Kimberly J. BrownBirth Place: Maryland, USA Date of Birth: November 16, 1984 Heritage: American Contact Kimberly J. Brown | 
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Tumbleweeds Background: “Acting is the life. You get to become so many different characters and travel all over the world meeting new and interesting people. I love it.” Kimberly J. Brown American actress of film, television and stage Kimberly J. Brown has been acted throughout her life. Starting out as a model for New York's Ford Agency at age 5, the energetic star soon made a name for herself as the youngest player to appear in three Broadway shows, namely “Four Baboons Adoring the Sun” (1990), “Les Miserables” (1993) and “Showboat” (1994). She went on to enjoy TV spotlight with her role as Marah Lewis on the popular CBS daytime drama “Guiding Light” (1993-1998), from which she took home a Young Artist Award, a YoungStar Award and a Daytime Emmy nomination, before being cast in her star-making turn as Janet McTeer's daughter in the highly-regarded indie-drama “Tumbleweeds” (1999). The role brought the promising actress an Independent Spirit Award and a Young Artist Award. Brown is also notable for playing roles in the TV films “Ellen Foster” (CBS, 1997), the first three “Halloweentown” movies (Disney Channel, 1998, 2001, and 2004), “Quints” (Disney Channel, 2000), “My Sister's Keeper” (2002) and the mini-series “Rose Red” (2002). Her film credits also include “Bringing Down the House” (2003), “Be Cool” (2005) and “Big Bad Wolf” (2006). Brown is the recipient of Hollywood Women's Press Golden Apple Award for Youth Discovery of the Year, an honor she got in 1999 along side Haley Joel Osment. The same year, she was also accredited as The National Theater Associations' Star of Tomorrow. Among the previous recipients of the award are Minnie Driver, Cameron Diaz, Heather Graham, Claire Danes and Nicole Kidman.
Childhood and Family: Kimberly Jean Brown was born in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on November 16, 1984. Her mother is Diane Brown. Kimberly has three brothers, Roman, Richard II and Dylan. Richard is a popular pianist. Kimberly was a college Sophomore in 2003.
Career: As a model of the Ford Agency, Kimberly J. Brown started acting on commercials when she was five years old. The experience led to her first Broadway turn two years later in in John Guare's “Four Baboons Adoring the Sun” (1992), where she portrayed the daughter of Stockard Channing and James Naughton. The girl continued to play the young Cosette in the long-running musical “Les Miserables” in 1993 and young Kim in the highly-praised, award-winning revival of “Show Boat” in 1994. By this time, Brown created a record as the youngest performer to appear in three different Broadway productions. Brown broadened her popularity on the small screen, when in 1993 she landed the role of Marah Lewis on the hit CBS soap opera “Guiding Light,” and remained with the show for the next five years. As the emotional child of Robert Newman and Kim Zimmer, she won a Young Artist and a YoungStar for Best Performance in a Daytime Drama by Young Performer (both 1998), as well as a 1996 Daytime Emmy nomination, in addition to collecting a legion of fans. The industrious player also received a Young Artist nomination in the category of Best Performance in a TV Movie/Pilot/Mini-Series by Supporting Young Actress for her work in the CBS television film “Ellen Foster” (1997), in which she played the titular character's ill-natured cousin, Dora. After leaving “Guiding Light,” Brown was cast in her first major role in “Halloweentown,” an adventure film aired on the Disney Channel in 1998. Costarring as Judith Hoag's daughter and Debbie Reynolds' grandchild, Marnie Piper, she was nominated for a 1999 Young Artist Award for her work in the great television movie. The same year, she also provided some vocals for the Pixar animated film “A Bug's Life.” It was in the following year that Brown enjoyed praise and attention for her costarring role as Ava Walker, the pre-teen daughter of a Southern woman who constantly moves from town to town to escape failed relationships, on the highly-acclaimed independent film “Tumbleweeds.” Under the direction of Gavin O'Connor, she was handed an Independent Spirit for Best Debut Performance and a Young Artist for Best Performance in a Feature Film by Leading Young Actress. Besides, the performance garnered Brown good reviews from some film critics, including Stephen Holden of New York Times, who stated Brown's work in the film was “the child performance of the year.” Next up for Brown, she starred as 14-year-old Jamie Grover on the Disney Channel film “Quints” (2000), for which she picked up a Young Artist nomination in 2001, and voiced Lona in WB's “Little Polar Bear” (2001), before reprising her role as Marnie Piper on the installments “Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge” (2001, earned a Young Artist nomination) and “Halloweentown High” (2004). In between the sequels, she could be seen playing autistic psychic Annie Wheaton in the Emmy-nominated mini-series “Rose Red” (2002), written by Stephen King, as the young Christine Chapman on the TV film “My Sister's Keeper” (2002, nabbed a 2003 Young Artist nomination), and the slightly rebellious daughter of Steve Martin in the motion picture “Bringing Down the House” (2003). In 2005, Brown played a punked-up executive assistant at a record company named Tiffany in the all-star cast “Be Cool,” opposite John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, Danny DeVito, Debi Mazar, James Woods, and many others. She then costarred as Samantha 'Sam' Marche on the horror film “Big Bad Wolf” (2006), helmed and penned by Lance W. Dreesen. At the end of the year, she briefly returned to her award-winning role as Marah Lewis on the still-running series “Guiding Light.”
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