Celebrity Names with the Letter K: Part 3

TV star, entrepreneur, fashion designer, and author (New York Times best-seller - "Kardashian Konfidential"), Kim Kardashian was born in Los Angeles, California, to Kris Jenner (née Kristen Mary Houghton) and attorney Robert Kardashian. Her father was of Armenian descent and her mother is of mostly English and Scots-Irish ancestry. Kim first burst onto the scene in 2007, after the premiere of her hit E! Entertainment reality series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007). The show follows the exploits of the Kardashian/Jenner family, which includes her stepfather Caitlyn Jenner, her mother, Kim, her siblings Kourtney Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Rob Kardashian, and younger half-sisters Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner. The show was the highest-rated program on the E! Network. She also stars alongside her sister Kourtney in Kourtney & Kim Take New York (2011), which premiered its second season in November of this year. Most recently, Kardashian shared her wedding with the world in a two-part special, Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event - Part 1 (2011) and Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event - Part 2 (2011). The special ranks as E!'s most-watched event, ever, bringing in 10.5 million viewers. In addition to starring in her own reality shows for E!, she has appeared as an actress in a number of other projects, including the feature, Disaster Movie (2008) (Lionsgate), CW's hit show, 90210 (2008) and TV's How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Brothers (2009), among others. In 2010, she produced The Spin Crowd (2010), her first TV show for E!, which premiered to 2.46 million households. Additionally, in September 2008, Kardashian competed on the ABC hit series, Dancing with the Stars (2005), where she was paired with defending Champion Mark Ballas.

In recent years, Kardashian has become a highly-sought-after name and face for a number of high profile brands. She is the face of "Sketchers Shape-ups", the sneaker designed to get you fit while you walk, work, shop, and more. She was featured in a Sketchers commercial during Super Bowl XLV. Also, she (along with her sisters), has her own line of "Nicole by OPI" nail polish, "Kardashian Kolors", which will be available on holiday 2011. She has created a line of contemporary jewelry line, "Belle Noel", with famed jewelry designer Pascal Mouawad. Kardashian also serves as the official spokesperson for "Midori Melon Liqueur" and its new "Stand-Out" marketing campaign.

Employing her entrepreneurial business skills, Kim began her fashion career as a stylist and became an immediate sought-after wardrobe stylist for infomercials, television shows, music videos and photo shoots. But it was her organizational, orderly arrangement and construction of high-fashion closets that led her into a unique line of work, overhauling and designing closets for celebrities.

In 2006, together with her sisters Kourtney and Khloe, Kardashian opened the designer clothing store, "Dash", in Calabasas, California; a must-shop-at store for those with discriminating, yet fashionable taste. Because of high consumer demands, other stores in Miami and New York opened in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In 2010, Kim co-designed a fashion line with her sisters, Kourtney and Khloe, in conjunction with the Bebe fashion brand. This collaboration led to a partnership between the three sisters and Bruno Schiavi on a complete brand launch, "Kardashian Kollection", encompassing apparel, shoes, lingerie, home, jewelry and accessories. "Kardashian Kollection" is sold at over 500 Sears, nationwide. Sears has created a store within a store concept, specifically for "Kardashian Kollection". It is also sold in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany.

In 2009, Kim launched her own perfume, "Kim Kardashian", which is available worldwide. Her second perfume, "Kim Kardashian Gold", was launched in 2010. A limited edition scent, "Kim Kardashian Gold", launched in August 2011. Her online shoe company, "ShoeDazzle.com", was launched in March 2009 and provides affordable, fashionable shoes to its members.

Kim has graced the covers of numerous publications around the world, including Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Allure, Harper's Bazaar, Prestige (Hong Kong), and Self, among others. Additionally, she has appeared, as a guest, on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Late Show with David Letterman (1993), Larry King Live (1985), among others.

Kardashian's official website gets 6 million page views a month, making it the fastest growing celebrity blog on the web. She also has over 10 million followers on Twitter.

When not working, Kim gives her time to charitable causes. She is a Dream Foundation ambassador which grants last wishes to terminally ill adults and does regular sales on Ebay to generate donations for the charity. She enjoys spending time with children at Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and is passionate about cancer foundations since her father, the late Robert Kardashian, passed away from esophageal cancer. Kardashian recently gave a heart-felt speech about her father at Gabrielle's Angel Foundations' Angel Ball which supports cancer research.

