---
name: "Kristin Rudrüd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kristin-rudrud"
fi1m_id: "kristin-rudrud"
imdb_id: "nm0749021"
tmdb_id: 3906
wikidata_id: "Q19867089"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 May 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:08:46.326347+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kristin Rudrüd

## Identity

Kristin Rudrüd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kristin-rudrud
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kristin-rudrud
- **IMDb ID:** nm0749021
- **TMDB ID:** 3906
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19867089
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Rudr%C3%BCd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19867089, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3906

Actor. Born 23 May 1955 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 May 1955, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Rudr%C3%BCd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19867089, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3906

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fargo*](https://film.one/film/fargo.md) (91)

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## Biography

Kristin Rudrüd is an American actress. Born on 23 May 1955 in Fargo, North Dakota, she grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota. She attended Minnesota State University Moorhead, studied acting in London, and later worked in New York theatre, appearing in a production of Amadeus and a public reading of Othello with Al Pacino.

After returning to Fargo she began her film career. She played Jean Lundegaard in the Coen brothers' Fargo (1996). Other screen credits include Pleasantville (1998), Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), the short film Wheels Locked, and television appearances in Chicago Hope and All My Children.

In 2023 Rudrüd appeared photographically as Jean Lundegaard in an episode of the Fargo television series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fargo* (1996), Fi1m 91, as Jean Lundegaard — [page](https://film.one/film/fargo.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Empty Nesters* (2021), as Lorraine Robinson
- *Herman U.S.A.* (2001), as Gloria Swanson
- *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999), as Connie Rudrüd
- *Pleasantville* (1998), as Mary
- *Fargo* (1996), as Jean Lundegaard — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/fargo.md)
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Amelia Robling
- *A Psychic Mom* (1993), as Judy Banning

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