Kristen Vangsness : Role - Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia
Birthday : 7 July 1972
Height : 5′7″
Gender : Female
Recent Role : Analyst Penelope Garcia
Kristen Vangsness was born on 7 July 1972. She studied at the Cerritos High School, Cerritos which is in California. She is a solo performer and a well known writer. Many of her write ups have been published in the Los Angeles Times Magazine.
She is a homosexual and is engaged to film editor Melanie Goldstein. The two have been having an affair for three years and have announced their wedding which is going to be held in Texas, sometime in spring this year.
She has earned many awards for her work in theatre. At the start of her career she worked as a substitute teacher, a child counselor, and a host in a restaurant, personal assistant and grant writer besides being a theater artist. She still performs in the Theatre of NOTE in Los Angeles and is a member of the same.
She has won many awards like the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Emerging Comic Actress, The Golden Betty Award and the 15 Minutes of Fem Best Actress Award.
She has appeared on the television for the series ‘Criminal Minds’, as the FBI Technical Analyst “Penelope Garcia“. Before this she did minor roles in ‘Phil of the Future‘ and ‘LAX‘. She has also appeared in minor roles in the films ‘Sometimes Santa’s Gotta Get Whacked‘, ‘A-List’, ‘Tranny McGuyver’ and ‘Scream of the Bikini’.
Role in Criminal Minds
Kristen Vangsness is playing the role of the FBI Technical Analyst “Penelope Garcia” in ‘Criminal Minds’ tv show. She is joyful and is able to keep the team in a good spirit by providing them a comic relief. She has a romantic relationship with a fellow FBI Technical Analyst Kevin Lynch.
