Native
Detroiter,
Kristen
Bell to
be
honored
at 2018
NAB
Conference
By
Raymond
Rolak
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LAS
VEGAS -
Television
and film
actress
Kristen
Bell
will
receive
the
National
Association
of
Broadcasters
Chairman’s
Award
during
the
their
annual
conference
here.
The
diminutive
actress
will be
honored
on April
10th.
The
award
pays
tribute
to
individuals
for
significant
achievements
in
television.
“Kristen
Bell
charms
audiences
with a
natural
mix of
poise
and
humor
that she
brings
to all
her
roles,”
said NAB
Television
Board
Chairman
Jordan
Wertlieb.
She
was born
and
raised
in
Huntington
Woods,
Michigan,
(Shrine
High
School
and
Berkley
High
School)
and is
the
daughter
of
Lorelei
(Frygier),
a nurse,
and Tom
Bell, a
television
news
director.
Her
ancestry
is
Polish
(mother)
and
German,
English,
Irish,
and
Scottish
(father).
Her
maternal
grandparents
are
Bernard
Frygier
and Anne
Agnes
Pruchnicki.
She
got her
first
start in
acting
in the
full
feature
Polish
Wedding
in 1998
starring
Claire
Danes.
Kristen
Bell
currently
stars as
Eleanor
Shellstrop
in the
hit NBC
series
“The
Good
Place,”
which
was
recently
renewed
for a
third
season.
She will
also
star in
the
Netflix
comedy
“Like
Father”
and lend
her
voice to
the
animated
film
“Teen
Titans
Go! to
the
Movies,”
both of
which
will be
released
this
year.
Additionally,
Bell is
working
on the
sequel
to the
immensely
popular
Disney
film
“Frozen,”
in which
she is
the
voice of
Anna.
The
original
film has
grossed
over
$1.2
billion
worldwide,
making
it the
highest-grossing
animated
film of
all
time.
“Frozen
2” is
currently
in
pre-production
and is
scheduled
for
2019.
In
2014,
Bell
reprised
her
title
role in
the
Warner
Brothers’
film
“Veronica
Mars."
She also
appeared
in a
guest-starring
arc on
NBC’s
comedy
series
“Parks &
Recreation.”
For five
seasons,
beginning
in 2012,
she
starred
as
Jeannie
Van Der
Hooven
in the
Showtime
series
“House
of
Lies.”
Examples
of
additional
television
credits
include
“Unsupervised,”
“Deadwood,”
“Heroes,”
and
“Party
Down.”
She’s
also
held
lead
roles in
films
like
“You
Again,”
“When in
Rome,”
“Couples
Retreat.”
In 2008
she
appeared
in her
breakout
film
role on
location
in
Hawaii,
“Forgetting
Sarah
Marshall.”
She
has two
children
with her
actor-husband,
Dax
Shepard.
She is
advocate
of
vegetarianism
and is a
passionate
supporter
of the
Detroit
Red
Wings.
Bell
broke
both her
wrists
at one
time
while
playing
hockey
when she
was age
12. She
loves to
cook at
home for
her
family.
“I have
a tiny
Italian
grandmother
inside
me. If
someone
walks
in, I'm
like,
"Let 'em
map you
a
sandwich!"
I show
love
with
cooking,
said
Bell.”
The
award
was
established
to
recognize
individuals
for
significant
achievement
in one
or more
specific
art
disciplines
in
television,
the NAB
Television
Chairman's
Award
first
debuted
in 2009
with
four-time
Emmy and
two-time
Golden
Globe-winning
actor
Kelsey
Grammar
as the
recipient.
The 2017
recipient
was
award-winning
actress
and
producer
America
Ferrera.
The
National
Association
of
Broadcasters
is the
premier
trade
association
for
America's
broadcasters
and
television
stations.
Through
advocacy,
the NAB
promotes
education,
innovation
and
enables
broadcasters
to best
serve
their
communities.
From
creation
to
consumption,
across
multiple
platforms,
the NAB
Show is
where
global
thinkers
convene
to bring
content
to life.
It is
where
the
business
of
television
is
handled
in real
time and
also the
digital
age.
www.nab.org