- Born
- Birth nameKrysten Alyce Ritter
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Krysten Ritter stars as Jessica Jones in the Peabody, Hugo, and Emmy Award-winning Netflix original series, Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015). Her performance, which earned her a prestigious Critics Choice nomination, a Saturn nomination, a Webby Award and a Glamour Best International TV Actress Award, has received rave reviews with the show being celebrated by critics and audiences alike for its groundbreaking depiction of a reluctant anti-super-heroine with an alcohol problem and a wicked case of PTSD who will not let a sexual assault from her past define her. She will also play Jessica Jones in The Defenders (2017) and the second season of Marvel's "Jessica Jones."
Additional acting roles include her critically acclaimed turn as Jane Margolis on AMC's hit series, Breaking Bad (2008), the titular character in the cult favorite Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012), Big Eyes (2014) directed by Tim Burton, indie darling Listen Up Philip (2014), Life Happens (2011) which she co-wrote and co-produced, as well as roles in Veronica Mars (2014), The Blacklist (2013), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), and She's Out of My League (2010).
Growing up in a small-town farm in rural Pennsylvania, Ritter started her career in front of the camera as a model at 15-years-old. Her body of work has subsequently spanned film, television, theatre, writing, producing, music, and fashion design.
In 2012, Ritter launched her production company Silent Machine where she juggles many projects in various stages of development, always with the objective of highlighting complex female protagonists.
Ritter and her dog Mikey split their time between New York and Los Angeles.- IMDb mini biography by: Rebecca Atwood
- ChildrenBruce Julian Knight Granofsky
- ParentsGarry RitterKathi Taylor
- Often plays characters with questionable morality
- Full lips
- Long black hair
- Raised on a farm in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania. Was not allowed to ride a horse, so she rode a cow named "Jake".
- Writes songs, sings, and plays guitar in the New York City band Ex Vivian.
- Her debut novel, Bonfire, was published in 2017. It's a psychological thriller about an environmental lawyer who returns to her hometown on a case and is drawn into a deepening mystery.
- Was discovered at a young age at a shopping mall, where she and her mother were shopping.
- Krysten is an avid knitter and collaborated with We Are Knitters to create her own collection of knitting kits.
- 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.
- 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.'
- I am sarcastic and dry, but I also have a pretty huge zest for life.
- I like to be stylish and edgy, but also low maintenance.
- 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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