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Kris Rey

Biography

Kris Rey (born Kristin Williams, November 11, 1980) is filmmaker and actress. Her works as a director include the short documentary Bathwater (2006), the Nerve.com documentary web series Boys and Girls and the feature films It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home (2009), Empire Builder (2012), Unexpected (2015) and I Used to Go Here (2020). She has also had small roles in a number of films, including First Man (2018). From 2007 to 2019 she was married to filmmaker Joe Swanberg. The two co-directed, co-produced and co-starred in the 2006-2009 Nerve.com web series Young American Bodies; she also had acting roles in a number of his films.

Known For

Hannah Takes the Stairs
Hannah Takes the Stairs
Autoerotic
Autoerotic
It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home
It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home
Art History
Art History
Marriage Material
Marriage Material
The Zone
The Zone

Filmography

2018 First Man
as Marilyn See
2017 Win It All
as Kris
2016 Easy
as Easy
2016 Joshy
as Anita
2014 Happy Christmas
as Landlord
2013 The Sacrament
as Mother of Gene
2012 Marriage Material
as
2011 Art History
as Hillary
2011 Autoerotic
as
2011 The Zone
as Director's Wife
2010 Audrey the Trainwreck
as Realtor Lady
2009 It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home
as Annie
2009 Alexander the Last
as Stagehand
2008 Present Company
as Just Anita
2007 Hannah Takes the Stairs
as Gaby
2006 Young American Bodies
as Dia
2005 Kissing on the Mouth
as Laura