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Kirsten Simone Vangsness (born July 7, 1972)[1] is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her portrayal of FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama series Criminal Minds. She portrayed the same character on the spin-off series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior[2] and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders.

Kirsten Vangsness
Vangsness in 2019
Born	Kirsten Simone Vangsness (1972-07-07) July 7, 1972 (age 50) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress writer
Years active	1998–present

Early life

Vangsness was born in Pasadena, California, daughter of Errol Leroy Vangsness, of Norwegian descent, and wife Barbara Mary (née Marconi), of Italian descent. She was raised in Porterville, California, and later moved to Cerritos, California. She graduated from Cerritos High School in June 1990 and attended Cypress College in Cypress, California.[3] She later graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 1996.[4]

Career

Acting

Vangsness became involved in acting as a child to help overcome shyness[5] and got her first big break in the theatre, where she won several awards, including the 15 Minutes of Female Best Actress Award, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Emerging Comic Actress, and the Golden Betty Award.[4]

Writing

Vangsness' work has been published in the Los Angeles Times. Since 2014, Vangsness has co-written four episodes of Criminal Minds. In 2014 she co-wrote "Nelson's Sparrow" with executive producer, Erica Messer.[6] In 2015 she co-wrote "A Beautiful Disaster" once again with Messer[7] and in 2016 she co-wrote "Spencer" with Messer. The Criminal Minds series finale was also co-written by Vangsness and Messer.[8]

Personal life

In a 2011 interview, Vangsness has described herself as "as queer as a purple unicorn singing Madonna".[9] She was in a seven-year relationship with editor Melanie Goldstein, to whom she was engaged, until 2013.[10] In November 2015, it was reported that Vangsness became engaged to actor and writer Keith Hanson.[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Sometimes Santa's Gotta Get Whacked	Tooth Fairy	Short film
2006	A-List	Blue
2008	Tranny McGuyver	TV News Reporter	Short film
2009	Scream of the Bikini	Interior Decorator
2010	In My Sleep	Madge
2011	Sarina's Song	Party Guest	Short film
	The Chicago 8	Sketch Artist
2012	Remember to Breathe	Vocals for Young Alice	Short film
2015	Kill Me, Deadly	Mona Livingston
2016	Diane & Devine Meet the Apocalypse	Fawn
2017	Axis	Heather (voice)
	Dave Made a Maze	Jane

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Phil of the Future	Veronica	Episode: "Age Before Beauty"
	LAX	Ticket Agent / Stephanie	3 episodes
2005–2020	Criminal Minds	Penelope Garcia	Also starring (season 1); main (seasons 2-15); 323 episodes
2010	Vampire Mob	Laura Anderson
2010–2012	Pretty the Series	Meredith Champagne	14 episodes
2011	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior	Penelope Garcia	Main Cast; 13 episodes
	Second City This Week	Herself	1 episode
2011–2013	Good Job, Thanks!	Therapist	2 episodes
2013	Shelf Life	Freaky Squeaky	6 episodes, webseries
2016–2017	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	Penelope Garcia	Special Guest; 2 episodes

References

External links

• Kirsten Vangsness at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Kirsten Vangsness

Kirsten Simone Vangsness (* 7. Juli 1972 in Pasadena, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Drehbuchautorin.

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- [en] Kirsten Vangsness

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[es] Kirsten Vangsness

Kirsten Vangsness (Pasadena, California, 7 de julio de 1972)[1] es una actriz estadounidense. Hizo su debut en teatro, donde ganó algunos premios: 15 Minutes of Female Best Actress Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Emerging Comic Actress y Golden Betty Award.[cita requerida]

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[ru] Вангснесс, Кирстен

Кирстен Симон Вангснесс (англ. Kirsten Simone Vangsness; род. 7 июля 1972) — американская актриса. Наибольшую известность ей принесла роль Пенелопы Гарсия в сериале «Мыслить как преступник» (2005 — 2020).

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