Kristen Schaal - wikipedia Kristen Schaal Kristen Schaal Schaal at the 2016 WonderCon in Los Angeles, California Kristen Joy Schaal ( 1978 - 01 - 24 ) January 24, 1978 ( age 40 ) Longmont, Colorado, U.S. Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actress voice actress comedian writer Years active 1999 -- present Spouse ( s ) Rich Blomquist ( m. 2012 ) Children Comedy career Medium Stand - up film television Genres Observational comedy satire political satire Kristen Joy Schaal ( / ʃɑːl / ; born January 24, 1978 ) is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her current role as Louise Belcher on Bob 's Burgers ( since 2011 ), as well as for playing Mel on Flight of the Conchords, the over-sexed nurse Hurshe Heartshe on The Heart, She Holler, Carol on The Last Man on Earth, and Mabel Pines on Gravity Falls. She also provides several voices for BoJack Horseman, most notably for the character of Sarah Lynn, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice - Over Performance. Other roles include Amanda Simmons on The Hotwives of Orlando, Hazel Wassername on 30 Rock, Victoria Best on WordGirl, Trixie in Toy Story 3, and Anne on Wilfred. She was also an occasional commentator on The Daily Show from 2008 to 2016. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Live comedy 2.2 Film, TV and radio 2.3 Books 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life Schaal was born in Longmont, Colorado, to a Lutheran family of Dutch ancestry. She was raised on her family 's cattle ranch, in a rural area near Boulder. Her father is a construction worker and her mother is a secretary. She has a brother, David, who is three years older. She graduated from Northwestern University and then moved to New York in 2000 to pursue a comedy career. In 2005, she had her first break when she was included in New York magazine 's article `` The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You 've Never Heard Of ''. Career Schaal and comedy partner Kurt Braunohler onstage in 2010 Live Comedy In 2006, Schaal performed at the 2006 HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, where she won the award for `` Best Alternative Comedian ''. She was also the winner of the second annual Andy Kaufman Award ( hosted by the New York Comedy Festival ), Best Female Stand - up at the 2006 Nightlife Awards in New York City, and `` Best Female Stand Up Comedian '' at the 2007 ECNY Awards. At the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she won the Barry Award for her show Kristen Schaal As You Have Probably Never Seen Her Before, tying with Nina Conti. Also in 2006, Schaal appeared on the first season of the Comedy Central show Live at Gotham. She co-hosts the weekly variety show Hot Tub in Los Angeles, which was voted `` Best Variety Show of 2005 '' by Time - Out New York 's readers poll. She also performs at the Peoples Improv Theater on the improv team, `` Big Black Car '', which was awarded best improv troupe of 2005 at the Emerging Comics of New York Awards. She is a founding member of the theatre company The Striking Viking Story Pirates, which adapts stories by children into sketches and songs. Schaal performed live at the Edinburgh Fringe 2007 in Scotland, where she was one of six acts ( chosen from over two hundred American productions at the Fringe ) requested to perform at the US Consul General - sponsored `` Fringe USA '' Showcase. On her return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2008, Schaal was nominated for the If. comedy award for Kristen Schaal And Kurt Braunohler : Double Down Hearts. Schaal has also performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, as part of The Secret Policeman 's Ball 2008 in aid of Amnesty International, and at the Bonnaroo 2009 music festival. In 2010, Schaal appeared as a stand - up comic on John Oliver 's New York Stand Up Show and at the Solid Sound Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Film, TV and Radio Schaal at the Brooklyn Book Festival ( 2010 ) Schaal appeared on HBO 's Flight of the Conchords as the stalker - fan Mel, a role which earned her an EWwy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2009. She was also a credited consultant and writer for Season 11 of South Park, appeared on the BBC 's Never Mind the Buzzcocks and played the boss in Fuse 's mockumentary The Intern. She made her first appearance as a `` special commentator '' on Comedy Central 's The Daily Show on March 13, 2008, often presented