Kristin grew up in Wisconsin playing sports, riding horses, and shooting guns. Her father was an avid horseman and gun collector and her mother a housewife involved in charities. Kristin moved to Los Angeles and began acting in 1994 after studying fine arts in St. Louis, Boston and New York. She still studies drawing and painting, and does commissioned portraits in between shooting and working to better the environment. Bauer lives in L.A. with her many rescued animals and her South African husband, musician Abri Van Straten, of the band, "The Lemmings".
The Boy Behind the Door
2020
The Real Love
2012
50 First Dates
2004
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
2018
Nocturnal Animals
2016
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001
Paradise Cove
2021
Glory Daze
1995
Hollywood Palms
2000
Galaxis
1995
Teen Lust
2014
Happy Anniversary
2018
Life of the Party
2005
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
2000
Rich Boy, Rich Girl
2018
The Story of Luke
2013
Subject: I Love You
2011
My Little Havana
1998