Kimberly Williams
Encyclopedia
Kimberly Williams-Paisley (born September 14, 1971) is an American actress and director, who is perhaps best known for her co-starring role on the ABC
sitcom, According to Jim
, as well as her breakthrough performance in the popular comedy film, Father of the Bride
, for which she was nominated for several awards (along with its sequel, Father of the Bride Part II
).
Throughout her acting career, she has guest-starred on television shows including Tales From The Crypt
, George Lopez Show and Less Than Perfect
. She is also well-known for her roles in made-for-television films
, including Safe House, The Christmas Shoes, and Lucky 7
. and also her role as Laura Parker in Shade, a short film she also wrote and directed.
Williams is married to country music
singer Brad Paisley
, with whom she has two sons; actress Ashley Williams is her sister.
, the daughter of Linda Barbara (née Payne), a fund-raiser, and Gurney Williams III, a health and science writer. She has a sister, Ashley, also an actress, and a brother, Jay. Williams has been in show business since the age of 13. In 1989 she directed the Rye High School Musical Revue. She left Northwestern University
during her sophomore year to appear in the 1991 film version of Father of the Bride
but returned to complete her degree in drama. While there she was a sister of the Alpha Phi
sorority.
(1991) and Father of the Bride Part II
(1995), with Steve Martin
and Diane Keaton
. She starred as Virginia in the NBC
mini-series The 10th Kingdom
.
She also played Dana in the ABC
sitcom According to Jim
for seven years, from 2001 to 2008 . She left the show after its seventh season, but returned for the show's final episode in 2009. Kimberly Paisley replaced Arija Bareikis
as Sunny in the Tony Award winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo
written by Alfred Uhry
(of Driving Miss Daisy
fame) sometime later in the play's February 1997 to June 1998 run.
. In March 2003, Williams married country music singer Brad Paisley
. Brad guest-starred for three episodes on According to Jim
with Kimberly in 2002 and 2003 as Eddie in "The Brother-In-Law" and Chad in "You Gotta To Love Somebody".
On February 22, 2007, she gave birth to her and Paisley's first child, a son named William Huckleberry Paisley, also known as "Huck," in Nashville, Tennessee
. On April 17, 2009, they welcomed their second son, Jasper Warren Paisley.
MTV Movie Awards
Satellite Awards
Sedona International Film Festival
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
sitcom, According to Jim
According to Jim
According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001 to June 2, 2009.-Synopsis:Jim is an abrasive but lovable suburban father...
, as well as her breakthrough performance in the popular comedy film, Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride (1991 film)
Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D. Wong and Kieran Culkin. It is a remake of the 1950 movie of the same name...
, for which she was nominated for several awards (along with its sequel, Father of the Bride Part II
Father of the Bride Part II
Father of the Bride Part II is a 1995 comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short. The movie is a sequel to Father of the Bride and a re-make of the sequel to the original version, Father's Little Dividend.-Synopsis:...
).
Throughout her acting career, she has guest-starred on television shows including Tales From The Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO...
, George Lopez Show and Less Than Perfect
Less Than Perfect
Less Than Perfect is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2002, to June 6, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee and her co-workers...
. She is also well-known for her roles in made-for-television films
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
, including Safe House, The Christmas Shoes, and Lucky 7
Lucky 7 (film)
Lucky 7 is a 2003 made-for-TV film starring Patrick Dempsey and Kimberly Williams.-Plot:Amy Myer is a woman whose dying mother made out a timeline for Amy's life and predicted she would marry her seventh boyfriend...
. and also her role as Laura Parker in Shade, a short film she also wrote and directed.
Williams is married to country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
, with whom she has two sons; actress Ashley Williams is her sister.
Early life
Kimberly Williams was born in Rye, New YorkRye (city), New York
Rye is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is separate from the town of Rye, which is larger than the city. Rye city, formerly the village of Rye, was part of the town until 1942, when it received its charter as a city, the most recent to be issued in New York...
, the daughter of Linda Barbara (née Payne), a fund-raiser, and Gurney Williams III, a health and science writer. She has a sister, Ashley, also an actress, and a brother, Jay. Williams has been in show business since the age of 13. In 1989 she directed the Rye High School Musical Revue. She left Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
during her sophomore year to appear in the 1991 film version of Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride (1991 film)
Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D. Wong and Kieran Culkin. It is a remake of the 1950 movie of the same name...
but returned to complete her degree in drama. While there she was a sister of the Alpha Phi
Alpha Phi
Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity was founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. Alpha Phi currently has 152 active chapters and over 200,000 initiated members. Its celebrated Founders' Day is October 10. It was the third Greek-letter organization founded for women. In Alpha...
sorority.
Career
Williams Paisley is known for her role as Annie Banks in Father of the BrideFather of the Bride (1991 film)
Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D. Wong and Kieran Culkin. It is a remake of the 1950 movie of the same name...
