Krysten Alyce Ritter (born December 16, 1981)[1] is an American celebrity, musician, and former model. Ritter is famous for her characters as Jane Margolis about the AMC drama show Breaking Bad and Chloe about the ABC comedy show Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23. She’s appeared in movies such as What Happens in Vegas (2008), 27 Dresses (2008), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), and She Is Out of My League (2010). The show had not been picked up from the network for the 2009–10 season. Ritter co-starred as Jane Margolis about the next season of AMC’s drama show Breaking Bad, and starred in the movie How to Make Love to a Woman (2009), according to a bestselling novel by adult film star Jenna Jameson. She also costarred with Jason Behr in the independent film The Last International Playboy (2009), as Ozzy, a drug addict. The Starz comedy drama centers on an organization of outpatient suicide survivors. She starred opposite Ben Barnes in the 2011 comedy film Killing Bono as the supervisor of an Irish group. Directed by Nick Hamm, the movie is founded on Killing Bono: I Was Bono’s Doppleganger, a novel concerning the first days of the Irish rock band U2. Starting in January 2010, the movie ‘s shoot survived for six weeks and went from Belfast to London before returning to Belfast. Ritter starred alongside Alicia Silverstone in the comedy horror movie Vamps, composed and directed by Amy Heckerling. She plays a Nyc socialite turned right into a vampire with a vampire queen (Sigourney Weaver). The movie started shooting in Detroit, Michigan in August 2010 and premiered on November 2, 2012. She also stars in the 2011 separate comedy film Life Happens, with Kate Bosworth and Rachel Bilson. Co-composed by Ritter with director Kat Coiro, the movie is all about two best friends coping with all the pregnancy and following motherhood of Ritter’s character. The movie started production in La in October 2010. The show was canceled on January 22, 2013 after two seasons. On February 15, 2013, it had been reported that Ritter would star as Nora in the NBC comedy pilot Support, based on Leslye Headland’s play of exactly the same name. Nevertheless, it had been affirmed in January 2014 the aviator wouldn’t be picked up to show. On July 9, 2013, it had been declared that Ritter will star in Jake Hoffman’s directorial debut, Asthma, which centers on the indie rock scene in NYC. It had been declared on February 20, 2014 that Ritter will star on NBC’s astronaut-themed comedy aviator Mission Control as aerospace engineer Dr. Mary Kendricks.
Actor, Model, Musician, Guitarist, Voice Actor, Singer-songwriter, Television producer
Nationality
United States of America
Parents
Kathi Taylor, Garry Ritter
Nicknames
Krysten Alyce Ritter
Awards
Glamour Award for International TV Actress
Nominations
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Villain
Movies
Confessions of a Shopaholic, Big Eyes, L!fe Happens, She's Out of My League, Search Party, Vamps, Veronica Mars, Listen Up Philip, 27 Dresses, What Happens in Vegas, The Last International Playboy, Killing Bono, How to Make Love to a Woman, Mona Lisa Smile, BuzzKill, Asthma, Garmento, Heavy Petting,...
TV Shows
Breaking Bad, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Gravity, Woke Up Dead, Veronica Mars, Jessica Jones, The Blacklist, The Defenders, Mission Control, Lily
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Trademark
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Long black hair
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Full lips
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Often plays characters with questionable morality
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Quote
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I've never been a fearful person. When I was growing up, I wanted to be an actress, a writer, and a musician and I never really processed that those are the three hardest jobs - I just never even processed it.
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On the farm, I had chores. I had a calf. We had a herd of cattle in the pasture. We'd go and get me a calf at a cow auction with Amish people, which I would raise. I gave it a bottle every day, in this cute little coop, like a giant dog coop almost. I've always been a big animal person.
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When I go home to Pennsylvania, my cousins who live in small towns and are twenty-three with kids are like 'Krysten, when are you getting married?' 'When are you having a kid?' Honestly, those aren't the most important things to me right now.
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When I was 15, I was scouted at the mall by Elite Model Management. I started to go to New York on the bus in high school, which was about four hours door-to-door from my hometown, until I moved to New York and lived in models' apartments all over.
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I've always lived out of a suitcase. I was in a new city every three months. When I was a model, I traveled the world, and as an actor you're traveling from movie set to movie set. So I've never been in one place long enough for anything super-bad to happen.
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I don't normally do shoots in bikinis - I'm just not that kind of girl. But for 'Maxim' I was like, 'Bring it on!' I wanted to wear the higher heels and the skimpier bathing suit. I figured I'd go for it!
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I have a new little stray dog that I've had for about a month now. His name is Mikey Mohawk - he's this little terrier with a natural Mohawk. My friend found him hit by a car on Pico Boulevard.
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I used Vamps as a casting couch! I pretty much did, because I was casting 'L!fe Happens' while I was on the set of Vamps, and anybody I had ever worked with, I asked to be in this movie.
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I'm having a great time. I get to travel and see the world. And yeah, I'll have a family, because I don't want to miss out on that amazing experience, but it's not defining who I am.
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I was always loud and obnoxious and giggly and funny.
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I'm a weirdo. I don't leave the house unless I have to.
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I'm the only person in the entire world who has never seen 'Dawson's Creek.'
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I've watched 'Clueless' as many times as humanly possible. Like, I would run home from school to watch it. Like, I can quote it backwards.
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My parents actually wanted me to join the service.
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I'm currently single, so I want to have fun! As for what guys need to do to date out of their league, it's all about the swagger. If you have confidence, you can get pretty much any girl.
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I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance.
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I am sarcastic and dry, but I also have a pretty huge zest for life.
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I was totally picked on, but look at me now! I was definitely picked on by boys and girls. I was really lanky and skinny and the boys would say, 'Turn sideways and stick out your tongue, you look like a zipper.'
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I started studying acting, got commercials, and here we are 100 years later. I'm acting and writing and I have a pool and a dog.
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Fact
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Stars in new Starz series, Gravity (2010). [April 2010]
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Was discovered at a young age at a shopping mall, where she and her mother were shopping.
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Wrote, recorded, and performed a song for BuzzKill (2012), a film in which she stars.
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An "Ex-Vivian" song will be used in her latest film, The Last International Playboy (2008) (aka "The Last International Playboy").
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Her acting coach is Marjorie Ballentine.
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Writes songs, sings, and plays guitar in the New York City band Ex Vivian.
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Plays guitar.
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Trained as an actor in NYC.
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Raised on a farm in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania. Was not allowed to ride a horse, so she rode a cow named "Jake".