Kristen Bell to Host The 32nd Annual Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
KRISTEN BELL TO HOST THE 32ND ANNUAL ACTOR AWARDS PRESENTED BY SAG-AFTRA
Kristen Bell will return to host The Actor Awards for the third time… because everybody wants this.
LOS ANGELES (January 21, 2026) – The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA announced that Award-winning actress and producer Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This, The Good Place) will return to host The 32nd Annual Actor Awards. The ceremony will stream live on Netflix Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall.
“I’ve enjoyed hosting the show every time, so it was an easy decision to come back for a third,” said Kristen Bell. “What I’m most excited for is the fact that I’ll be doing what every actor does best…sing :)”
“Kristen Bell knows this show, she knows this community and she knows how to keep everyone entertained and laughing without ever losing the heart of the night,” said Jon Brockett, showrunner and executive producer for The Actor Awards. “Having Kristen return to host feels like welcoming back a member of the family. One you actually want to hang out with.”
Bell is an actress, philanthropist, children’s book author and producer who currently stars in the highly acclaimed Netflix comedy series, Nobody Wants This, alongside Adam Brody, in which she also serves as an executive producer. Recent acting credits include leading roles in the Amazon Prime comedy film The People We Hate at the Wedding, alongside Allison Janney and Ben Platt, and Netflix’s parody comedy The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.
She also starred in the NBC series The Good Place, opposite Ted Danson, the animated Amazon children’s series Do, Re, & Mi, and STX Film’s couponing adventure Queenpins. In 2019, Bell reprised her role as ‘Anna’ in Frozen 2, which has earned over $1.45 billion, surpassing the $1.2 billion Frozen earned worldwide. Her other film credits include Bad Moms, Like Father, The Lifeguard, The Boss, Hit & Run, Movie 43, Some Girls, You Again, Burlesque, When in Rome, Couples Retreat, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pulse, Serious Moonlight and David Mamet’s Spartan. Her television credits include Veronica Mars, Parks & Recreation, Unsupervised, Deadwood, Heroes and Party Down.
Silent House Productions will return to produce The 32nd Annual Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA on Sunday, March 1 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Netflix. Jon Brockett will serve as showrunner and executive producer alongside Silent House Productions’ Emmy® winners Baz Halpin, Mark Bracco and Linda Gierahn who will serve as Executive Producers.
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ABOUT THE ACTOR AWARDS
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA is the only televised awards ceremony that exclusively honors actors in TV and film. With nominees and winners chosen by eligible performers within SAG-AFTRA’s robust and diverse community of more than 160,000 members, the largest voting body in the awards landscape, the show recognizes outstanding work across 15 categories spanning individual and ensemble achievements in motion pictures, drama series, and comedy series. Beloved for its style, simplicity, and genuine warmth, the show and its statuette of the same name, The Actor, are fundamental to the spirit of performers around the globe and is one of the industry’s most prized honors since its debut in 1995. The Actor Awards airs exclusively on Netflix.
ABOUT SILENT HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
Silent House Group, which was recently named one of GQ's 20 most creative companies in the world, is comprised of three divisions - Silent House Productions, Silent House Studios, and Silent House Events - which together form the global award-winning production company, design studio, and creative agency that stages and produces large scale global events. Silent House Productions produced Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show, Opry100: A Live Celebration, the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, TUDUM 2025, Noche UFC at Las Vegas Sphere, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) for their work on Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love, in addition to four other Emmy nominations for the special, and produced the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which marked Netflix’s first-ever live awards show. Additionally, the award-winning team produced the blockbuster film Taylor Swift I The Eras Tour in partnership with Taylor Swift Productions, among other notable projects. For more information, please visit: https://www.silent-house.com/productions.
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