(1991) and Father of the Bride Part II
Father of the Bride Part II
Father of the Bride Part II is a 1995 comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short. The movie is a sequel to Father of the Bride and a re-make of the sequel to the original version, Father's Little Dividend.-Synopsis:...
(1995), with Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician and composer....
and Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970...
. She starred as Virginia in the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
mini-series The 10th Kingdom
The 10th Kingdom
The 10th Kingdom is an American epic fantasy miniseries written by Simon Moore and produced by Britain's Carnival Films, Germany's Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen, and the USA's Hallmark Entertainment...
.
She also played Dana in the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
sitcom According to Jim
According to Jim
According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001 to June 2, 2009.-Synopsis:Jim is an abrasive but lovable suburban father...
for seven years, from 2001 to 2008 . She left the show after its seventh season, but returned for the show's final episode in 2009. Kimberly Paisley replaced Arija Bareikis
Arija Bareikis
- Biography :She starred alongside Rob Schneider as Kate in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and currently is cast as LAPD police officer Chickie Brown, in the police drama series Southland, which originally aired on NBC before moving to TNT in 2010....
as Sunny in the Tony Award winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
-Plot:The comedy is set in the upper class German-Jewish community living in Atlanta, Georgia in December 1939. Hitler has recently conquered Poland, Gone with the Wind is about to premiere, and Adolph Freitag and his sister Boo and nieces Lala and Sunny - a Jewish family so highly assimilated...
written by Alfred Uhry
Alfred Uhry
Alfred Fox Uhry is an American playwright, screenwriter, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He is one of very few writers to receive an Academy Award, Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize for dramatic writing....
(of Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy is a 1989 American comedy-drama film adapted from the Alfred Uhry play of the same name. The film was directed by Bruce Beresford, with Morgan Freeman reprising his role as Hoke Colburn and Jessica Tandy playing Miss Daisy...
fame) sometime later in the play's February 1997 to June 1998 run.
Personal life
In the late 1990s, she dated tennis star Pete SamprasPete Sampras
Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....
. In March 2003, Williams married country music singer Brad Paisley
Brad Paisley
Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....
. Brad guest-starred for three episodes on According to Jim
According to Jim
According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001 to June 2, 2009.-Synopsis:Jim is an abrasive but lovable suburban father...
with Kimberly in 2002 and 2003 as Eddie in "The Brother-In-Law" and Chad in "You Gotta To Love Somebody".
On February 22, 2007, she gave birth to her and Paisley's first child, a son named William Huckleberry Paisley, also known as "Huck," in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
. On April 17, 2009, they welcomed their second son, Jasper Warren Paisley.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Father of the Bride Father of the Bride (1991 film) Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern, Martin Short, B.D. Wong and Kieran Culkin. It is a remake of the 1950 movie of the same name... |
Annie Banks | |
| 1992 | Porco Rosso Porco Rosso Porco Rosso, known in Japan as is the sixth anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by Studio Ghibli and released in 1992, of an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air pirates" in the Adriatic Sea. The man has been cursed and transformed into... |
Fio Piccolo | Voice Role (English Dub) |
| 1993 | Samuel Beckett Is Coming Soon | Kim | |
| Indian Summer Indian Summer (1993 film) Indian Summer is a 1993 comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Binder. The movie was filmed and set on-location at Camp Tamakwa, a summer camp located in Ontario, Canada, where Binder himself had attended in his childhood... |
Gwen Daugherty | ||
| 1995 | Coldblooded | Jasmine | |
| Father of the Bride Part II Father of the Bride Part II Father of the Bride Part II is a 1995 comedy film starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Martin Short. The movie is a sequel to Father of the Bride and a re-make of the sequel to the original version, Father's Little Dividend.-Synopsis:... |
Annie Banks-MacKenzie | ||
| 1996 | The War at Home The War at Home (film) The War at Home is a 1996 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, and Martin Sheen. Estevez also directed the film and also served as co-producer.-Plot:... |
Karen Collier | |
| 1999 | Just a Little Harmless Sex Just a Little Harmless Sex Just a Little Harmless Sex is a 1999 romantic comedy film which revolves around the offer of oral sex by a stranded motorist to a monogamous man who stops to help her. Arrested by a passing police officer, the unlikely good Samaritan must telephone his wife to bail him out in the middle of the night... |
Alison | |
| Elephant Juice | Dodie | ||
| Simpatico Simpatico (film) Simpatico is a 1999 film starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone, Catherine Keener, and Albert Finney. It was adapted to the screen based on a 1993 play by American playwright Sam Shepard.-Synopsis:... |
Young Rosie | ||
| 2001 | Ten Tiny Love Stories Ten Tiny Love Stories Ten Tiny Love Stories is a 2001 film directed by Rodrigo García. It stars Lisa Gay Hamilton and Radha Mitchell. The film is a series of ten monologues about love in its different forms.-Cast:*Lisa Gay Hamilton*Radha Mitchell*Alicia Witt... |
