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While Kirsten is best known as the bespectacled-brainiac-tech-kitten Penelope Garcia on the CBS hit drama Criminal Minds(and its spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior), she has had a long and varied career prior to joining the cast of the hit CBS series. Stage appearances include Perfuct, The Book... See full bio »

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Kirsten Simone Vangsness
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2013 Kill Me, Deadly (post-production)
Mona Livingston
 
2005-2013 Criminal Minds (TV series)
Penelope Garcia
– Brothers Hotchner (2013) … Penelope Garcia
– The Replicator (2013) … Penelope Garcia
– #6 (2013) … Penelope Garcia
– Nanny Dearest (2013) … Penelope Garcia
– Alchemy (2013) … Penelope Garcia
See all 183 episodes »
 
2013 Shelf Life (TV series)
Freaky Squeaky
– Shelf of the Dead, Part 1 (2013) … Freaky Squeaky
– Pristine (2013) … Freaky Squeaky
– Toypocalypse Now (2013) … Freaky Squeaky
– Hero Worship (2013) … Freaky Squeaky
– Little Big House (2013) … Freaky Squeaky
See all 6 episodes »
 
2011-2013 Good Job, Thanks! (TV series)
Therapist
– Dream Big (2013) … Therapist
– It's Just Theater Sweetie (2011) … Therapist
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Wedding Toasts (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Fireside Chat with Matthew Gray Gubler (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Seven Stories (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Minds' Eye - Too Big to Fail (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Minds' Eye - Devil Inside (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Minds' Eye - Bloodlust (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Minds' Eye - Twisted (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Minds' Eye - The Fall (short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2012 Criminal Minds Season 7: Minds' Eye - Implosion (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010-2012 Pretty the Series (TV series)
Meredith Champagne
– The Prettiest Finale Yet (2012) … Meredith Champagne
– A Pretty Dangerous Situation (2012) … Meredith Champagne
– Meet the Minks (2011) … Meredith Champagne
– A Pretty Hot Mess (2011) … Meredith Champagne
– A Very Pretty RV (2011) … Meredith Champagne
See all 14 episodes »
 
2012 Remember to Breathe (short)
Vocals for Young Alice (voice)
 
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - Loved Ones (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - House of Corpses (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - The Profiler (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - Inside the Red Cell (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior - Alternate Reality: The New Criminal Minds (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds Season 6: Crime Scene - The Deep End (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds Season 6: Crime Scene - Death Cab (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds Season 6: Crime Scene - Love Is Explosive (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds Season 6: Crime Scene - Devil in the Details (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds Season 6: From Script to Screen - Agent Down (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Criminal Minds Season 6: Secrets - Making of Criminal Minds (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2011 Second City This Week (TV series)
Celebrity Guest
– Baby Girl or in Hitler Times (2011) … Celebrity Guest
 
2011 Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (TV series)
Penelope Garcia
– Death by a Thousand Cuts (2011) … Penelope Garcia
– The Girl in the Blue Mask (2011) … Penelope Garcia
– Strays (2011) … Penelope Garcia
– The Time Is Now (2011) … Penelope Garcia
– Smother (2011) … Penelope Garcia
See all 13 episodes »
 
2011 The Chicago 8
Sketch Artist
 
2011 Sarina's Song (short)
Party Guest
 
2010 Vampire Mob (TV series)
Laura Anderson
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Case Files - Darkness (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Case Files - Deserted (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Case Files - Subjects Unknown (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Case Files - Grim (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Case Files - Dante (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Case Files - Break (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Material Witness (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Celebrating 100 (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Fear the Reaper (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 Criminal Minds Season 5: Gubler Direct (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2010 In My Sleep
Madge
 
2009 Scream of the Bikini
Interior Decorator
 
2008 The Criminal Element: The Making of 'Criminal Minds, Season 3' (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2008 Shemar Moore: Criminal Minds' Wild Ride (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2008 Profile: Rossi/Mantegna (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2008 From Script to Screen: True Night (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2008 Criminal Minds Season 3: Killer Roles (video short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2008 Tranny McGuyver (short)
TV news reporter
 
2006 A-List
Blue
 
2004 LAX (TV series)
Stephanie / Ticket Agent #1
– Secret Santa (2004) … Stephanie
– The Pictures to Prove It (2004) … Stephanie
– Pilot (2004) … Ticket Agent #1
 
2004 Phil of the Future (TV series)
Veronica
– Age Before Beauty (2004) … Veronica
 
1998 Sometimes Santa's Gotta Get Whacked (short)
Tooth Fairy
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2011 Pretty the Series (TV series) (executive producer - 3 episodes)
– A Very Pretty RV (2011) (executive producer)
– A Very Pretty Epiphany (2011) (executive producer)
– Welcome to Pretty Pageant Therapy (2011) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2013 Criminal Minds (TV series)
– The Gathering (2013) (performer: "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
2012 Marie (TV series documentary)
– Peri Gilpin (2012)
 
2011 80th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (TV movie)
Herself
 
2011 The Talk (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 10 October 2011 (2011) … Herself - Guest
 
2007-2011 CBS Cares (TV series)
Herself
– 2011 (2011) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2009 (2009) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2008 (2008) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 January 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2010 Swan... One Man's Journey (documentary)
Herself
 
2009 Working the Scene: A Look Behind the Scenes of 'Criminal Minds Season 4' (video documentary short)
Herself / Penelope Garcia
 
2007 Profilers, Profiled (video documentary short)
Penelope Garcia
 
2007 Meet Kirsten Vangsness (video documentary short)
penelope Garcia
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2005 Phil of the Future: Gadgets & Gizmos (video)
Veronica
 

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(March 2004)Plays `Maroo Montrose' in Fan Maroo(named outstanding performance by an actress in a lead role by reviewplays.com) See more »

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Height:

5' 7" (1.70 m)
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Personal Quote:

I am always sort of delightedly surprised when someone recognizes me because as far as I'm concerned, I'm just going to work and getting paid to act and that alone is fantastic, I forget people watch it too. [Interview with Style Bible, September 2010.] See more »

Trivia:

She is a member of Theatre of NOTE in Los Angeles, California, and continues to perform there. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer