Kristen Schaal
Biography
Kristen Joy Schaal (/ʃɑːl/; born January 24, 1978) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her voice roles as Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers and Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls, as well as for playing Mel on Flight of the Conchords, Hurshe Heartshe on The Heart, She Holler and Carol Pilbasian on The Last Man on Earth. She provides several voices for BoJack Horseman, most notably for the character of Sarah Lynn, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Other roles include Amanda Simmons on The Hotwives of Orlando, Hazel Wassername on 30 Rock, Victoria Best on WordGirl, Trixie in the Toy Story franchise, and Anne on Wilfred. She was an occasional commentator on The Daily Show from 2008 to 2016. She voiced Sayrna in the 2019 EA video game, Anthem. Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, to a Lutheran family of Dutch ancestry. She was raised on her family's cattle ranch, in a rural area near Boulder, Colorado. Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a secretary.
Schaal attended Skyline High School where she graduated in 1996. She has a brother, David, who is three years older. She graduated from Northwestern University and then moved to New York in 2000 to pursue a comedy career. In 2005, she had her first break when she was included in the New York article "The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You've Never Heard Of".
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Known For
Acting

2010
asPumpkin Witch / Palace Witch (voice)

2021
asBeth (voice)

2001
asMiss Tree

2009
asGertha Teeth

2024
asBobbi

2010
asIlona (Waitress)

2010
asFemale Bartender

2010
asSusana

2005
asRuth

2010
asSugar (voice)

2012
asLouise Belcher (voice) (uncredited)

2012
asCynthia

2013
asShannon (voice)

2011
asTrixie (voice)

2012
asCarol-Ann Stevenson

2010
asEmily (voice)

2013
asBarb (voice)

2004
asInformation Librarian

2013
asHerself

2012
asHerself

2013
asBrenda

2013
asTrixie (Voice)

2010
asSelf (archive footage)

2015
asMary Ellen

2011
asHerself

2009
asSelf

2004
asBookstore Lady

2017
asNancy

2014
asTrixie (voice)

2011
asModerator

2010
asTrixie (voice)

2007
asJoelle

2017
asRoberta

2015
asSelf

2024
asGoat Girl (voice)

2016
asGloria

2016
asScout Leader Sandy

2015
asKelly

2017
asEdith (voice)

1999
as
2018
asJoJo Jaconi

2017
asTalula

2010
asToday Show Production Assistant

2007
as
2018
asSelf

2019
asTrixie (voice)

2019
asSelf

2020
asBobbi

2017
asSelf

2020
asKelly

2009
asStewardess Stacey

2022
asLouise Belcher (voice)

2019
asTrixie (voice)

2019
asTrixie (voice)

2007
asEvent Organizer

2011
asSelf

2013
asHerself

2010
asMs. Gilroy

2013
asMabel Pines (voice) (archive footage)

2022
asLouise Belcher (voice)

2008
as
asLouise Belcher (voice)
asLaura
as
asWhitney
asGirl (voice)
asDishwasher
asAbby
asMel
asKristen Schaal (voice)
asGirl in Doritos Commercial
asPenelope
asStacey (voice)
asTaffy (voice)
asSelf
asTiffy (voice)
asSelf
asEmily
asLouise Belcher (voice)
asMabel Pines (voice)
asAnne
asHurshe
asVarious
asFloating Woman / The Guide
asAmanda Simmons
asCarol Pilbasian
asGina Guppies
asJenny Henderson
asBernie Sanders (voice)
asLibrarian (voice)
asSelf
asHerself
as(voice)
as
as
as
asSarah Lynn (voice)
asSelf
asKendra
asNannette
asAntoinette
asThe Bunnies (voice)
asSelf - Contestant
asSelf
asChickadee (voice)
asSelf - Judge
asSelf
asHerself
asMavis (voice)
asScrew
asTammy (voice)
asAmelia Earhart
as(voice)
asTina
asSelf
asSelf
asMary Halloran
asSarah Lynn / Harper / Tori Spelling Fan (voice)
asSabrina (voice)
asSarah Lynn / Sabrina (voice)
asAllie Rubinoff
asNancy
asAlana Binder
asJake Jr (voice)
asJack Jr (voice)
asHazel Wassername
asNumber Two
asGail
asSelf
asSelf
asAgnes the Dragon (voice)
asSelf - Panelist
asSelf - Contestant
asSelf
asSelf
asDishwasher (voice)
asPaula
Production

2013
asCrew
Directing