Kristen Wiig Biography
Initially known as one of the cast members of Saturday_Night_Live (she joined in 2005), comedian Kristen Wiig cemented her reputation as a schtickmeister with hilarious and memorable SNL characterizations of such personalities as Drew_Barrymore, Katharine_Hepburn, and Megan_Mullally, and performed a particularly memorable recurring bit on that program as an overanxious Target employee. Like Will_Forte, Will_Ferrell, and others, Wiig arrived on SNL as an alumnus of The Groundlings, Los Angeles' legendary comedic ensemble. Wiig broke through to feature-film acclaim in 2007, with supporting roles in the comedies Bill, Knocked_Up, and The_Brothers_Solomon. Brothers, a picture co-starring a number of Wiig's fellow SNL cast mates including Maya_Rudolph and Will_Arnett, told the story of two socially backward loser brothers seeking a woman to have their baby. In 2007, Wiig also showed up in the music-biopic spoof Walk_Hard:_The_Dewey_Cox_Story, playing the rock star's first wife.
She continued to work steadily in films even as she became one of the most celebrated SNL performers in that show's rich history, becoming one of the few performers to get nominated for an acting Emmy for her work on the program. Big-screen credits like Whip It, MacGruber, and Date Night, eventually led to her starring role in Bridesmaids, the R-rated comedy that not only became a box-office smash, but garnered Wiig an Oscar nomination as well as a WGA nod for Best Original Screenplay. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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