Kristen Carroll Wiig (; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedienne, writer and producer. She is known for her work on the
NBC sketch comedy series
Saturday Night Live (2005–12), and such films as
Knocked Up (2007),
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007),
Paul and
Bridesmaids (both 2011),
Girl Most Likely (2013),
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), the animated
Despicable Me film series,
The Skeleton Twins (2014) and
The Martian (2015).