Kirsten Vangsness
Kirsten Vangsness
Kirsten Simone Vangsness is an American actress and writer. She currently stars as FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama series Criminal Minds. She portrayed the same character on the spin-off series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth7 July 1972
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
argue everybody foster girl great jane people playing role straight watched
You would never argue about a straight girl playing a lesbian. Everybody still watched 'The L Word.' I feel like we have such great role models, like Jane Lynch and Jodie Foster and all these people that you don't even think about.
brain finally intimate learning moment people tv understand
On television, you have an intimate moment with the camera. In theater, you are making something live with people there. My brain doesn't understand that you don't get another take ever. I'm finally learning on TV that you can do something over if you make a mistake.
couple hard monologues nominated playwright since written wrote year
I started writing because it was hard to find acting jobs. I didn't like any monologues in auditions, so I started to write my own things. Since then, I have written a couple of shows. I was nominated for playwright of the year for a play I wrote called 'Potential Space.'
looked pat time until
From the time I was about 7 until I was about 13 or 14, I looked like I was Pat from 'Saturday Night Live.' I'm not exaggerating, remotely.
believer freak letting
I am a big believer in letting your own personal freak flag fly.
human quantum
I like writing about what to me are like questions that I have about myself and the human condition. I find quantum physics fascinating, so I like to write about that, and I like things that make me laugh.
clear fun girlfriend introduce word
'Fiancee' is a very fun word to say, because I never thought I would have a fiancee or be a fiancee. Sometimes when I would introduce myself and say, 'This is my girlfriend Melanie,' it wasn't always clear what I meant. Now I get to say, 'This is my fiancee Melanie.'
littles dresses strange
I dress a little strange. I dress a little theatrically.
unexpected
The best parts of any story to me are the unexpected things.
school years clothes
I dress like a 7-year-old space pilot. I have clothes that I still wear regularly from high school.
people watches forget
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.
gay want moments
I didn't want that 15 minutes of fame moment like, 'Oh, she said she was gay.'
character loss overcoming
I don't know who will overcome losses, some losses aren't meant to be overcome, but all losses make for good stories and good character development and all the jazz that makes a show compelling and watchable.
art looks littles
I like dressing how I like to dress, and I look like a little art statement.