Before landing her first Emmy nomination for Nobody Wants This , Kristen Bell earned out-of-this-world praise for her breakout role on Veronica Mars . Rob Thomas created the UPN mystery series that starred Bell as the titular high school student who works at her dad’s private investigation agency after her best friend, Lilly, is murdered. The cast included Jason Dohring, Percy Daggs III and Enrico Colantoni, with Amanda Seyfried recurring as Lilly. In an interview last year timed to Veronica Mars ‘ 20th anniversary, Bell said that the show “allowed me to discover who I am and what I’m good at.” She also deemed it “the hardest job I have had to date” and explained, “That was before the union was enforcing any real rules, and we were there for 17 hours a day. … It was just such a p
Kristen Bell Sleuthed Out Success With ‘Veronica Mars’

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