Kimberley Crossman was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Crossman started dancing at the age of 3 and started auditioning while she was in high school. She quickly landed a series regular role on a New Zealand soap opera, Shortland Street. Kimberley Crossman now lives and works in Los Angeles focusing predominately on comedy and studies at The Groundlings.

Kimberley Drummond born in Spanish Town, Jamaica migrated to the USA with her mom at the young age of four. While attending school, Kimberley began dance classes as a hobby and fell in love with the stage that made her want to learn everything about it. She attended Middle & High Schools for Performing Arts in South Florida . After graduating, she was accepted in the New York School for Film and Television Conservatory where she studied her on-camera training.

Continuing her studies with local coaches in New York City, she landed the supporting role as Taqua in the Independent film Mooz-Lum alongside greats Nia Long, Roger Guenveur Smith, Evan Ross, Danny Glover . This is Kimberley's first movie re-telling one Muslims experience during 911.

Kimberley has since made television appearances on CW's highest rated show, The Vampire Diaries, Rectify on Sundance TV, Homeland, Fuller House, BET's The Game and many more. Kimberley has also been featured in films such as the critically acclaimed Hunger Games franchise in Catching Fire & Magic Mike XXL. With an outstanding career thus far, Kimberley's future is looking very promising!

Kimberley Kates is a multi-award-winning producer and actress. She runs Los Angeles-based Big Screen Entertainment Group along with partners Dr. Bruce Lee, Stephen Eckelberry, Catherine Taylor, Sandro Monetti, Jimmy Jiang, and the Deka Bros.

As an actress, starring in more than 50 films and television shows, including Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, Charmed, Growing Pains, Freddy's Nightmare, and Murder She Wrote.

Her movie debut came in the iconic Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, playing one of the princesses, Princess Joanna along with Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Diane Franklin and George Carlin.

Kimberley's producing credits include Dirty Love which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Babysitter Wanted, Forget About It, Mosquito Man, Air Strike, William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet, The Mirror, You Can't Kill Stephen King, Singularity Principle an upcoming Cinderella project and a Christmas adventure film, Santa4Real.

In addition to producing, she worked as a Distribution Executive for China on the theatrical releases of a number of movies including Papillon with Rami Malek and Charlie Hunnam, and the animated film, Ozzy which was released on over 5,000 screens in China.

Her writing credits include Avenger Field, a series about the female pilots of World War 2, Earth Angels, Dead End Dating based off the best selling books by Kimberly Raye, Black Magic and The Encounter.

In 2016, Kimberley Kates served as the U.S. marketing executive for Wu Tianming's final film, "Song of the Phoenix." Collaborating with Janet Wu, Wu Tianming's daughter, Kimberley spearheaded the Golden Globe campaign for the film in the United States. Additionally, she produced an introduction video featuring Martin Scorsese for the film's theatrical release in China. Wu Tianming's film "The King of Masks" is one of Scorsese's favorite movies. Meanwhile, Producer Fang Li (*The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru*, 2023) managed the campaign in China whilst Kimberley in the US, they had great success, where "Song of the Phoenix" became the country's highest-grossing art film.

As founder and CEO of Big Screen Entertainment Group she oversees a wide range of tasks, including creating and developing television series with teams of writers and developing, producing and distributing feature films for the company.

Kimberley Nixon was born on 24 September 1985 in Bristol, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), Black Death (2010) and Wild Child (2008).

Kimberly-Sue Murray is known for Die Alone (2024), Trader (2022) and V-Wars (2019).

Kimberly Battista is a professional model and actress signed with J. Pervis Talent and CLICK Models, Atlanta and Hutson Talent, VA.She was recently awarded the honor of being named CLICK's Lifestyle Model of the Year. Kim was born and raised in the Panhandle of Florida and is known for her fun and easy going attitude. She has an extensive modeling portfolio and has been featured in over 50 publications, on billboards and has walked in various fashion shows . She is extremely diverse in her roles and has the chameleon-like ability to transform into any character she plays. Her most recent work includes the film "Gerald's Game" based on the novel by Stephen King. Television appearances include The Purge, NCIS New Orleans, The Vampire Diaries, Snapped: Killer Couples and Ice Cold Killers and a supporting role as femme fatale, Grayson, on the pilot St. Gabriel.

