Krysten Alyce Ritter (born December 16, 1981) is an American actress and model. She came to prominence in 2009–2010 as the character Jane Margolis in the AMC drama series Breaking Bad; a role she reprised in the 2019 spinoff film El Camino. She also had lead roles in the ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012–2013) and the Netflix superhero series Jessica Jones as the title character (2015–2019), also featured in the Netflix miniseries The Defenders (2017).

Early life
Ritter was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Garry Ritter and Kathi Taylor. She was raised in rural Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, where her mother, stepfather and sister live; her father lives in nearby Benton. She is of German, Scottish, and English descent. She graduated from Northwest Area High School in 2000.