For real, what can’t Kristen Bell do? The Golden Globe– and Emmy-nominated actor is known for comedic roles like Jason Segel’s obsession in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Arizona dirtbag Eleanor Shellstrop in Michael Schur’s fantastical sitcom The Good Place. But there’s also her breakout role as the titular teen sleuth in Veronica Mars, her time as the electrokinetic sociopath Elle Bishop in Heroes, and her turn as Princess Anna in the Oscar-winning animated musical Frozen and its sequel.
Most recently, Bell flexes her chops as podcaster Joanne Williams in Netflix’s Nobody Wants This. Season 2 of the series premieres Oct. 23 and will feature Joanne and her rabbi beau, Noah Roklov (Adam Brody), in the honeymoon phase while they work to commingle their lives and become a “we.” So while you ship Joanne and Noah and await the latest chapter in their ongoing love story, check out these other shows and movies on Netflix featuring Bell.
Gossip Girl
Did you miss her? Because she missed you. While Bell only appears onscreen once in the six-season teen drama Gossip Girl, she provided the instantly recognizable voice of the Upper East Side’s most salacious gossip blogger in every episode. Created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage from the series of novels by Cecily von Ziegesar, Gossip Girl follows the social and romantic lives of elite teens in New York City. Whether she’s welcoming Queen Bee Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) back to the fold, cataloging “Lonely Boy” Dan Humphrey’s (Penn Badgley) dating exploits, or subtly digging at Blair Waldorf’s (Leighton Meester), well, everything, Gossip Girl has a take. Who is she? That’s one secret you’ll have to find out for yourself. XOXO … (you know the rest).
Like Father
Written and directed by Lauren Miller Rogen, Like Father drives home that old adage: We all become our parents. This dramedy follows Bell’s Rachel after she’s left at the altar by her fiancé when he realizes she’ll never love him as much as she loves work. Distraught, Rachel still takes her prebooked honeymoon cruise — with her estranged father, Harry (Kelsey Grammer). Can Rachel learn from her father’s mistakes, or is she doomed to repeat them?
House of Lies
Based on the 2005 memoir by Martin Kihn, House of Lies follows a group of ruthless management consultants led by Don Cheadle’s Marty Kaan, a charming, merciless partner at a consulting firm in Los Angeles. His equally cold-blooded team — Jeannie van der Hooven (Bell), Clyde Oberholt (Ben Schwartz), and Doug Guggenheim (Josh Lawson) — will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Kaan serves as both main character and narrator of sorts in this comic drama, often breaking the fourth wall to speak directly to the audience as the other characters freeze.
Hit & Run
Bell stars alongside her husband, Dax Shepard, who wrote and co-directed this 2012 action comedy about a man placed in witness protection to escape a mobster’s wrath. Co-starring Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Arnold, and Bradley Cooper, Hit & Run follows Shepard’s Charlie Bronson as he does everything in his power to get his girlfriend, Annie (Bell), to a job interview while evading both sides of the law.
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
This black comedy, a parody of similarly titled thrillers, stars Bell as Anna, a deadpan, wine-guzzling, pill-popping painter who’s mourning the death of her daughter. While in the throes of grief, she believes she witnesses a murder in her quiet neighborhood, but nobody believes her. Has she read one too many mystery novels, or did she really see a horrible crime? Co-starring Michael Ealy, Cameron Britton, Shelley Hennig, and more, this eight-episode miniseries from Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson, and Larry Dorf will keep you guessing right alongside Anna.
