Kirsten Vangsness

Kirsten Simone Vangsness (born July 7, 1972, California) is an American actress. Since 2005, she has been playing the character of FBI Technical Analyst 'Penelope Garcia' in the CBS drama series Criminal Minds.

Filmography

Movie

• 1998 — Sometimes Santa's Gotta Get Whacked — Tooth Fairy — Short film
• 2006 — A-List — Blue
• 2008 — Tranny McGuyver — television News reporter — Short film
• 2009 — Scream of the Bikini — Interior Designer
• 2010 — In My Sleep — Madge
• 2011 — Sarina's Song — Party guest — Short film
• 2011 — The Chicago 8 — Sketch artist
• 2012 — Remember to Breathe — Vocals for Young Alice — Short film
• 2013 — Kill Me, Deadly — Mona Livingston — Main character

Television

• 2004 — Phil of the Future — Veronica — Episode: 16
• 2004 — LAX — Stephanie — Episode: 1.8+10
• 2005-present — Criminal Minds — Penelope Garcia — 2 seasons-present (164 episodes)
• 2010 — Vampire Mob — Laura Anderson — television series
• 2012 — Pretty the Series — Meredith Champagne — 14 episodes
• 2011 — Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior — Penelope Garcia — 1 season
• 2011 — Second City This Week — Celebrity guest — Episode: 32
• 2011-2012 — Good Job, Thanks! — Therapist — Season 1 episode 6, Season 2 episode 2

Kirsten Vangsness was born on July 7, 1972 in Pasadena, California, USA.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 19 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Criminal Minds (2005) — Garcia
• Scrubs (2026) — Pauline
• Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (2024) — Bigelow McFigglehorn
• Phil of the Future (2004)
• Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016) — Penelope Garcia
• LAX (2004) — Ticket Agent
• Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011) — Penelope Garcia
• Dave Made a Maze (2017) — Jane
• In My Sleep (2010) — Madge
• Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story (2023) — Barb Raber
• Scream of the Bikini (2010) — Interior Decorator
• The Chicago 8 (2011) — Sketch Artist

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.