Kim Zimmer

Infobox actor
name = Kim Zimmer


imagesize = 250px
birthdate = Birth date and age|1955|2|2|mf=y
location = Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
homepage = http://kimzimmer.net/
notable role = Reva Shayne, "Guiding Light"
emmyawards = Outstanding Lead Actress
1985, 1987, 1990, 2006 "Guiding Light"

Kim Zimmer (born February 2, 1955 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a four-time Emmy Award-winning American actress.

Career

Zimmer's career began with stage work; an early television role was her portrayal of the character of Bonnie Harmon on "One Life to Live" in 1978.

In 1979, she was tapped to replace Kathleen Turner as Nola Dancy Aldrich on "The Doctors". (Ironically, in 1981 she appeared in the film "Body Heat", co-starring with Turner, in a plot that addressed similarities in their appearance.)After "The Doctors" was cancelled in 1982, she had a brief return to "One Life to Live" in 1983 as Echo DiSavoy.

Later in 1983, Zimmer was cast in the role for which she is best known, the character of Reva Shayne Lewis on the television soap opera "Guiding Light".

Zimmer left "Guiding Light" in 1990 and moved to the West Coast for five years, during which she played Jodie DeWitt Walker on "Santa Barbara" from 1992 to 1993.

In 1995, Zimmer appeared in an episode of Seinfeld (The Diplomat's Club), as Mr. Pitt's attorney who suspects Elaine & Jerry of trying to kill Mr. Pitt.

Zimmer returned to "Guiding Light" in 1995 and has portrayed Reva ever since. Her character's pairing with Robert Newman's Josh Lewis became very popular and the couple has developed into a supercouple and the cornerstone of the soap.

Zimmer has also appeared in several episodic television programs, including "Designing Women", "MacGyver", "Models, Inc.", and "Babylon 5". She also appeared in several made-for-television movies.

Zimmer frequently returns to Michigan to participate in Michigan's oldest regional summer stock theatre at Augusta's Barn Theatre. [http://www.kimzimmer.net/Pages/UpcomingAppearingLive.html]

Awards

Zimmer has won four Daytime Emmy awards, including the 2006 honor, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on "Guiding Light".

Personal life and family

Zimmer is married to actor/director A.C. Weary, and they have three children - two boys and one girl.cite news | title=Buzz | date=2007-02-27 | publisher= "Soap Opera Weekly"| page = 8 ] Her son, Jake Weary, is also an actor; he appeared on "As The World Turns" as Luke Snyder in 2005 as well as various guest roles, including a role on "". She resides in Montclair, NJ.

Zimmer graduated from Forest Hills Central High School in Ada Township, MI, which is just East of Grand Rapids. She then studied at Hope College in Holland, Michigan and at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

ee also

*Josh and Reva Lewis
*Supercouple

References

External links

* [http://kimzimmer.net/ Kim Zimmer's official website]
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