Kristen Johnston is an Western stage, film & television actress born on September 20, 1967 in Washington, DC. She can be best known for her role in the television series "3rd Rock from the Sun". She when well starred as Wilma Flintstone in the sequel to the number one flick adaptation of The Flintstones, despite the fact that she stands Sise'Unity".

Johnston was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, although she spent much of her teens as an exchange student in Sweden and South America. She earned a B.F.A. degree in drama at New York University. Johnson made her professional stage debut with New York's Atlantic Theatre Company founded by playwright David Mamet. During her association with the company she appeared in such productions as "When Professional people Rather It," "Girl's Talk," "Stage Door", "Creator's Voice", "Portrait of the Woman", and "Rosemary for Remembrance". In addition, she performed with the Naked Angels Theatre Company in "The Could have-Substitute" and "Hot Keys", and with New York Stage and Film in "Kim's Sister" with David Strathairn and Jane Adams.

For her performance in "The Lights" at Lincoln Center Theatre, Johnston was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Best Supporting Actress. The show brought her to the attention of a Carsey-Werner television executive. After numerous auditions for "Tertiary Rock from either a Sun", she won the role of "Sally Solomon", the alien security officer posing as a sexy, female human in Ohio. She appeared in the series from 1996 through 2001 with John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, French Stewart and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Johnston made her feature film debut in The Debt, winner of Best Short at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993. In 1995 she played Kate in "Backfire". Other television credits include guest-starring roles on the series Chicago Hope, Hearts Afire, and The Five Mrs. Buchanans. She was also the narrator in Microscopic Milton on the Disney Channel. In 1998, she was a spokesmodel for Clairol as well as appeared on the Bad Religion album cover ''No Substance.

In fall 2005, Johnston joined the cast of NBC's ER.

Filmography
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) Stage On Screen: The Women (2002) (TV) Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The (2000) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Nobody Knows Anything (1998) "Small Milton" (1997) (TV) London Suite (1996) (TV) "Third Rock from either a Sun" (1996) (TV) Backfire! (1995) Debt, The (1993) Amazonia (1992) Orkly Kid, The (1985)