Kimberly Beck became familiar to American audiences in 1965 as Kim, the deaf-mute daughter of David (William Smithers) and Doris Shuster (Gail Kobe) in the TV hit series "Peyton Place"; she is the sole witness to the accidental death of Joe Chernak (Don Quine) which soon becomes a murder trial that sends Rodney Harrington (Ryan O'Neal) to jail.

"Born and raised in Southern California, Kimberly Brooks is an industry proven voiceover dynamo, gaining recognition for her performances on many respected animated shows and interactive video games. In addition to having one of the more sought after commercial voices, Kimberly is also known for her extensive on-air promo work with networks such as NBC, FOX, SoapNet, Investigation Discovery and is currently "the voice" of E! South Africa.

Kimberly has been performing since she was eight years old. Growing with her craft, she became a theater major in college and ultimately leveraged her years of performance experience and got her start in animation voiceover on the cult-classic Nickelodeon show "Rugrats". She also voiced LUNA the keyboardist/back-up singer for the HEX GIRLS, the eco-goth rock band, featured in "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated." Some of Kimberly's more recent animated work can be heard on Disney Jr's show "Doc McStuffins" playing a dynamic range of characters including Doc's Mom, Dr. Maisha McStuffins as well as the spunky SURFER GIRL. She can also be heard on Netflix's reboot of the classic cartoon "Voltron" voicing the brave & honorable PRINCESS ALLURA, on Nickelodeon's "Winxs Club" voicing the fiendishly wicked STORMY, on Cartoon Network's show "Steven Universe" as the tough & gritty baddy, JASPER, and on the critically acclaimed Comedy Central show "South Park" as the ethically questionable CLASSI, as well as many other animated shows.

Kimberly's work in interactive video games includes the "tough-but-fair" ASHLEY WILLIAMS on the beloved "Mass Effect" Series. She can also be heard on the "Batman: Arkham" game series as the ORACLE, as well as the notable roles as DAISY FITZROY in "BioShock Infinte: Burial at Sea" and BAD JUJU in the more recent "Skylanders: Imaginators".

With a voiceover resume that rounds out with well-known NARRATION performances on shows such as Oxygen's Killer Couples, Kimberly Brooks is truly a voiceover tour de force."

Kimberly Brown began acting in commercials for the Ford Agency at the age of five. She appeared in her first Broadway show at age seven and made history by being in three Broadway shows by the age of nine: "Four Baboons Adoring the Sun", "Les Miserables" and "Showboat". She earned a Daytime Emmy nomination at 11 for her portrayal of "Marah Lewis" on Guiding Light (1952).

Kimberly Elise was born on 17 April 1967 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress and executive, known for Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) and John Q (2002). She was previously married to Maurice Oldham.

Kimberly Foster was born on 6 July 1961 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress, known for Dragnet (1987), Dallas (1978) and One Crazy Summer (1986). She has been married to Laurence S. Zimmerman since 1994. They have two children.

Kimberly is a Native American actor who has enjoyed a long career in film, television, and theatre. Some of Kimberly's recent credits include playing "Auntie B" in FX on the breakout comedy RESERVATION DOGS, "Katie Clarke" opposite Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer in the lauded Amazon/BBC limited series THE ENGLISH , the "Head Ranger/Mom Skycedar" in Netflix's hit animated series SPIRIT RANGERS and "Ellie Yankton" in Bethesda's epic role-playing game, STARFIELD. Recent film credits include the critically acclaimed feature, MONTANA STORY opposite Haley Lu Richardson and Owen Teague, the gritty revenge thriller CATCH THE FAIR ONE opposite Emmy nominee Kali Reis, and THE GLORIAS, where Kimberly plays legendary Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller opposite Julianne Moore as Gloria Steinem. Upcoming credits include recurring roles in HBO's much-anticipated IT prequel WELCOME TO DERRY, Netflix's THE ABANDONS, and the feature film KEEP QUIET opposite Lou Diamond Phillips. On stage, Kimberly originated the role of "Johnna" in Tracy Letts' Tony Award-winning play AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (Chicago, Broadway, London, Sydney) and also starred in MANAHATTA (The Public Theater, NY) and THE FRYBREAD QUEEN (Native Voices, LA). Kimberly's Indigenous heritage is Colville (enrolled) and Salish, and she is married to composer and musician, Johnny Guerrero. The couple have worked for years in tribal communities mentoring youth and supporting wellness through the creation of original films, online content, and music, and she currently serves as a Professor at UC Riverside in the film/theatre department.

Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle was born March 9, 1969 in San Francisco, California to Mercedes Marie Guilfoyle (née Gerena), a Puerto Rican special education teacher & Anthony Christopher "Tony" Guilfoyle, an Irish real estate investor. Her mom died of leukemia when Kimberly was 10, which made her dad raise her & her little brother as a widowed father. Kimberly worked her way through college and law school, including a brief stint as a lingerie model, before becoming an assistant district attorney in San Francisco. She received national attention in 2001, when she successfully prosecuted two defendants whose dogs had mauled a woman to death in San Francisco. That same year, she married Gavin Newsom, a city supervisor from a prominent family; he was elected mayor in 2003. Kimberly is extremely visible in San Francisco society, as a member of many charitable organizations, and maintains close ties with the Getty family. In 2004, she moved to New York to become a legal consultant for MSNBC, CNN and CourtTV. In January 2006, Kimberly joined Fox News Channel where she is host of The Lineup (2005). She is also a legal analyst for the Fox News Channel.

Kimberly Howe is known for The Purge: Election Year (2016), Super Troopers 2 (2018) and Bleed for This (2016).

After a few years appearing at her local civic theater in Ocala, Florida, Kimberly received her first taste of the film industry as the producer's assistant in an independent film where, as luck would have it, she was given a small replacement role. After moving to Miami for college, she soon found her way back on set after Warner Brothers Studio chose to shoot a pilot at her campus. Via networking, Kimberly came into contact with several more film productions, and was able to appear as featured background on such shows as Burn Notice, CSI: Miami, and Mercy Reef. She even flew up to New York City to appear in the Pilot of 3 lbs starring Stanley Tucci and Cynthia Nixon. When she returned to Miami to finish her college semester, she was surprised to find that her father had submitted her in a state-wide contest and that she had already become a top-five finalist. She was to come home and do a photo shoot along with the five other contestants and they would later surprise the winner that summer by having their picture on the cover and a spread in Ocala magazine, Florida's. Best magazine publication. She won. That year Kimberly took the next leap to be in front of the cameras, both TV and photo, and auditioned for cycle 9 of Americas next top Model and became one of the 13 finalist to make it in "the house". After the season aired Kimberly decided to pursue her career further by moving to New York City. Since arriving in July of 2008, Kimberly20has succeeded in earning her SAG card and continued to work on such diverse and popular shows as Gossip Girl, Life on Mars, Cupid, Law and Order, and HBO's "How to make it in America." She is also the upcoming campaign model for "Palmers Hair Shampoo" and has been on several other Florida magazine covers, as well as being displayed within the contents of Cosmopolitan and Unvogue. Kimberly is a very passionate animal activist and has been a vegetarian for several years. She is a major supporter of the animal rights movement and has been personally involved as well, doing such things as cleaning kennels, heading socialization programs, setting up fund raisers, and promoting the importance of animal population control.

Kimberly is about to start her fourth season on "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" for Disney+ as an Co-Executive Producer/Director. Last season, Kimberly directed episodes of Amazon's "With Love", Hulu's "How I Met Your Father", Netflix's "Boo, Bitch", and "Fantasy Island" for Fox. Kimberly has directed multiple episodes of the Freeform/UTV hit series "The Bold Type" and directed many multi-cams including "Carol's Second Act" for CBS, The Conners" for ABC, and "One Day At A Time" for Netflix.

Kimberly is both Mexican-American and Indigenous; her career defines her as a true utility player with a diverse resume covering hour-long drama, single-cam, and multi-cam comedies. She is now jumping into features after Orion put her musical, "Smile Now", into development with Plan B producing.

Kimberly Peirce was born on 8 September 1967 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Boys Don't Cry (1999), Stop-Loss (2008) and Carrie (2013).

