig appeared in more sketches than any other member of the cast.
• One of Wiig’s most famous Saturday Night Live (1975) characters is “Penelope”, a serial one-upper and exaggerator.
• In December 2008, Wiig was featured in Entertainment Weekly’s list of 15 Great Performances for her various impersonations on Saturday Night Live (1975).
• In April 2009, Wiig was featured in Entertainment Weekly’s list of the 25 Funniest Women in Hollywood.

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