Herself | |
| 2006 | Shade | Laura Parker | Short film: Director, Writer |
| How to Eat Fried Worms How to Eat Fried Worms (film) How to Eat Fried Worms is a 2006 American film based on the 1973 children's book of the same name by Thomas Rockwell. It was produced by New Line Cinema with Walden Media. Development began in 1998 and theatrical release for the U.S. and Canada was August 25, 2006. The DVD for the film was released... |
Mrs. Forrester | ||
| How to Go Out on a Date in Queens | Amy | ||
| We Are Marshall We Are Marshall We Are Marshall is a 2006 American drama film directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 37 football players on the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team as well as five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters and... |
Sandy Lengyel | ||
| 2007 | Eden Court | Bonnie Duncan | |
| Numero Dos | Short film: Director, Writer | ||
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1990 | ABC Afterschool Special ABC Afterschool Special The ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were... |
Vanessa | Episode: "Stood Up!" |
| 1994 | Tales from the Crypt Tales from the Crypt (TV series) Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO... |
Hiley Zeller | "The Bribe" |
| 1996 | Jake's Women Jake's Women Jake's Women is a play by Neil Simon. It centers on Jake, a writer with a struggling marriage. Jake talks to many of the women he knows, both in real life and in his imagination, as he works to save his marriage... |
Molly | CBS CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of... TV-Movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| Relativity Relativity (TV series) Relativity is an American drama television series which followed a twenty-something couple, Isabel Lukens and Leo Roth , and the lives and loves of their friends and siblings... |
Isabel Lukens | 6 episodes | |
| 1998 | Safe House | Andi Travers | Showtime TV-Movie |
| 2000 | The 10th Kingdom The 10th Kingdom The 10th Kingdom is an American epic fantasy miniseries written by Simon Moore and produced by Britain's Carnival Films, Germany's Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen, and the USA's Hallmark Entertainment... |
Virginia Lewis | NBC NBC The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago... Miniseries Miniseries A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term... |
| 2001 | Follow the Stars Home Follow the Stars Home Follow the Stars Home is a 2001 television film directed by Dick Lowry. The film is based upon Luanne Rice's 2000 novel of the same name and was produced for the Hallmark Hall of Fame... |
Dianne Parker-McCune | CBS TV-Movie |
| 2001–2009 | According to Jim According to Jim According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001 to June 2, 2009.-Synopsis:Jim is an abrasive but lovable suburban father... |
Dana Gibson | 165 episodes |
| 2002 | The Christmas Shoes | Maggie Andrews | CBS TV-Movie |
| 2003 | Lucky 7 Lucky 7 (film) Lucky 7 is a 2003 made-for-TV film starring Patrick Dempsey and Kimberly Williams.-Plot:Amy Myer is a woman whose dying mother made out a timeline for Amy's life and predicted she would marry her seventh boyfriend... |
Amy Myer | TV-Movie |
| 2004 | Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story | Michelle Brown | TV-Movie |
| George Lopez George Lopez (TV series) "The George Lopez Show" redirects here. For the late-night program hosted by the same comedian, see Lopez Tonight.George Lopez is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez... |
Vanessa Brooks | Episode: "E.I.? E.I. OH" | |
| 2005 | Less Than Perfect Less Than Perfect Less Than Perfect is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from October 1, 2002, to June 6, 2006. The show was about a young female office employee and her co-workers... |
Laura | Episode: "Get Away" |
| 2008 | Boston Legal Boston Legal Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley, which was produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC... |
Attorney Elisa Brooks | Episode: "Last Call" |
| 2010 | Amish Grace Amish Grace Amish Grace is a television film that premiered on the Lifetime Movie Network on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010. The movie is based on the 2006 Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, Amish school shooting and the spirit of forgiveness the Amish community demonstrated in its aftermath... |
Ida Graber | Lifetime TV-Movie |
Awards and nominations
Heartland Film FestivalHeartland Film Festival
The Heartland Film Festival is a film festival held each October in Indianapolis, Indiana. First held in 1992, its goal is to "recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life."In May 2007, Heartland...
- 2006: Won, "Crystal Heart Award for Best Dramatic Short Film" - Shade
- 2006: Won, "Vision Award for Best Short Film - Shade
MTV Movie Awards
MTV Movie Awards
The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances. The nominees are decided by producers and executives at MTV. Winners are decided online by the general...
- 1993: Nominated, "Best Breakthrough Performance" - Father of the Bride
Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards
The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama...
- 1997: Nominated, "Best Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Television Series" - Relativity
Sedona International Film Festival
- 2006: Won, "Outstanding Acting & Directing" - Shade
External links
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley Official Website The Official Website of Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley
- Official Site of the short film, Shade, directed by Kimberly William-Paisley
- Kimberly Williams UK British site