A View From The Bridge at The Ruskin Theatre in Santa Monica. I’m playing Beatrice opposite Ray Abruzzo as Eddie. “Abruzzo and Chase deliver a pair of commanding star turns as Eddie and Beatrice.”
Kim has more than 20 years experience as an actor and producer in television, film, theatre and in commercial casting. She has had a broad career as an actress, singer, producer, mentor and acting coach working with everyone from iconic legends like Ossie Davis, Robert Morse, Dabney Coleman, Jerry Seinfeld, Burt Reynolds, Rod Steiger, to more contemporary players like Greg Kinnear, Hunter Parish, French Stewart, Christian Slater, Rufus Sewell and Simon Baker.
As a filmmaker, Kim produced the award-winning comedy, It’s All About You featuring Dom DeLuise and Robert Morse. Kim was a co-producer on the film, Beyond The Pale directed by Paul Warner (Fall Time starring Mickey Rourke).
Kim is currently in development with three film scripts.
TV credits include: Harlem, Todays Special (David Wain), Incredible Crew (Nick Cannon) Weeds, Danni Lowinski, The Forgotten, Eleventh Hour, The Guardian, It’s Like You Know, Seinfeld, Evening Shade, Days of Our Lives.
Film Highlights include: North Blvd opposite Grainger Hines, The Killing Obsession starring opposite John Savage, The Last Producer opposite Benjamin Bratt and Rod Steiger, Hard Time Hostage Hotel opposite Charles Durning, and Raven opposite Burt Reynolds.
Kim received her BFA from Catholic University in Washington D.C. and apprenticed at the Burt Reynolds Theatre where she met her mentor Charles Nelson Reilly. Moving to Los Angeles, she studied under legendary director Jose Quintero.
Fast Facts:
The most fun commercial I ever did was with Greg Kinnear for Chrysler.
I am a Dramaloque and LA Weekly award winner and was nominated for a Drama critics Circle Award but lost to Marian Seldes.
As a teenager in the late 80’s, I toured Europe and the Sinai with the USO and Bob Hope as a lead singer. I toured with the USO again 4 times between 2004-2007 entertaining the troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and Europe.
I have endless stories from the icons that I have been lucky to work with and will be happy to share if you want to listen…lol… To really point out that this business of acting is a business: When I was playing Hecuba in The Trojan Women directed by Sir John Neville (Baron Munchausen), I had to leave rehearsal one afternoon for a commercial audition that involved me wearing a bikini. Leaving rehearsal from a Greek Tragedy for a beer campaign was quite a difference. I told Sir John what the audition was and he said, “Hmmm, not quite what we joined up for is it?” We have to keep perspective in this business.
I love to play the piano — I was trained classically — and to sing — started when I was 15 singing jazz and standards with the Ernie Scott Jazz Trio, swim, bike, play tennis, walk my dog on the beach and laugh as much as is humanly possible.
Oh p.s. I booked the beer ad and opened as Hecuba the Witch in the same week… very different makeup jobs!