in recurring appearances as its news team 's `` Senior Women 's Issues Correspondent ''. On April 13, 2008, she made an appearance on Good News Week during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and in October 2008 she appeared in Amnesty International 's The Secret Policeman 's Ball 2008. Her other film and television credits include Kate and Leopold, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Snake ' n ' Bacon, Norbit, Get Him to the Greek, Conviction, Cheap Seats, Freak Show, Cirque du Freak : The Vampire 's Assistant, Adam and Steve, The Goods : Live Hard, Sell Hard, Delirious, Australian show Good News Week, Law & Order : Special Victims Unit, Law & Order : Criminal Intent, The Education of Max Bickford, Comedy Central 's Contest Searchlight, Ugly Betty, How I Met Your Mother, MTV 's Human Giant and Mad Men. She was also a contributor to the sketch / music series The Nighttime Clap on the Fuse music network. She also appeared on Fuse 's original comedy series The P.A. Schaal appeared in two TV pilots written and directed by Jersey City comedian Dan McNamara -- The Calderons and Redeeming Rainbow, both of which were screened as official selections at the 2006 and 2007 New York Television Festivals. She was also in television commercials for Wendy 's, RadioShack, Starburst and Zaxby 's. She made an appearance, in April 2008, on the IFC sketch comedy show The Whitest Kids U ' Know. On April 3, 2009 she taped an episode of Comedy Central Presents. In 2010, she added her voice to the PBS Kids GO ! series WordGirl as Victoria Best, a child prodigy whose parents taught her to be the best at everything that she does. Schaal voiced 13 - year - old Mabel Pines on Disney Channel 's hit TV series Gravity Falls. She currently voices the character Louise on the FOX Network series Bob 's Burgers. She also stars in A.D. Miles ' MyDamnChannel.com series Horrible People. In October 2008, Schaal appeared in an episode of Spicks and Specks. On June 10, 2009, Schaal broadcast her first radio show, High Five ! !, on Sirius XM Radio 's ' RawDog ' channel with co-host Kurt Braunohler. She played Gertha Teeth in the 2009 movie The Vampire 's Assistant. Schaal stars in her own web series, Penelope Princess of Pets, one episode of which doubled as the video for the New Pornographers ' `` Mutiny, I Promise You ''. She voiced Trixie the Triceratops in Toy Story 3 and Pumpkin Witch and Palace Witch in Shrek Forever After. She was also in the music video for Joey Ramone 's `` New York City ''. She also guest starred in the Modern Family episode `` Fifteen Percent '', as well as the music video for `` Conversation 16 '' by The National. Schaal guest starred on the MC Frontalot album Solved. She was featured with Kurt Braunohler on the Radiolab episode `` Loops ''. Schaal was in a commercial for the Xperia Play version of Minecraft. Schaal guest starred on The Simpsons May 8, 2011 episode `` Homer Scissorhands '' in which she plays Taffy, a love interest of Milhouse. She is incorrectly listed in the credits as `` Kristen Schall ''. This prompted Simpsons writers to issue her a unique apology on the next week 's episode in which Bart 's chalkboard joke in the intro to the show states `` It 's Kristen Schaal, not Kristen Schall. '' Schaal also appeared in a music video for `` Weird Al '' Yankovic 's 2014 song `` Tacky '', a parody of Pharrell Williams 's `` Happy ''. In 2013, Schaal guest starred in the two part episode `` Sea Tunt '' of Archer, lending her voice to a character named Tiffy. In 2014, Schaal co-starred alongside Casey Wilson, Danielle Schneider, Tymberlee Hill, Andrea Savage, and Angela Kinsey in the first season of the Hulu original series The Hotwives of Orlando. She co-starred alongside Will Forte in the FOX comedy The Last Man on Earth, which premiered on March 1, 2015. Schaal also voices the character Sarah Lynn in the Netflix original animated series BoJack Horseman. In 2017, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice - Over Performance for her performance as Sarah Lynn. Schaal appeared in A Walk in the Woods ( 2015 ) as hiker Mary Ellen. In 2016, Schaal was a panelist on episode 1 of the British comedy show The Big Fat Quiz of Everything, a spinoff of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year. Books Schaal wrote a book of humor, The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex, with her husband, former Daily Show writer Rich Blomquist. It was published in July 2010 by Chronicle Books. She originally intended for them to write the book under pseudonyms, `` because I do n't want anyone to imagine me doing those things, '' but realized it would be harder to promote the book without using their real names. Personal life Schaal has been married to Daily Show staff writer Rich Blomquist since 2012. On February 11, 2018, Schaal announced on Instagram that she had given birth to their first child, a daughter named Ruby. