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Kirsten Vangsness

Facts of Kirsten Vangsness

Date of Birth: 1972 , July-7
Birth Nation: United States
Height: 5 Feet 7 Inch

Quick Timeline of Kirsten Vangsness

1972 Born
1990 Graduated from Cerritos High School
1998 Began her acting career
2005 Appeared in the television series, Criminal Minds
2014 Co wrote the episode Nelson's Sparrow
2006 Began dating Melanie Goldstein
2015 Engaged to Keith Hanson
2011 Nominated in Indie Series Awards

Detail Timeline of Kirsten Vangsness

July 7 , 1972

Born

Known for her beauty and talent, Kirsten Vangsness was born as Kirsten Simone Vangsness in Pasadena, California, United States of America to Errol Leroy Vangsness and Barbara Mary. She is of Norwegian, Bergen, Gol, and Oslo descent.

1990

Graduated from Cerritos High School

Kristen spent some of her childhood days in Porterville, California and then she moved to Cerritos, California. There she got enrolled at Cerritos High School. She graduated from there in June 1990. Later, she joined Cypress College and then California State University, Fullerton. 

1998

Began her acting career

 After she won the 15 Minutes of Female Best Actress Award, she was offered a role in the theater play. In 1998, she starred the role of Tooth Fairy in the short movie Sometimes Santa's Gotta Get Whacked.

2005

Appeared in the television series, Criminal Minds

Her breakthrough role as an actress came in 2005 after she began starring the lead role of Penelope Garcia in an American police procedural crime drama television series Criminal Minds. For this role, she earned the salary of $100,000 per episode in 2013. 

2014

Co wrote the episode Nelson's Sparrow

She is also a writer and has written two episodes of this TV series. She has also published several of her writings in Los Angeles Times Magazine. In 2014, she worked with Executive Producer, Erica Messer to write the episode Nelson's Sparrow.

2006

Began dating Melanie Goldstein

In 2006, Kristen was spotted with Melanie Goldstein having romantic love affairs as a boyfriend and girlfriend. They were together for several years and they also got engaged. They promised to be each other’s loving spouse in the days to come but they called off this engagement in 2013 and broke their vows for being together for the rest of their life.

2015

Engaged to Keith Hanson

In the early 2015, Kristen revealed that she is now in relationship with her new boyfriend. In November 2015, she revealed her boyfriend to be Keith Hanson. Keith Hanson is an actor and writer and they are now engaged. 

2011

Nominated in Indie Series Awards

She is also well known for her work in the TV series Pretty the Series. For this role, she got her first nomination in Indie Series Awards in 2011. She was nominated in this award for Outstanding Supporting Actress. 

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Indie Series Awards nominee for Best Supporting Actress (Comedy) and Outstanding Supporting Actress, Kirsten Vangsness is an actress and writer from the United States. She is mainly popular for starring in the role of FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama series Criminal Minds.

Early life and education

Known for her beauty and talent, Kirsten Vangsness was born Kirsten Simone Vangsness on 7th July 1972 to Errol Leroy Vangsness and Barbara Mary. She is of Norwegian, Bergen, Gol, and Oslo descent.

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Her nationality is American and she is of white ethnicity.

Kristen spent some of her childhood days in Porterville, California, and then she moved to Cerritos, California.

Education

There Kirsten Vangsness got enrolled at Cerritos High School. She graduated from there in June 1990. Later, she joined Cypress College and then California State University, Fullerton.

Personal life

In 2006, Kristen was spotted with Melanie Goldstein having romantic love affairs as a boyfriend and girlfriend. They were together for several years and they also got engaged.

They promised to be each other’s loving spouse in the days to come but they called off this engagement in 2013 and broke their vows for being together for the rest of their life.

In early 2015, Kirsten Vangsness revealed that she is now in a relationship with her new boyfriend. In November 2015, she revealed her boyfriend to be Keith Hanson.

Keith Hanson is an actor and writer and they are now engaged. 

She is five feet and seven inches in her height.

Career and net worth

Before she began her professional acting career, she worked as a substitute teacher, child counselor, restaurant hostess, personal assistant, grant writer, and murder mystery dinner theater actress.

After Kirsten Vangsness won the 15 Minutes of Female Best Actress Award, she was offered a role in the theater play. In 1998, she starred the role of Tooth Fairy in the short movie Sometimes Santa's Gotta Get Whacked.

Half a decade later, she appeared in TV series like Phil of the Future and LAX.

Her breakthrough role as an actress came in 2005 after she began starring the lead role of Penelope Garcia in an American police procedural crime drama television series Criminal Minds, starring Matthew Gray Gubler, Joe Mantegna, and Thomas Gibson

She is also a writer and has written two episodes of this TV series.

Kirsten Vangsness has also published several of her writings in Los Angeles Times Magazine.

Net worth and salary

For her role on Criminal Minds, Kirsten Vangsness earned a salary of $100,000 per episode in 2013.   

She is now aged 43 years old and her net worth is $3 million dollars.