Kirsten Vangsness: Net Worth, Age, Height & Everything You Need To Know About The Criminal Minds Actress (2024)

A major role on the long-running Criminal Minds ,as well as a career performing and writing, has earned Kirsten Vangsness a very respectable net worth. Kirsten Vangsness is probably best known for playing Penelope Garcia in Criminal Minds, the technical analyst at the BAU, and a flamboyant and free-spirited member of the team who's always ready with a joke or a shoulder to cry on. Nearly removed from Criminal Minds after one episode, Penelope became a fan favorite on the show, appearing in Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviors and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders as well.

Vangsness has also appeared in other television shows, most notably, LAX as Stephanie and Pretty the Series as Meredith Champagne. In film, the actor has had parts in Kill Me, Deadly as Mona Livingston, Axis as the voice of Heather, and Dave Made a Maze as Jane. Vangsness has been engaged twice, first to Melanie Goldstein until 2013, via After Ellen, then to actor/writer Keith Hanson in 2015, via People. Although Vangsness has been previously quoted as saying that she did not identify as bisexual, in more recent posts, she has come out as a proud queer bisexual woman.

Kirsten Vangsness' Net Worth Is At Least 3 Million

Vangsness Fought For Her Money On Criminal Minds

According to CelebrityNetWorth, Kirsten Vangsness has a net worth of $3 million. It's unknown exactly how much Vangsness earned per episode of Criminal Minds, but in 2013, Vangsness and her female co-star A.J. Cook took a stand for more pay to better match their male co-stars, via Deadline. Then in 2017, they had a similar fight, threatening to walk. Seeing as neither did end up going, it's possible they once again earned a substantial pay bump.

Vangsness also has a popular YouTube channel and an Instagram following of over 1.4 million people. Her television and movie roles have been small and likely not substantially profitable compared to Criminal Minds, but advertising money on her social media and podcast/YouTube channel could be quite large, contributing to her $3 million net worth.

Kirsten Vangsness' Age & Height

Vangsness Is A Cancer

Kirsten Vangsness is listed as 5' 7" on IMDb and 5' 6" on Celeb Heights, putting her somewhere in the middle of those two. She was born on July 7, 1972, and, so, is 51 in June 2024. This July 7 birthday means her zodiac sign is Cancer, a water sign represented by a crab.

Cancers are highly sensitive to their environments and very self-protective, self-protective like someone threatening to walk from a show unless they receive fair pay. These signs also enjoy personal sanctuaries and make great hosts. As someone who hosts a YouTube channel from the confines of a cozy-looking room, this description is quite accurate.

Kirsten Vangsness Has Written Episodes Of Criminal Minds

Vangsness Is Also A Playwright

As well as being an actor, Kirsten is a talented writer. She's even written five episodes of Criminal Minds and a short film, Curtains, in 2020. She also wrote a play, Cleo, Theo & Wu, which premiered at Theatre of Note in 2018, a theater in Los Angeles, California. CTW, as she referred to it, was reviewed in the LA Times.

As mentioned, Kirsten also hosts her YouTube channel, Kirsten's Agenda w/ Me, Kirsten where she speaks with guests, talks about what's on her mind, and goes over the news of the day. Kirsten Vangsness is a busy woman who seems to enjoy having as many plates spinning as possible.

Criminal Minds

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Mystery

Drama

Crime

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Criminal Minds centers on cases of the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), a group of elite criminal profilers who analyze the country's most notorious criminals as they look to anticipate their next moves before they strike again. Starting in 2005, Criminal Minds ran for 15 seasons before getting a revival show, Criminal Minds: Evolution, in 2022.

Cast

shemar moore , Kirsten Vangsness , Paget Brewster , Thomas Gibson , Joe Mantegna , Matthew Gray Gubler , A.J. Cook , Mandy Patinkin , Lola Glaudini , Rachel Nichols , Jennifer Love Hewitt , Aisha Tyler

Release Date

September 22, 2005

Seasons

16

Showrunner

Erica Messer , Jeff Davis