Kristen Bell 'feels good at 30'

Kristen Bell has said that she has never been happier since turning 30.

The former Veronica Mars actress said that her recent birthday allowed her to gain an amount of self-acceptance that she previously lacked.

"I love 30 more than I've ever loved anything. I feel like I was born on my 30th birthday. It's finally the time where I've fully accepted and loved myself, which I'm realising more and more each day - it is so important to love yourself. Because if you don't love yourself than nothing really matters," she told Parade.

"For a long time, I went through life kind of beating myself up and trying to be a perfectionist and do everything right and I just thought, 'What's the point?' I have faults, that's fine. I can still strive to be better, but I'm not going to be as rough on myself as I used to and it's just kind of alleviating all of this stress and kind of taken a weight off my shoulders and I think now I'm just happy."

Bell added that she is looking forward to the next decade.

"Anything and everything that my 30s have to throw at me. Part of the great place that I'm in is that I'm not planning as much anymore. I have goals, but my main goal is just to be happy," she explained.

"And if I plan everything out I just feel that's what crazes your brain and messes you up and makes you feel like a failure. Wherever you are right now is okay. That's kind of been my mantra."