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".

Filmography

• 2021Paradise Cove — Bree
• 2020The Boy Behind the Door — Ms. Burton
• 2018Happy Anniversary — Willa
• 2018Hollyweed
• 2018Rich Boy, Rich Girl — Jessica DeBenedetto
• 2018Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay — Killer Frost (voice)
• Lore — Minnie Otto
• 2016Nocturnal Animals — Samantha Van Helsing
• Saint George — Suzanne Duval
• 2014Teen Lust — Mary
• 2013The Story of Luke — Cindy
• Once Upon a Time — Maleficent
• 2011Subject: I Love You — Sarah Drake
• Justified — Shirley Kelso
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager — Didi Stone
• True Blood — Pam Ravenscroft
• Dirty Sexy Money
• Private Practice — Susanna
• 2006Pink Collar — Eve
• Bones — Janelle Stinson
• Close to Home — Shannon Cooke
• 2005Life of the Party — Caroline / Kristin Bauer
• 200450 First Dates — Female Firefighter
• Boston Legal — Tori Pines
• Desperate Housewives — Veronica
• Dr. Vegas — Portia
• 2004Living with Lou — Jean
• Quintuplets — Ms. Kilcoyne
• Cold Case — Paula (2004 & 2006)
• Two and a Half Men — Laura
• Boomtown — Prostitute
• George Lopez — Chris Watson
• Hidden Hills — Belinda Slypich
• Less than Perfect — Kaye Buchinski
• Crossing Jordan — Molly Greene
• 2001Dancing at the Blue Iguana — Nico
• Justice League — Mera / Reporter / Nurse (voice), Mera (voice)
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Lt. Laneth
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Kenli Johnson
• Dark Angel — Lydia Meyerson
• 2000Hollywood Palms — Kathleen
• 2000Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye — Katy Scott
• That's Life — Candy Cooper
• Fantasy Island — (as Kristin Bauer)
• 1998My Little Havana — Carmen
• Dharma & Greg — Stephanie
• Just Shoot Me! — Allie
• 1997Romy and Michele's High School Reunion — Kelly Possenger
• Total Security — Geneva Renault
• Everybody Loves Raymond — Lisa
• Men Behaving Badly — Robin
• Cybill — Kirsten
• 1995Galaxis — Commander
• 1995Glory Daze — Dina
• The Crew — Maggie Reynolds
• Burke's Law — Stephanie
• Chicago Hope — Melody Cacaci
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Mrs. Loomis
• Seinfeld — Gillian
• L.A. Law — Miss English
• Columbo — Suzie Endicott

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Eli Roth's History of Horror — Self
• 2018Once Upon a Time: And They Lived Happily Ever After — Self
• 2012The Real Love — Self - Master of Ceremonies
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self