Kim (Kimberly) Quinn, actress, writer, producer and director, stars in the upcoming film American Dreamer opposite Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine. She plays 'Maggie,' the complicated and concerned daughter of 'Astrid,' played by MacLaine. When a stranger, played by Dinklage, moves into her mother's spare room, suspicions arise. American Dreamer comes out in theaters Spring 2024, nationwide.

While Quinn is currently working behind the camera producing The Goat for Netflix, starring Melissa McCarthy and Kevin Hart, written and directed by Ted Melfi, she can be seen in the Humanitas Award Winning film, The Starling on Netflix, which she also produced.

You can find her in the Oscar Nominated film, Hidden Figures, opposite Kevin Costner on Disney Plus, the Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominated film, Saint Vincent, opposite Bill Murray on Netflix and the cult classic holiday film, El Camino Christmas, also on Netflix.

Quinn produces all her films through her production company Goldenlight Films along side her husband, writer/director Ted Melfi.

In television, you can catch her starring in another cult classic, Terriers, opposite Donal Louge which was included in the top 25 comedy series and Gypsy, starring opposite Naomi Watts, both on Netflix.

Kimberly Stewart was born on 20 August 1979 in Holmby Hills, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Pacific Blue (1996), Lost Lake (2012) and Undeclared (2001).

Kimberley Sustad was born on 27 May 1987 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Travelers (2016), Unspeakable (2019) and The Twilight Zone (2019). She has been married to Scot Sustad since 2004. They have two children.

Kim Whalen is an actress born in Dallas, Texas. She's best known for her work with the American musical theatre company Team StarKid, and for playing Ava Winthrop in the series Being Mary Jane (2013). She is a classically trained singer and starred as Luisa in the 50th Anniversary of The Fantasticks at The Theatre Center in NYC. Kim's acting career began on stage, doing theatre in her hometown of Dallas, and her interest in film came after being cast in the movie, The Tree of Life (2011), which takes place in a small Texas town.

Kimberly Payne Williams-Paisley is an American actress known for her co-starring roles on According to Jim and Nashville, as well as her breakthrough performance in Father of the Bride (1991), for which she was nominated for several awards, and its sequel, Father of the Bride Part II (1995). Throughout her acting career, she has guest-starred on TV shows including Tales from the Crypt, George Lopez and Less Than Perfect. She is also known for her roles in made-for-TV movies, including Safe House, The Christmas Shoes, and Lucky 7, and also her role as Laura Parker in Shade, a short film that she also wrote and directed. Williams is married to country musician Brad Paisley, with whom she has two sons; actress Ashley Williams is her sister.

Kimberly Jeppson was born on 8 October 1985 in California, USA. She is an actress, known for The Big Bang Theory (2007), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Mostly Ghostly (2007).

Kimiko Elizabeth Glenn was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ, where she grew up with her sister Amanda, and parents Mark and Sumiko. She started doing theater when she was ten years old at Valley Youth Theatre and there, began developing her love for performing.

Halfway through her freshman year of college at the Boston Conservatory, she was cast in the 1st National Tour of Spring Awakening. After touring for two years, she finally settled her life in New York.

Since then, she starred as the title role in La Jolla Playhouse's "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots", directed by Des McAnuff; and played the bratty Princess Ssu-Ming in the Playhouse's production of "The Nightingale", directed by Moisés Kaufman. She was honored to perform at the Delacorte Theater for Shakespeare in the Park, in The Public's "Love's Labour's Lost", directed by Alex Timbers. She had a blast originating the role of Emily in the Off-Broadway production of Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry and is proud of the many exciting projects she has been a part of. Favorites include: Behind the Painting written by Maltby & Shire; Plop, written by Bare's Damon Intrabartolo; Yeast Nation from the creators of Urintetown at the NY Fringe festival '11; Crossing Over as part of the National Asian Artists' Project; and the staged reading of Cheer Wars -- her very first New York job.

Kimiko has also appeared in feature films Construction (2021); Nous York (2012); and Hair Brained (2013) starring Brendan Fraser & Parker Posey; and the movie-musical short, Galaxy Comics, by director Kevin McMullin. You may have seen her in the 2011 Disney/ABC Diversity Showcase directed by Ted Sluberski and Joe Ward. She was thrilled to shoot NBCUniversal's half-hour comedy pilot Holding Patterns; and will be joining the cast of Orange Is the New Black (2013), a Netflix series, as Brook Soso.