Kirsten Vangsness is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on July 7, 1972 in Pasadena, California, United States. American actress who played Penelope Garcia on the long-running CBS series Criminal Minds and its spin-off, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.
She began acting alongside Shemar Moore on Criminal Minds in 2005.
Vangsness was born in Pasadena, California, daughter of Errol Leroy Vangsness, of Norwegian descent, and wife Barbara Mary (née Marconi), of Italian descent. She was raised in Porterville, California, and later moved to Cerritos, California. She graduated from Cerritos High School in June 1990 and attended Cypress College in Cypress, California. She later graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 1996.
In a 2011 interview, Vangsness has described herself “as queer as a purple unicorn singing Madonna”. She was in a seven-year relationship with editor Melanie Goldstein until 2013, to whom she was engaged. In November 2015, it was reported that Vangsness became engaged to actor and writer Keith Hanson.
She started a relationship with partner Melanie Goldstein in 2006 but the couple split in 2013. Then in 2015 she became engaged to her boyfriend Keith Hanson.