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Kate & Leopold Miss Tree Poster Boy Bookstore Lady # 14 2005 Adam & Steve Ruth 2006 Delirious Joelle 2007 Norbit Event Organizer 2009 The Goods : Live Hard, Sell Hard Stewardess Stacey Cirque du Freak : The Vampire 's Assistant Gertha Teeth When in Rome Ilona Valentine 's Day Ms. Gilroy Shrek Forever After Pumpkin / Palace Witch Voice Get Him to the Greek Production Assistant Toy Story 3 Trixie Voice Dinner for Schmucks Susana Going the Distance Female Bartender 2011 Butter Carol - Ann Stevenson Hawaiian Vacation Trixie Voice, short film The Muppets Moderator 2012 Sleepwalk with Me Cynthia 2013 Despicable Me 2 Shannon Voice Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 Barb Welcome to the Jungle Brenda 2015 A Walk in the Woods Mary Ellen 2016 Donald Trump 's The Art of the Deal : The Movie Gloria / Deborah Voice The Boss Sandy Haim 2017 All Nighter Roberta Literally, Right Before Aaron Talula Captain Underpants : The First Epic Movie Edith Voice Austin Found Nancy 2018 Boundaries JoJo Jaconi 2019 Toy Story 4 Trixie Voice, in production Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Ntune : The Life of a Boyband Melissa Colby Short 2001 -- 02 The Education of Max Bickford Valerie Holmes 3 episodes Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Abby Episode : `` Brotherhood '' 2005 Cheap Seats : Without Ron Parker Emily Episode : `` Dog Show / World Beard and Mustache Championship '' 2006 Conviction Allie Rubinoff Episode : `` Madness '' Ugly Betty Nancy Episode : `` Pilot '' Six Degrees Gail 2 episodes Freak Show Various ( voice ) 7 episodes 2007 Scott Bateman Presents Various ( voice ) 2 episodes Law & Order : Criminal Intent Alana Binder Episode : `` 30 '' Human Giant Girl in Doritos Commercial Episode : `` Lil 9 - 11 '' Mad Men Nannette Episode : `` Smoke Gets in Your Eyes '' How I Met Your Mother Laura Girard Episode : `` The Platinum Rule '' 2007 -- 09 Flight of the Conchords Mel 21 episodes 2008 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Tammy Tangerine ( voice ) Episode : `` Bible Fruit '' The Whitest Kids U'Know Homeless Woman Episode : `` 2.9 '' 2009 Xavier : Renegade Angel Various ( voice ) Episode : `` Going Normal '' Snake ' n ' Bacon The Green Fairy Episode : `` Pilot '' Comedy Showcase Tourist Episode : `` The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret '' Modern Family Whitney Episode : `` Fifteen Percent '' Comedy Lab Penelope Episode : `` Penelope Princess of Pets '' Fact Checkers Unit Paula Episode : `` One Groundhog Day Dog '' Scared Shrekless Sugar the Gingerbread Girl ( voice ) Short 2010 -- 15 WordGirl Victoria Best ( voice ) 5 episodes 2011 The Simpsons Taffy ( voice ) Episode : `` Homer Scissorhands '' The Penguins of Madagascar Muffy / Buffy / Fluffy ( voice ) Episode : `` Operation : Neighbor Swap '' Soul Quest Overdrive Tammy ( voice ) 5 episodes The Heart, She Holler Hershe Heartshe 6 episodes 2011 -- 12 American Dad ! Librarian / Girl ( voices ) 2 episodes 2011 -- present Bob 's Burgers Louise Belcher ( voice ) Lead role Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV / Broadcast Production 2012 The Daily Show Mrs. Blomstein Episode : `` Seth MacFarlane '' 2012 -- 13 30 Rock Hazel Wassername 11 episodes 2012 -- 14 Adventure Time Jake Jr. ( voice ) 4 episodes 2012 -- 16 Gravity Falls Mabel Pines ( voice ) Lead role ; 39 episodes 2013 Archer Tiffy ( voice ) 2 episodes Wilfred Anne 4 episodes NTSF : SD : SUV : : Deborah Episode : `` Trading Faces '' Toy Story of Terror Trixie ( voice ) Short 2013 -- 16 Comedy Bang ! Bang ! Gina Guppies Episode : `` Jessica Alba Wears a Jacket with Patent Leather Pumps '' 2014 The Hotwives of Orlando Amanda Simmons Series regular ; 7 episodes Glee Mary Halloran Episode : `` The Untitled Rachel Berry Project '' Toy Story That Time Forgot Trixie ( voice ) Short 2014 -- 17 BoJack Horseman Sarah Lynn / Various ( voices ) 11 episodes Nominated -- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice - Over Performance 2015 