Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig is best known for her work on Saturday Night Live, on which she appeared from 2005 to 2012. Her seven years on SNL earned her three consecutive Primetime Emmy® Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series. Among the standout SNL characters of her tenure were: "Gilly," "the Target Lady" and "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi." Wiig made her film debut with Katherine Heigl in Knocked Up, co-starred with Will Forte and Ryan Phillippe in MacGruber, and starred with SNL alum Maya Rudolph in Bridesmaids, which she wrote and co-produced. Among her other film credits are Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Semi-Pro, Adventureland, and Date Night. She was recently named one of PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarians along with fellow actors like Russell Brand.

More about the actress at the official Kristen Wiig site. More about the show at the official Saturday Night Live site.