Sketch to Screen: SNL’s Kristen Wiig is Hollywood’s coolest comedienne

To any fan of Saturday Night Live, the name Kristen Wiig conjures her many memorable characters: unabashed one-upper Penelope, the quick-to-comment Target cashier, a Chardonnay-swilling Kathie Lee Gifford. Those who don’t make SNL a standing date may remember Wiig as Will Forte’s sidekick with Farrah Fawcett hair in MacGruber or Katherine Heigl’s bitchy E! co-worker in Knocked Up. But with this month’s release of Bridesmaids, Wiig’s first starring film role (she also co-wrote the script), she’s graduating from sketch- and scene-stealer to the ranks of leading ladies Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

While Fey trades in old-maid awkwardness and Poehler in goofy grins, Wiig has a cool-girl factor and style. She likes Stella McCartney, Opening Ceremony and Halston Heritage. “When I get dressed up, I tend to go more on the edgier side than classic,” she says, adding in a teasing, signature Wiig-ian voice: “I like to mix and match my accessories.”

In Bridesmaids, Wiig plays a smart single trying to support her bride-to-be best friend (played by Maya Rudolph) and helm a wedding-party crew of babes and misfits. You’d be forgiven for assuming it’s a cosmos-and-canapés version of The Hangover, but Wiig is quick to dispel that notion.

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