Kirsten Vangsness is an American actress well-known for her role in the TV series, Criminal Minds. Furthermore, she is widely known for portraying the same role as FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia on the CBS drama series Criminal Minds.
Early Life of Kirsten Vangsness
Kristen Vangsness was born on 7th July 1972, in Pasadena, California, the United States of America. As of 2019, her age is 47 years old. The birth name of Kristen is Kirsten Simone Vangsness. Her birth sign is Cancer. However, Kristen holds an American nationality and belongs to a white ethnic background.
She is the only daughter of Errol Leroy Vangsness (father) and Barbara Mary (mother). She spent half of her childhood in Porterville, California, and later moved to Cerritos, California with her parents.
Moving towards her educational history, Vangsness completed her graduation from Cerritos High School in June 1990. After that, she attended Cypress College. Moreover, in June 1995 she graduated from California State University, Fullerton.
Kristen Vangsness Calculates the Net Worth of $3 Million as of 2019
Kirsten Vangsness accumulates an excellent earning out from her acting and writing profession. She has appeared in several movies and television series through which she has earned a huge amount of money.
Similarly, she adds a decent amount of money to her writing career. However, she has not still disclosed her actual salary to the public. She has maintained an estimated net worth of $3 Million as of 2019.
Are Kirsten Vangsness and her Fiance Keith Hanson still Unmarried?
Knowing her personal life, Kirsten Vangsness is engaged to Keith Hanson. Once Kirsten had a relationship with Melanie Goldstein in the year 2006. Unfortunately, they could not go further to continue their relationship and separated in the year 2013. After the two years of her ended relationship, Kirsten started dating Keith Hanson, who is an actor and writer.
In November 2015, the couple got engaged. However, the couple is still together, and there are no rumors regarding their separation. Her fan followers are well-wishing for her personal life. Moreover, Kirsten has a straight sexual orientation.
Body Measurements of Kirsten Vangsness (Height, Weight)
Looking at her body statistics, Kirsten Vangsness has a mole mark on her right cheek. Furthermore, she stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches with a weight of 76 kg. Her body measurements are 41-35-40 inches. Moreover, she has blonde hair and her eyes are blue.
Kirsten Vangsness Movies and Tv Shows
Kirsten Vangsness is well known to the public and media as an American actress and writer. Currently, Kirsten works on the CBS drama series Criminal Minds as FBI Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia. In the show, she starred alongside Shemar Moore, Dale Midkiff, James R. Fitzgerald, Lola Glaudini, and many more. Moreover, she played the same character on the TV series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.
Before starting her acting career, she worked as a substitute teacher, child counselor, restaurant hostess, personal assistant, and grant writer. She got her first break in the theater and won several awards such as the 15 Minutes of Female Best Actress Award, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award, and the Golden Betty Award.
Later, she starred as Tooth Fairy in the short movie Sometimes Santa’s Gotta Get Whacked in the year 1998. In the same way, she has acted on other movie appearances such as Scream of the Bikini (2009), In My Sleep (2010), and The Chicago 8 (2011).
Besides her acting career, Kristen Vangsness is also a writer and has published many writings in Los Angeles Times Magazine. Furthermore, in 2014, she co-wrote three episodes of Criminal Minds. Similarly, she has further co-written A Beautiful Disaster, Spencer, and Nelson’s Sparrow along with Erica Messer.
Kirsten Vangsness’s Presence on Social Sites
Kirsten Vangsness is active on some social media platforms such as Instagram and Twitter. She has more than 872k followers on her official Instagram account. Similarly, she has over 619k followers on her official Twitter account. However, Kirsten does not have a Facebook account.
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