Kristen Johnston

Kristen Johnston: Biography in Details

Who is Kristen Johnston?

Kristen Johnston is an American actress who has won two Emmy awards for her portrayal of Sally Solomon in the NBC sitcom ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’.

Likely, she has a recurring role in the television sitcom Mom.

Kristen Johnston: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

Kristen Johnston was born on September 20, 1967, in Washington, D.C., the United States.

Her birth name is Kristen Angela Johnston. Her father’s name is Rod Johnston, but her mother’s name is unknown.

There is no information about her siblings. Kristen Johnston holds American citizenship and her ethnicity is Mixed(Swedish and English). Her birth sign is Virgo.

Education

Talking about Kristen’s educational history, Kristen Johnston attended St. Eugene’s Catholic Grade School and Whitefish Bay High School.

Disease

In November 2013, she was diagnosed with lupus myelitis – a neurological disorder linked with inflammation of the spinal cord.

The very rare autoimmune disorder required Johnston months of medication and hospitalization to recover from it.

Kristen Johnston: Professional Life, Career

Talking about her profession, Kristen Johnston started off as a theatre actress and worked with the Atlantic Theatre Company.

Kristen Johnston acted in plays like ‘As You Like It’ and ‘Stage Door. She also performed in numerous other plays for different production companies.

Some of her notable works include ‘The Stand-in’, ‘Hot Keys’, and ‘Kim’s Sister’.

Her performance in the production of ‘The Lights’ was noticed by a casting agent who suggested her name for the role of Sally Solomon in the sitcom ‘3rd Rock from the Sun’.

In the year 1993, Johnston acted in a short movie titled ‘The Debt’. The movie was a winner at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival in the short film category.

In the following years, Kristen Johnston starred in movies like ‘Backfire!’ (1995) and ‘Thrill Ride’ (2016).

Her other notable films include the 1999 spy comedy ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’, the 2007 romantic-comedy ‘Music and Lyrics’, and the 2009 rom-com ‘Bride Wars’.

In 2014, she appeared in the Matt LeBlanc-starrer movie ‘Lovesick’. Johnston is also a voice-over artist and has lent her voice to the 2002 animated movie ‘Ice Age’.

Apart from movies, she has appeared in several sitcoms like ‘Ugly Betty’ (2009 -2010) and ‘The Exes’ (2011-2015).

Kristen Johnston had a guest appearance in the ‘Splat!’ episode (2004) of ‘Sex and the City.

As of 2018, she is essaying the recurring character of Tammy on the sitcom ‘Mom’.

Likewise, Johnston also teaches drama at the acting school owned by The Atlantic Theatre Company.

Her most acclaimed plays in recent times include ‘Love Song’, wherein she plays the character of Joan; a professional woman who has no tolerance for incompetence.

Moreover, Kristen Johnston played ‘The Lights’, and then again in 2009 for playing Lily Darnley in the production of ‘So Help Me God.

Awards, Nomination

Kristen Johnston won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) at Primetime Emmy Awards, she won Outstanding Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy or Musical for The Exes (2011) at Gracie Allen Awards in 2015.

Kristen Johnston: Net Worth, Salary

This actress has an estimated net worth of around $14 million as of 2022.

And Kristen Johnston has earned that sum of money from her professional career.

Kristen Johnston: Rumors, Controversy

There was a rumour that, Kristen Johnston’s pregnancy. Johnston spoke openly about her past struggles with drug and alcohol addiction and its aftermath.

In the same year, she published her memoir ‘Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster.’

The book chronicled her journey from a teenager addicted to drugs to coming close to death and then turning her life around through sheer determination.

Johnston was addicted to Vicodin, a prescribed painkiller, and alcohol.

Kristen Johnston has confessed that at the height of her addiction, she consumed at least two bottles of wine per day.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Kristen Johnston has a height of 6 feet and she weighs is 72Kg.

Additionally, she has a measurement of 36-25-34 inches and her bra size is 36B.

Kristen Johnston’s hair color is blonde and her eye color is green.

Furthermore, her dress size is 10 (US) and her shoe size is 11 (US).

Social Media

Kristen Johnston is active on Twitter and Instagram rather than on Facebook.

She has around 288.2K followers on Twitter and more than 30k followers on Instagram.

Hence, she doesn’t have an official page on Facebook.

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