Photo: Montclair Film Festival / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Connolly is the kind of dependable character actress who quietly makes the projects around her better. The Cabin in the Woods is where most people first clocked her, playing the deceptively sharp final girl in a film that constantly subverts horror tropes, and she nailed the tonal tightrope it required. Then House of Cards let her do something quieter and more wounded. She trained at Yale, and it shows in how controlled and unshowy her choices are. She has never become a household name, but she's exactly the sort of reliable, intelligent performer that good ensembles are built on.
Overview
Kristen Connolly (born July 12, 1980, in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American actress. A graduate of Middlebury College and the Yale School of Drama, she is best known for her roles in the horror film The Cabin in the Woods and as Christina Gallagher in the Netflix political drama House of Cards. She has also appeared in the CBS series Zoo and various film and stage productions.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kristen Connolly
- Name (Japanese)
- クリステン・コノリー
- Reading
- くりすてん・このりー
- Born
- July 12, 1980 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Monkey
- Origin
- Montclair, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Actor / Film producer / Television actor / Film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Middlebury College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.