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Kristen Schaal

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". This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

Filmography

2026
Toy Story 5

as Trixie (voice)

Movie
2019
Toy Story 4

as Trixie (voice)

Movie
2017
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

as Edith (voice)

Movie
2013
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

as Barb (voice)

Movie
2013
Despicable Me 2

as Shannon (voice)

Movie
2011
The Muppets

as Moderator

Movie
2010
Toy Story 3

as Trixie (voice)

Movie
2010
Shrek Forever After

as Pumpkin Witch / Palace Witch (voice)

Movie
2009
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

as Gertha Teeth

Movie
2019
What We Do in the Shadows

as Floating Woman / The Guide

TV Show
2012
Gravity Falls

as Mabel Pines (voice)

TV Show
2011
Bob's Burgers

as Louise Belcher (voice)

TV Show
2010
Adventure Time

as Jake Jr (voice)

TV Show