Axe Cop God ( voice ) Episode : `` Axe Cop Saves God '' The Hotwives of Las Vegas Amanda Simmons Episode : `` Old Friends, New Enemies '' 2015 -- 18 The Last Man on Earth Carol Pilbasian Main role ; 65 episodes 2016 Wander Over Yonder Mavis ( voice ) Episode : `` The Cartoon '' Brad Neely 's Harg Nallin ' Sclopio Peepio Various ( voice ) Episode : `` For Sarandon '' Great Minds with Dan Harmon Amelia Earhart Episode : `` Amelia Earhart '' Transformers : Rescue Bots Chickadee ( voice ) Episode : `` Camp Cody '' References ^ Jump up to : Schaal, Kristen ; Blomquist, Rich ( July 28, 2010 ). The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978 - 0811871266. ^ Jump up to : Friedlander, Whitney ( 6 May 2016 ). `` ' Daily Show 's ' Rich Blomquist Signs Overall with Fox TV ''. Variety. Retrieved 17 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson : The Science of Sex ''. Retrieved August 12, 2013. The original Dutch pronunciation would be / sxaːl /. ^ Jump up to : Patterson, John ( October 15, 2010 ). `` Kristen Schaal : The toast of American comedy ''. The Guardian. Retrieved June 6, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` The Kooky Monster ''. The Age. Melbourne. March 23, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Todd, Charlie ( September 26, 2005 ). `` The Ten Funniest New Yorkers You 've Never Heard Of ''. New York Magazine. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ `` 4th Annual ECNY Award Winners ''. ECNY Awards. February 10, 2011. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Kent, Melissa ( April 13, 2008 ). `` Top comics grin and share the main prize ''. The Age. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Strachan, Alex ( October 17, 2009 ). `` Live at Gotham a Prerequisite for the Big Time ''. Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Edinburgh Festival If. comedy award shortlist announced ''. The List. August 20, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ `` COMEDY CENTRAL ( R ) Gets the New Year Rolling with Laughter ! ''. PR Newswire. Bloomberg. January 5, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Liu, Ed ( June 10, 2009 ). `` Scholastic Media Renews `` WordGirl '' for 26 More Episodes ``. ToonZone.net. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Brophy - Warren, Jamin ( June 10, 2009 ). `` '' Flight of the Conchords '' Meets `` South Park '' on Satellite Radio ``. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Kristen Schaal ( COMEDIAN ) ''. The Believer. June 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Chen, David ( October 12, 2009 ). `` Lee Unkrich Announces Kristen Schaal and Blake Clark Cast in Toy Story 3 ; Toy Story 3D Double Feature To Stay in Theaters ''. / Film. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Kristen Schaal ''. Radiolab. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Quintana, Anna ( June 13, 2016 ). `` Danger Zone : Here Are 11 of the Best Celebrity Guest Stars to Ever Appear on ' Archer ' ! ''. Life & Style. Retrieved January 15, 2017. Jump up ^ Saraiya, Sonia ( April 4, 2013 ). `` Archer : `` Sea Tunt : Part I '' ``. The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 15, 2017. Jump up ^ Paskin, Willa ( August 22, 2014 ). `` The Longest Face ''. Slate. Retrieved August 27, 2014. Jump up ^ Bowman, Jordan ( September 4, 2015 ). `` What `` A Walk in the Woods '' Gets Wrong About Thru - Hiking and the Appalachian Trail ``. The Trek. Retrieved May 5, 2018. Jump up ^ Powers, Nicole ( December 10, 2008 ). `` Kristen Schaal : Confessions of a Disappointed Hillary Supporter ''. SuicideGirls. Retrieved June 6, 2013. Jump up ^ Schaal, Kristen ( February 11, 2018 ). `` After years of trying and some experimental fertility treatments, Rich and I had a baby ! Everyone meet Ruby ! ''. Instagram. Jump up ^ `` Snake'N'Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret ''. michaelkupperman.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017. Segments of the book were later animated, first for the Comedy Central show TV Funhouse in early 2001, then for the Adult Swim pilot Snake'N'Bacon in 2009. Jump up ^ Itzkoff, Dave ( May 16, 2011 ). `` Credit Where It 's Due : A ' Simpsons ' Spelling Lesson ''. The New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2013. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kristen Schaal. 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Question: who played mel in flight of the conchords
Answer: Kristen Joy Schaal