Kristin Bauer van Straten
Actor
Los Angeles, CA
Biography:
American film and television actress Kristin Bauer, who has been in the business since her early 20?s, is most known for her role as Pam, the vampire co-owner of Bon Temps' Fangtasia bar, in True Blood. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Kristin had an idyllic childhood centered around nature and animals. In junior high she got interested in the arts, specifically drawing and painting, and after graduating high school Kristin completed three years of art school before moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in acting.
Two years later she was hired to portray flight attendant Maggie Reynolds on the FOX comedy The Crew, which lasted for one season.
In 1996, Kristin appeared in one of her most memorable guest roles as "Man Hands" Gillian, Jerry's girlfriend, on Seinfeld. Throughout the years, she has played a few other series regular characters including the Geneva Renault, the buxom secretary of a high-tech security agency, on the short-lived action drama Total Security, Candy Cooper in the CBS family drama That's Life, and the sexy, softball "porn mom" on the NBC comedy Hidden Hills. In 2008, Alan Ball tapped her to co-manage the vampire bar Fangtasia with formidable Viking Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) on HBO's original drama True Blood.
Today she lives in Los Angeles with her musician, South African husband, Abri van Straten, two rescued dogs and two rescued cats. She splits her time between shooting, painting and trying to bring light to things that should not be happening. She works with IFAW, The Amanda Foundation, Oceana, PCRM and other charities. Nature and animals are her greatest passion as they "Have always given selflessly to me, so much more than I ever could have dreamed or given back. Mother nature is the greatest, most magical artist I have ever seen."
Sci-fi Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Station Unity 2024 - August 16-18, 2024 in National Habor, MD 2021
Armageddon Auckland 2021 - December 17-19, 2021 in Auckland, New ZealandConvention CancelledArmageddon Auckland 2021 - November 26-28, 2021 in Auckland, New ZealandConvention Postponed 2019- GalaxyCon Richmond 2019 - May 31 - June 2, 2019 in Richmond, VA 2016
- F.A.C.T.S. 2016 - October 22-23, 2016 in Ghent, Belgium
- Comic Con Honolulu 2016 - July 29-31, 2016 in Honolulu, HI 2015
- Dragon Con 2015 - September 4-7, 2015 in Atlanta, GA
- MCM Ireland Comic Con 2015 - August 29-30, 2015 in Dublin, Ireland
- Supanova Pop Culture Expo - Perth 2015 - June 26-28, 2015 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Supanova Pop Culture Expo - Sydney 2015 - June 19-21, 2015 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2013
- Phoenix Comicon 2013 - May 23-26, 2013 in Phoenix, AZ 2012
- FanExpo Vancouver 2012 - April 21-22, 2012 in Vancouver, BC, Canada 2011
- Phoenix Comicon 2011 - May 26-29, 2011 in Phoenix, AZ 2010
- Boston Super MegaFest 2010 - November 20-21, 2010 in Framingham, MA
12 confirmed guest appearances
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