Kristin Bauer Van Straten Bio
Kristin Bauer van Straten born Kristin Neubauer on 26 November 1966, in Racine, Wisconsin, United States, is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as vampire Pamela Swynford De Beaufort on the HBO television series True Blood, Jerry’s girlfriend Gillian on Seinfeld, and as sorceress Maleficent in the ABC series Once Upon a Time.
Kristin Bauer van StratenKristin Bauer van Straten Age
Born on 26th November, 1966, Kristin 52 years old.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Height
She is 1.75 meters tall.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Husband
She is married to Abri van Straten since. 2009.
Education
In her childhood, she played sports, rode horses, and fired shotguns. She went to The Prairie School in Racine, before going on to study fine arts at Washington University in St. Louis as well as in Boston and New York in her youth, but decided to become an actress and moved to Los Angeles, where she has been living since she began acting in 1994. She still draws and paints, commissioned portraits.
Career
She had her first regular role in a television series, in 1995, as Maggie Reynolds on The Crew. Some of her other recurring roles include Geneva Renault in Total Security, Candy Cooper in That’s Life, Rebecca Colfax in Dirty Sexy Money, and Belinda Slypich in Hidden Hills. However, her best known film role was in Dancing at the Blue Iguana in 2000. She played a porn star appearing as the featured act at a Los Angeles strip club and performed an extended nude dance. She starred in the award-winning short film Room 302, in 2001 and in 2004 she had a minor role in the film 50 First Dates, which starred Adam Sandler.
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Kristin Bauer Van Straten Mera | Kristin Bauer Van Straten Justice League
She supplied the voice of the superhero Mera, in the animated series Justice League.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Seinfeld
Van Straten also made a number of guest appearances in several television shows, including LA Law, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Dark Angel, Two and a Half Men, Star Trek: Enterprise, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Desperate Housewives, and George Lopez. She made an appearance in a Seinfeld episode; The Bizarro Jerry as Gillian, Jerry’s girlfriend with “man hands”.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten True Blood
van Straten played the vampire Pamela Swynford De Beaufort on the HBO fantasy drama series True Blood, from 2008 to its conclusion in 2014 . TV Guide confirmed on December 8, 2009, that she had been promoted from recurring status to a series regular.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Maleficent
van Straten was cast in the fantasy television series Once Upon a Time in 2011, as the evil fairy Maleficent, the wicked fairy godmother, using the name from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, the rival of the Evil Queen of Snow White.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Desperate Housewives
She was cast in the series Desperate Housewives in 2006, as of Veronica.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten 50 First Dates
She was cast as Kristin Bauer a Female Firefighter in the film 50 First Dates in 2004.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Romy And Michele
She was cast in the film Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion in 1997, as Kelly.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Star Trek
In 1993, she was cast in the series Star Trek Deep Space Nine as Blond Girl.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Movies
Year |
Title |
Role |
1995 |
Galaxis |
Commander |
Glory Daze |
Dina |
|
1997 |
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion |
Kelly |
1998 |
My Little Havana |
Carmen |
2000 |
Dancing at the Blue Iguana |
Nico |
2001 |
Hollywood Palms |
Kathleen |
Room 302 |
Karen |
|
2004 |
50 First Dates |
Female Firefighter |
Living with Lou |
Jean |
|
2005 |
Life of the Party |
Caroline |
2011 |
Subject: I Love You |
Sarah Drake |
2012 |
Gotten |
Mother |
The Story of Luke |
Cindy |
|
2014 |
Teen Lust |
Mary |
2016 |
Nocturnal Animals |
Samantha Van Helsing |
2018 |
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay |
Crystal Frost/Killer Frost |
Happy Anniversary |
Willa |
Kristin Bauer Van Straten Tattoo
Kristin has a large orchid tattoo stretching from her right upper arm onto her back. She told Tattoo magazine that she ended up with the floral design because she wanted “something light, feminine, and timeless.”
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