Trivia

Raised on a farm in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania. Was not allowed to ride a horse, so she rode a cow named "Jake".

Writes songs, sings, and plays guitar in the New York City band Ex Vivian.

Her debut novel, Bonfire, was published in 2017. It's a psychological thriller about an environmental lawyer who returns to her hometown on a case and is drawn into a deepening mystery.

Was discovered at a young age at a shopping mall, where she and her mother were shopping.

Wrote, recorded, and performed a song for BuzzKill (2012), a film in which she stars.

Krysten is an avid knitter and collaborated with We Are Knitters to create her own collection of knitting kits.

Plays guitar.

Mother with boyfriend Adam Granduciel, son Bruce Julian Knight Granofsky (b. July 29, 2019).

Trained as an actor in NYC.

An "Ex-Vivian" song will be used in her film, Frost (2008).

In a relationship with musician Adam Granduciel since August 2014. They have a son together.

While Ritter stars as a private investigator in Jessica Jones (2015), early in her acting career she starred in Veronica Mars (2004) where Kristen Bell stars as a teenage private investigator who investigates Ritter's on-screen father then her in the follow up movie Veronica Mars: La película (2014).

Her acting coach is Marjorie Ballentine.