Acting
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.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
The Simpsons
1989 · TV
American Dad!
2005 · TV
Modern Family
2009 · TV
The Daily Show
1996 · TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV
Archer
2009 · TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · TV
Toy Story 5
2026 · Movie
How I Met Your Mother
2005 · TV
Bob's Burgers
2011 · TV
Conan
2010 · TV
Adventure Time
2010 · TV
Mad Men
2007 · TV
30 Rock
2006 · TV
Gravity Falls
2012 · TV
Glee
2009 · TV
BoJack Horseman
2014 · TV
What We Do in the Shadows
2019 · TV
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · TV
Toy Story 3
2010 · Movie
The Penguins of Madagascar
2008 · TV
Toy Story 4
2019 · Movie
Big Mouth
2017 · TV
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023 · TV
Ugly Betty
2006 · TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · TV
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013 · TV
And Just Like That…
2021 · TV
Bubble Guppies
2011 · TV
Comedy Bang! Bang!
2012 · TV
The Soup
2004 · TV
St. Denis Medical
2024 · TV
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000 · TV
Our Flag Means Death
2022 · TV
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · TV
Wander Over Yonder
2013 · TV
After Midnight
2024 · TV
The Last Man on Earth
2015 · TV
Despicable Me 2
2013 · Movie
Transformers: Rescue Bots
2012 · TV
To Tell the Truth
2016 · TV
Future Man
2017 · TV
Shrek Forever After
2010 · Movie
Norbit
2007 · Movie
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021 · TV
Flight of the Conchords
2007 · TV
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019 · TV
Comedy Central Presents
1998 · TV
The Mysterious Benedict Society
2021 · TV
Big Fat Quiz
2004 · TV
Wilfred
2011 · TV
Conviction
2006 · TV
Bless the Harts
2019 · TV
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
2013 · Movie
Ask the Storybots
2016 · TV
Hollywood Squares
2025 · TV
Chibiverse
2022 · TV
Comedy Lab
1998 · TV
The Muppets Mayhem
2023 · TV
Toy Story That Time Forgot
2014 · Movie
Human Giant
2007 · TV
Teenage Euthanasia
2021 · TV
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
2017 · Movie
The Whitest Kids U' Know
2007 · TV
The Muppets
2011 · Movie
Valentine's Day
2010 · Movie
My Spy The Eternal City
2024 · Movie
The Gong Show
2017 · TV
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020 · Movie
Six Degrees
2006 · TV
Hawaiian Vacation
2011 · Movie
Thelma the Unicorn
2024 · Movie
Seal Team
2021 · Movie
Kate & Leopold
2001 · Movie
My Spy
2020 · Movie
Xavier: Renegade Angel
2007 · TV
Dinner for Schmucks
2010 · Movie
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009 · Movie
Get Him to the Greek
2010 · Movie
Freak Show
2006 · TV
Aunty Donna's Big Ol House of Fun
2020 · TV
The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022 · Movie
When in Rome
2010 · Movie
The Heart, She Holler
2011 · TV
The Boss
2016 · Movie
Going the Distance
2010 · Movie
Welcome to the Jungle
2013 · Movie
Scared Shrekless
2010 · Movie
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009 · Movie
Dicktown
2020 · TV
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003 · TV
The Jeselnik Offensive
2013 · TV
Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio
2016 · TV
A Walk in the Woods
2015 · Movie
Great Minds with Dan Harmon
2016 · TV
All Nighter
2017 · Movie
Squinters
2018 · TV
The Hotwives of Orlando
2014 · TV
Butter
2012 · Movie
Boundaries
2018 · Movie
Broken Karaoke
2019 · TV
Live at Gotham
2006 · TV
Literally, Right Before Aaron
2017 · Movie
Sleepwalk with Me
2012 · Movie
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
2019 · TV
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
2010 · TV
UnMade
2019 · TV
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
2016 · Movie
Poster Boy
2004 · Movie
Delirious
2007 · Movie
Soul Quest Overdrive
2011 · TV
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
2019 · Movie
Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge
2010 · TV
Austin Found
2017 · Movie
Adam & Steve
2005 · Movie
From Other Worlds
2004 · Movie
Forky Asks a Question
2019 · TV
FOX 25th Anniversary Special
2012 · Movie
Gravity Falls: Six Strange Tales
2013 · Movie
The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008
2008 · Movie
Not Safe with Nikki Glaser
2016 · TV
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
2011 · Movie
Andy Kaufman Is Me
2025 · Movie
Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer?
2019 · Movie
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
2016 · Movie
One Crazy Summer: A Look Back at Gravity Falls
2018 · Movie
Gavin McInnes is a Fucking Asshole
2010 · Movie
Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special
2017 · Movie
Hello Kitty’s Paradise: Learn With Love
1999 · Movie
It Started As a Joke
2019 · Movie
RiffTrax Live: Night of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2013
2013 · Movie
My Butt Has a Fever
2022 · Movie
Kristen Schaal: Live at the Fillmore
2013 · Movie
Toy Story of Terror!
2013 · Movie
Snake 'n' Bacon
2009 · Movie
Cheyenne Cinnamon and the Fantabulous Unicorn of Sugar Town Candy Fudge
2010 · Movie
bobs burgers - Gene's Christmas break
2021 · Movie
Eugene Mirman: An Evening of Comedy in a Fake Underground Laboratory
2012 · Movie
bobs burgers - Dog christmas day afternoon
2024 · Movie
Bobs Burgers - Have Yourself a Maily Linda Christmas
2019 · Movie
bobs burgers - Bob rest Ye Merry Gentle-Mannequins
2012 · Movie
Flight of the Conchords: On Air
2009 · Movie
bobs burgers - The bleakening
2018 · Movie
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
2007 · Movie
bobs burgers - Christmas in the car
2016 · Movie
Bobs burgers - father of the Bob
2014 · Movie
bobs burgers - Yachty or Nice
2020 · Movie
Bobs Burgers - Its a stunterful life
2025 · Movie
bobs burgers - The last gingerbread house on the left
2017 · Movie
Bobs Burgers - Nice -Capades
2016 · Movie
The Plight Before Christmas
2022 · Movie
bobs burgers - Better off sled
2019 · Movie
bobs burgers - The nightmare 2 days before Christmas
2023 · Movie
