Kris Rey (born Kristin Williams, November 11, 1980) is an American businesswoman, filmmaker and actress. Her works as a director include the short documentary Bathwater (2006), the Nerve.com documentary web series Boys and Girls and the feature films It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home (2009), Empire Builder (2012), Unexpected (2015) and I Used to Go Here (2020). She has also had small roles in a number of films, including First Man (2018). From 2007 to 2019 she was married to filmmaker Joe Swanberg. The two co-directed, co-produced and co-starred in the 2006-2009 Nerve.com web series Young American Bodies; she also had acting roles in a number of his films.
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Biography from TMDB.
- November 11, 1980 (45)
- Virginia, USA
- Actor, director and writer
- 13 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Kris Rey's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 5 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kris Rey's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Kris Rey's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
Trash Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Cinema Toast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
I Used to Go Here(2020)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Dollface(2019)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
First Man(2018)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Win It All(2017)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Easy(2016)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Joshy(2016)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Unexpected(2015)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Happy Christmas(2014)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Sacrament(2013)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all filmsBaby Mary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Empire Builder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Marriage Material (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Art History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Autoerotic(2011)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Zone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Blackmail Boys(2010)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Audrey the Trainwreck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
It Was Great, But I Was Ready to Come Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Alexander the Last(2009)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all filmsPresent Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Hannah Takes the Stairs(2007)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Young American Bodies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Kissing on the Mouth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Career shape
Star power in the 83rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles from 2005 to 2026; peak year 2018.
Film career
Peak 2018 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2007Screen debut· Hannah Takes the Stairs
- 2018Career best· First Man
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Kris Rey's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 11; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th7
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kris Rey's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Kris Rey work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kris Rey's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joe Swanberg shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Joe SwanbergShared titles: Win It All (2017), Autoerotic (2011), Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)See all 3 shared titles with Joe Swanberg
Editors
- Zach ClarkShared titles: I Used to Go Here (2020), Unexpected (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Zach Clark
Mixed roles
- Megan MercierShared titles: Unexpected (2015), Autoerotic (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Megan Mercier
- Kent OsborneShared titles: Autoerotic (2011), Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Kent Osborne
