Kristen Olson

To an outside observer, Kristen looks like your normal, run-of-the-mill, middle-aged Midwestern mom, or maybe the nice lady next door who brings you cookies on your birthday. After discovering that her suppressed dorkyness and sarcasm were, in fact, assets, Kristen embraced those qualities with extensive improv training at the Groundlings, Second City Training Center, and Bang Comedy Institute. Her acting career thus far has included a number of dramatic roles in various independent films and The Young and the Restless. But it's her small, comedic role as lighthouse keeper Nora McQuoddy in an episode of ABC's darkly quirky comedy "Pushing Daisies" that really stoked her passion for subtle, oddball comedy. She continues to experiment with other comedic characters in a self-produced series of micro-short comedy videos, including "Helen Parker, blogging queen" and "Diane my @$#% neighbor," and in the webseries "Half-Baked."