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What Is Kristen Johnston's Net Worth and Salary?
Kristen Johnston is an American actress and author who has a net worth of $6 million. Kristen Johnston is best known for her Emmy-winning performance as extraterrestrial Sally Solomon on the NBC sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996–2001). She is also known for starring as Holly Franklin on TV Land's "The Exes" (2011–2015) and Tammy Diffendorf on the CBS series "Mom" (2018–2021).
Kristen has more than 50 acting credits to her name, including the films "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999), "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" (2000), "Strangers with Candy" (2005), "Music and Lyrics" (2007), "Bride Wars" (2009), and "Life Happens" (2011) and the television series "ER" (2004), "Ugly Betty" (2009–2010), and "Daytime Divas" (2017). She has performed on Broadway in "The Women" (2001–2002) and "The 24 Hour Plays 2007," and she earned Drama Desk Award nominations for productions of "The Lights" (2003) and "So Help Me God" (2007–2009) In 2012, Johnston published the memoir "Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster."
Early Life
Kristen Johnston was born Kristen Angela Johnston on September 20, 1967, in Washington, D.C. Her father, Rod (who passed away in 2018), was a Republican state senator for Wisconsin from 1979 to 1985. Kristen has a brother named Scott, and sadly, her sister, Julie, died in August 2020. Johnston announced the news on social media, writing, "Yesterday my beautiful younger sister Julie lost her battle with addiction. I know she's finally at peace. She had the best belly laugh in the world." Kristen attended Whitefish Bay High School in Wisconsin, and after graduating in 1985, she enrolled at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama in 1989.
Career
Johnston appeared in plays withDavid Mamet'sAtlantic Theater Company as well as the Naked Angels Theater Company and New York Stage and Film. She made her television debut in 1994 when she guest-starred on "As the World Turns," "Chicago Hope," and "The 5 Mrs. Buchanans," and her first film was 1995's "Backfire!" A casting agent who saw Kristen in a Lincoln Center Theater production of "The Lights" recommended her for the upcoming NBC sitcom "3rd Rock from the Sun," and she was cast after several auditions. Johnston starred as Sally Solomon from 1996 to 2001 alongsideJohn Lithgow,French Stewart,Joseph Gordon-Levitt, andJane Curtin. "3rd Rock from the Sun" aired 139 episodes over six seasons and earned Kristen two Primetime Emmys. While starring on "3rd Rock from the Sun," Johnston also played Ivana Humpalot in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999) and Wilma Slaghoople in "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" (2000), and she narrated the TV movie "Microscopic Milton." She had an uncredited role as a dancer in 2002's "Austin Powers in Goldmember," and in 2004, she guest-starred on "Sex and the City" and had a recurring role as Head Nurse Eve Peyton on "ER."
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