Kristen Johnston's career includes theater, film and, of course, television. She won two Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series playing Sally Solomon on the iconic television series "3rd Rock from the Sun". Now she leads a stellar cast (which includes Donald Faison and Wayne Knight) in TV Land's brand-new hit comedy "The Exes" every Wednesday night. Other television shows include "ER", "Ugly Betty" and "Bored To Death", not to mention her unforgettable portrayal of Lexi Featherstone, who falls to her death from an apartment window on "Sex and the City".

Johnston made her screen debut in the short film "The Debt", which won a number of awards at international film festivals including the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. She's gone on to co-star in such films as "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas", "Strangers with Candy", "Finding Bliss", "Music & Lyrics", "Bride Wars", "L!fe Happens", as well as Amy Heckerling's upcoming "Vamps".

She's also had a long and celebrated theater career. Most recently, Johnston was nominated for a 2010 Drama Desk Award (outstanding lead actress in a play) for her performance as 'Lily Darnley' in the hit production of "So Help Me God!". Her other theater credits include "Love Song" on the West End, "The Women" on Broadway, "Baltimore Waltz" and "Aunt Dan and Lemon" as well as "Much Ado About Nothing", "Twelfth Night", and "The Skin Of Our Teeth" at the Public Theater in Central Park. Johnston's been a long-time member of The Atlantic Theater Company where she starred in "The Lights" by Howard Korder at Lincoln Center (Drama Desk Award - nomination best supporting actress) and "Scarcity" by Lucy Thurber.

Kristen teaches acting at NYU (the Atlantic Acting School) and with MCC's youth outreach program. Her first book, "GUTS, the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster" (Gallery books at Simon & Schuster), was published in March, 2012. She also runs the charitable organization SLAM (Sobriety, Learning and Motivation) which is dedicated to creating a public high school designed to providing a top-notch education for at-risk youths while recovering from their life-threatening addictions.

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