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Kristen Johnston
Kristen Johnston
Born	September 20, 1967 (age 39) Washington, D.C., United States
Notable roles	"Sally Solomon" in 3rd Rock from the Sun
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series, 3rd Rock from the Sun, 1997 Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series, 3rd Rock from the Sun, 1999

Kristen Johnston, born September 20, 1967, in Washington, D.C., United States, is an Emmy Award winning American stage, film, and television actress.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Fame 1.2 Adolescence 1.3 Career 1.4 Emmy Award Nomination 2 Filmography 3 Selected Stage Roles 4 See also 5 External links

She may be most famous for her Emmy Award winning role in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also starred as Wilma Flintstone in the sequel to the live-action movie adaptation of The Flintstones animated series. Johnston is also known for her tall 6 ft (1.83 m) frame and relatively deep voice for an actress. In the autumn of 2005, Johnston joined the regular cast of NBC's ER.

Johnston was raised mostly in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she graduated from Whitefish Bay High School, although she spent some of her teen years as an exchange student in Sweden and in South America. She earned a B.F.A. degree in drama at New York University.

Johnston made her professional stage debut with New York's Atlantic Theater Company, which was founded by playwright David Mamet. During her association with that company she appeared in such productions as As You Like It, Girl's Talk, Stage Door, Author's Voice, Portrait of a Woman, and Rosemary for Remembrance.

In addition, she performed with the Naked Angels Theatre Company in The Stand-In and Hot Keys, and with New York Stage and Film in Kim's Sister, with David Strathairn and Jane Adams.

For her performance in The Lights at Lincoln Center Theatre, Johnston was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Best Supporting Actress. The show brought her to the attention of a Carsey-Werner television executive. After numerous auditions in 1996 for the TV series 3rd Rock from the Sun, she won the role of "Sally Solomon", the alien lieutenant and security officer posing as a sexy, female human in Ohio. She appeared in the series from 1996 through 2001 along with John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Johnston made her feature film debut in The Debt, winner of Best Short at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1995, she played Kate in Backfire. Other television credits include guest-starring roles on the series Chicago Hope, Hearts Afire, and The Five Mrs. Buchanans. She was also the narrator in Microscopic Milton on the Disney Channel. Her significant roles in commercially successful movies included Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me in 1999 and Austin Powers in Goldmember in 2002.

In 1998, she was a spokesmodel for the Clairol company as well as appearing on the Bad Religion's No Substance album cover.

For successful Emmy Awards, see the Infobox.

An unsuccessful nomination was :

• 1998 - Outstanding Supporting Actress - 3rd Rock from the Sun

• Music and Lyrics (2007)
• Strangers with Candy (2005)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
• Stage On Screen: The Women (2002) (TV)
• The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
• Nobody Knows Anything (1998)
• Microscopic Milton (1997) (TV)
• London Suite (1996) (TV)
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996-2001) (TV)
• Backfire! (1995)
• The Debt (1993)
• Amazonia (1992)
• The Orkly Kid (1985)

• Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare in the Park
• Aunt Dan and Lemon (2004)
• The Women (2002)
• The Lights (1993)

• List of famous tall women (Kristin, at only 6' tall, is too short to be on the list.)

• Kristen Johnston at the Internet Movie Database
• 2006 Interview with Kristen Johnston on Theatre.com