Background
Kristen Wilson was born on September 4, 1969 and raised in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, near Boston.
Kristen Wilson was born on September 4, 1969 and raised in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, near Boston.
She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theatre from Syracuse University but took some time off during her junior year to be in a national tour of West Side Story.
She was adopted as a child. She trained as a dancer there and worked with the Boston Ballet for four years. Kristen made her film debut in the 1992 film Prototype and later landed a supporting role in Who"s the Manitoba? In 1995 Kristen moved to New York where she starred in the Home Box Office television movie Tyson as actress Robin Givens.
Subsequently, she appeared alongside Damon Wayans and Adam Sandler in Bulletproof.
Her other film credits include Get on the Business, Pompatus of Love, Girl 6, Cross-Eyed, Doctor Dolittle, Doctor Dolittle 2 and Doctor Dolittle 3. She also plays the biological mother of Cameron(Tamera Mowry) and Alex(Tia Mowry) in the Disney film Twitches and Twitches Too.
Wilson also has extensive television career as well. She is well known for her recurring role on The District.
Her other credits include My Wife and Kids, Crossing Jordan, New York Undercover, Matt Waters and a pilot episode for the Columbia Broadcasting System" legal drama series Shark.
Wilson"s work in theater consists of the Broadway hit Nick & Nora, 1492, The Hunchback, A FunnyForum, A My Name is Alice, The Club, and the national tour of West Side Story.