Cast & creator
Kristen Johnston
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Late Show with David Letterman, Modern Family
Kristen Johnston studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City. She won two Emmys for her role on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996). She has appeared on many other television shows, including Ugly Betty (2006), ER (1994), Bored to Death (2009) and, perhaps most memorably, as the party girl whose famous final words were "I'm so bored I could die" on Sex and the City (1998). She's currently, on television, on TV Land's hit series, The Exes (2011), which is now in its fourth season. Just a few of Johnston's many stage credits are "So Help Me God!" (Drama desk nomination), "The Women", "Aunt Dan & Lemon", "Love Song" on the West End, as well as starring in three "Shakespeare in Central Park" productions, "Much Ado About Nothing", "12th Night", and "The Skin of our Teeth". She is a long-time member of The Atlantic Theater Company, and her roles over the years have included "The Lights" (Drama Desk Nomination) and "Scarcity". Kristen's film credits include Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), the 2nd Austin Powers film (as "Ivana Humpalot"), Finding Bliss (2009), Bad Parents (2012), Bride Wars (2009), L!fe Happens (2011), Vamps (2012), Strangers with Candy (2005), and the upcoming independent film, Lovesick (2014), with Matt LeBlanc. Johnston teaches acting at The Atlantic Theater Company's Acting School at NYU. She founded an organization called SLAM, whose goal is the creation of a desperately needed sober high school in New York City. Johnston's first book was a New York Times Bestselling memoir, entitled "GUTS: the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster".
Also known as: Kristen Angela Johnston
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1985–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (63)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Modern Family
Brenda
2009
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Chicago Hope
Wendy Smythe
1994
ER
Eve Peyton
1994
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Mom
Tammy Diffendor
2013
Sex and the City
Lexi Featherston
1998
3rd Rock from the Sun
Sally Solomon
1996
The Larry Sanders Show
Kristen Johnston
1992
Ugly Betty
Helen
2006
Duckman
Kathie Lee (voice)
1994
Amphibia
Braddock (voice)
2019
The Righteous Gemstones
May-May Montgomery
2019
The New Adventures of Old Christine
Francie
2006
Ice Age
Sylvia (voice) (uncredited)
2002
The Exes
Holly Franklin
2011
Our Flag Means Death
The Widow Evelyn Higgins
2022
Hearts Afire
Margot
1992
Getting On
Marla Pounder
2013
Billy on the Street
Self
2011
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Ivana Humpalot
1999
Bride Wars
Deb
2009
Leanne
Carol
2025
Going Dutch
General Martin
2025
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Dancer
2002
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
1994RuPaul Drives...
Self - Guest
2013
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Wilma Slaghoople
2000
The Mayor
Chief Fox
2017
Music and Lyrics
Rhonda
2007
Kirstie
Maddie
2013
Queens Supreme
2003
The Wedding Year
Barbara
2019
London Suite
Grace Chapman
1996
Vamps
Mrs. Van Helsing
2012
Maddie's Secret
Beverlee Ralph
2026
The Roseanne Show
1998AbFab
Patsy
Strangers with Candy
Coach Divers
2006
L!fe Happens
Francesca
2011
Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate
Roksana
2018
The Little Pageant That Could
Self (archive footage)
2024
Not Today, Bianca
Bianca's agent
2016
Swiped
Professor Barnes
2018
Lovesick
Katherine
2014
Beaver Trilogy
2000
Backfire!
Kate
1995
Finding Bliss
Irene Fox
2009
Thrill Ride
Esmerelda
2017
Colin Fitz
Stalker Fan
1997
Nobody Knows Anything!
Miranda
2004
For the Love of George
Psychic Sara
2018
Small Town Wisconsin
Alicia
2020
The Women
Sylvia Fowler
2002
Bad Parents
Tracy
2012
The Orkly Kid
1985
Duane Incarnate
Fran
2008
The Debt
Alice Kosnick
1993