Kim Director Explained

Birth Name:Kimberly Ann Director
Kim Director
Birth Date:13 November 1974
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:Film/television actress
Years Active:1998–present

Kimberly Ann Director (born November 13, 1974) is an American actress. She has played the roles of Kim Diamond in (2000), and Stevie in Inside Man (2006). Beginning in 2017, she has appeared as a recurring guest star on the HBO series The Deuce.

Early life

Raised in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Director graduated from Upper St. Clair High School in Upper St. Clair in 1993.[1] She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1997.[1]

Career

Director's first film role was in 1998's He Got Game, directed by Spike Lee.[2] This was followed by Summer of Sam in 1999 and Bamboozled in 2000, both films also directed by Lee. Her breakout performance came in the film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 as the hard-core Goth girl, Kim Diamond.[3] [4] She went on to act in the independent films Unforeseen, Tony n' Tina's Wedding, Charlie's Party, Live Free or Die, Life is Short, and A Crime with Harvey Keitel.[5] Director reunited with Spike Lee for the film She Hate Me in 2004, and in 2006 played Stevie the bank robber in Lee's Inside Man.

Kim Director has appeared in guest roles on television shows Sex and the City, Law & Order, , , Shark, Life, Cold Case, Unforgettable, and Orange is the New Black. She had a recurring role as the Cavewoman on the series Cavemen.

Her later roles include HBO's The Deuce and the Bianca in the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It.[6]

Director is a trained stage actress and appeared in the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical Company at the Kennedy Center. She also appeared in the play Guinea Pig Solo by Brett C. Leonard at the Public Theater with LAByrinth Theater Company (Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz, artistic directors). She also worked at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York in the play The Wood written by Dan Klores and directed by David Bar Katz.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998He Got GameLynn
1999Summer of SamDee
2000BamboozledStarlet
Blair Witch WebFestKim
Kim Diamond
2002UnforeseenThe Cashier
2004Tony n' Tina's WeddingConnie
She Hate MeGrace
2005Charlie's PartyZoe Fields
2006Live Free or DieDonna
Inside ManValerie Keepsake / Stevie
Life Is ShortErinShort film
Ashley Harris
2010Errand_boyBobbiShort film
2014The Last American GuidoRose Michelle
2016 DetoursGrace Giraldi
DelinquentOfficer Reynolds
2017 The SuperTeacher
2018Homecoming RevengeAndreaLifetime TV film
2020Death Rider in the House of VampiresCarmilla Joe

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001Law & OrderThe WaitressEpisode: "Bronx Cheer"
2003Sex and the CityGracieEpisode: "The Post-it Always Sticks Twice"
2004Law & OrderYoung Female Undercover CopEpisode: "Coming Down Hard"
2005Jocelyn Shapiro / Lori PurcellEpisode: "Collective"
2006Gloria WilliamsEpisode: "Rampage"
SharkVeronica DaleEpisode: "Dial M for Monica"
2007–2008CavemenHeatherThree episodes
2008LifeCheryl PriceEpisode: "Find Your Happy Place"
Cold CaseMarisa D'AmicoEpisode: "The Dealer"
2012UnforgettableKate JordanEpisode: "The Following Sea"
Erroneous ConvictionsJessica KraftEpisode: "Pilot"
2013Orange Is the New BlackDiane VauseEpisode: "Fucksgiving"
2014The Good WifeAngela MorettiEpisode: "Parallel Construction, Bitches"
GothamLacey WhiteEpisode: "Spirit of the Goat"
2016ElementaryBeth StoneEpisode: "Render, and Then Seize Her"
2017–2019The DeuceLaila Brody / ShayRecurring
She's Gotta Have ItBianca Tate Recurring
2020Little AmericaLydiaEpisode: "The Silence"
2020NOS4A2SashaEpisode: "Good Father"
2022QueensTrish PierceEpisode: "I'm a Slave 4 U"
2022Bridge and TunnelGina PagnettiRecurring
2022Blue BloodsArrinaEpisode: "First Blush"

Notes and References

  1. News: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 'Witch' Watch. B18. Newspapers.com. Weiskind, Ron. November 4, 2000.
  2. Web site: Kim Director . https://web.archive.org/web/20220119164926/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bc0744757 . dead . January 19, 2022 . British Film Institute . August 1, 2018.
  3. News: Osenlund . R. Kurt . Sinful Cinema – Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 . August 1, 2018 . Slant . April 18, 2013.
  4. Book: Kim R. Holston. Tom Winchester. Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Sequels, Series and Remakes: An Illustrated Filmography, Volume II (1996–2016). 2018. McFarland. 978-1-4766-2985-8. 38.
  5. Web site: Kim Director . TV Guide . August 1, 2018.
  6. News: Petski . Denise . 'She's Gotta Have It' Adds Kim Director; 'Vikings' Casts Ida Marie Nielsen . August 1, 2018 . Deadline Hollywood . November 8, 2016.