About Guest

American film and television actress Kristin Bauer, is most known for her role as Pam, the vampire co-owner of Bon Temps’ Fangtasia bar, in True Blood, and currently Maleficent on Once Upon a Time. Kristin completed three years of art school before moving to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in acting.
Two years later she was hired to portray flight attendant Maggie Reynolds on the FOX comedy The Crew, which lasted for one season.

In 1996, Kristin appeared in one of her most memorable guest roles as “Man Hands” Gillian, Jerry’s girlfriend, on Seinfeld. She has been on over 60 TV shows including, to name a few, Everybody Loves Raymond, Dharma and Greg, Just Shoot Me, George Lopez, Boston Legal, and Justified. Throughout the years, she has played many other series regular characters including Geneva Renault, the quirky secretary of a security agency, on the drama Total Security, Candy Cooper in the CBS family drama That’s Life, and Belinda Slypich on the NBC comedy Hidden Hills. In 2008, Alan Ball tapped her to co-manage the vampire bar Fangtasia with formidable Viking Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård) on HBO’s original drama True Blood. After True Blood Kristin returned to Once Upon a Time on ABC to reprise he role as the villain, Maleficent.

Today she lives in Los Angeles with her musician, South African husband, Abri van Straten, two rescued dogs and four rescued cats. She splits her time between shooting, painting and trying to bring light to things that should not be happening. She works with HSUS, The Amanda Foundation, Oceana, PCRM and many other wonderful charities. Currently she is in the editing process on her documentary about the plight of the African elephant and rhino in Africa, called Out For Africa.

Nature and animals are her greatest passion as they “Have always given selflessly to me, so much more than I ever could have dreamed or given back. Mother nature is the greatest, most magical artist I have ever seen.”