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Kristen Connolly
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Overview
Born
July 12
,
1980
·
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Birth name
Kristen Nora Connolly
Height
1.70 m
Mini Bio
Kristen Nora Connolly is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Dana in the 2011 film The Cabin in the Woods, Christina Gallagher on the Netflix series House of Cards and Jamie Campbell on the CBS series Zoo. Connolly began her career with recurring roles on several CollegeHumor digital shorts. She appeared as an extra on the films Mona Lisa Smile, Meet Dave, and The Happening. She has also appeared on two CBS daytime soap operas with recurring roles on Guiding Light and As the World Turns.
She first gained mainstream recognition in 2012, after starring as the main protagonist Dana in the Joss Whedon/Drew Goddard film The Cabin in the Woods. She also starred in the horror film The Bay. In 2013, she had a starring role as Christina Gallagher on the Netflix series House of Cards alongside Kevin Spacey. On September 1, 2014 the A&E Houdini miniseries premiered with 3.7 million viewers, Connolly plays Bess Houdini with Academy Award-winning Adrien Brody playing Harry Houdini. Connolly also portrayed Jamie, a passionate journalist in the CBS drama-thriller series Zoo and co-starred as Lena in the drama series The Whispers. In 2014 she portrayed Petra Anderson in the drama thriller film A Good Marriage, based on Stephen King's short story of the same name.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
Family
Spouse
Stephen O'Reilly
(? - present) (1 child)
Parents
Melinda
Relatives
Will Connolly
(Sibling)
Trivia
Attended middle school with actor
Zach Braff
, singer/rapper
Lauryn Hill
and
Extra (1994)
correspondent
A.J. Calloway
.
Older sister of
Will Connolly
.
Studied drama at Middlebury College in Vermont and the Yale School of Drama.
Has a son, Stephen (b. July 2018), with her husband Stephen O'Reilly.
Plays "iGirl" in the popular Internet series "iChannel".
Quotes
A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.
Everyone has dated or been with a person who is obsessed with their work, and it's immensely frustrating.
I went to Yale's drama school for theater, so we did tons of Shakespeare; then, I got out of school and said, 'OK, it will be Shakespeare,' and it was like, 'Or, it will be commercials and soaps.'
Hair and make-up people don't get enough credit for what they do. It's not just making people look good. It's really creating the character.
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