Kimberlin Brown

Kimberlin Ann Brown Pelzer (born June 29, 1961) is an American television actress, best known for her role as Sheila Carter in the CBS daytime soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful between 1990 and 2018.

Kimberlin Brown
Born
Kimberlin Ann Brown

(1961-06-29) June 29, 1961
Hayward, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Gary Pelzer
(
m. 1991)
Children2

Career

Brown began her career as a model, jetting to Paris, Tokyo and Milan. Later she returned to Los Angeles and made her television debut in an episode of ABC series Fantasy Island.[1] Brown later appeared in films Back to School (1986), Eye of the Tiger (1986), Who's That Girl (1987) and 18 Again! (1988), and well as made her soap opera debut in Capitol in 1987.[1] Later she played Candace Durrell/Danielle Steele in Santa Barbara.

In 1990, Brown began starring in the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (after originally auditioning for the role of Cassandra Rawlins) and moved to The Bold and the Beautiful in 1992 playing Sheila on both soaps. While she left The Bold and the Beautiful in 1998, she continues to make special guest appearances. In 1993 and 1995, she won Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime and in 1993 received Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nomination.[2]

Brown portrayed Rachel Locke, mother of Livvie Locke (Kelly Monaco) on ABC soap opera Port Charles from 1999–2001. In late 2004, Brown debuted in a recurring role of Dr. Paige Miller on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. She exited the soap in 2005 when the soap could not match the salary The Young and the Restless was offering in order for her to stay. She was replaced by Cady Huffman and Alexandra Neil. In 2005, Brown returned to the role of Sheila on The Young and the Restless after a long absence from the show. In early 2006, she was released from her contract on The Young and the Restless, though her character was still mentioned, from time to time. When her character returned to The Young and the Restless later that year, however, she was not played by Brown.

Brown had been asked to return to The Young and the Restless early in 2010 for a storyline that was subsequently dropped.[3] She took on a short-term role as a judge on All My Children in October 2010. In 2011, Brown appeared in Gregori J. Martin's web-series The Bay. She portrays Dr. Grace Drum, a psychiatrist. Brown first appeared in a summer special "Far From The Bay", and continued on in the series' second season.

Brown and her husband, Gary Pelzer, are small-business owners; they own and run an avocado farm in California.[4]

Politics

Brown is a Republican. In 2016, Brown was a speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention on the night Donald Trump was officially nominated as the party's candidate for President of the United States.[5] After her speech, Brown got extremely emotional to Fox Business Network over what her vocal support for Donald Trump and his policies may do to her career and the treatment she had received since it was announced she would be a speaker at the convention.[6]

In October 2017, Brown formally announced her candidacy as a Republican for California's 36th congressional district, challenging Democrat Raul Ruiz in the November 2018 election.[7] She lost the election, receiving 40.98% of the vote to Ruiz's 59.2%.[8][9]

Personal life

Brown was born in Hayward, California, and raised in San Diego.[10] She has been married to Gary Pelzer since May 1991. They have two children, Alexes Marie (born 1994) and Nicholas.[11]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Back to School Girl in Dorm Hallway
1986 Eye of the Tiger Dawn
1987 Who's That Girl Rachel
1988 18 Again! Receptionist
1992 The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them Leeza
2003 Becoming Marty Linda
2008 Proud American Lisa
2011 The Necklace Margaret Short film
2012 Just an American Lisa
2013 5 Hour Friends Carla Bianchi

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1984 Fantasy Island Model Episode: "Don Juan's Last Affair/Final Adieu"
1985 T.J. Hooker Hostage Episode: "Funny Money"
1987 Capitol Danny Recurring role
1990 Santa Barbara Candace Durrell/Danielle Steele Series regular
1990 Dragnet Lauren James Episode: "The Book"
1990 The New Adam-12 Woman Episode: "Neighbors"
1990–1995, 2005–2006 The Young and the Restless Sheila Carter Series regular
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1993, 1995)
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1993)
1992–1998, 2002–2003, 2017–2018 The Bold and the Beautiful Sheila Carter Series regular
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1993)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1994, 1996-1997)
1997 Diagnosis: Murder Barbara Bennings Episode: "Delusions of Murder"
1999 Another World Shelly Clark Recurring role
1999–2002 Port Charles Dr. Rachel Reese Locke Series regular
1999–2002 General Hospital Dr. Rachel Reese Locke Recurring role
2003 Six Feet Under Soap actress Episodes: "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost" and "Perfect Circles"
2004–2005 One Life to Live Dr. Paige Miller Recurring role
2010 All My Children Judge Mariam Recurring role
2011 The Bay Dr. Grace Drum Episode: "Far from the Bay Part 8"
2018 The Rich and the Ruthless Dr. Maya Cooper Series regular, 6 episodes

References
  1. "Soap Opera Biography: Kimberlin Brown".
  2. "Kimberlin Brown". IMDb.
  3. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/show.aspx?userurl=olivia&year=2010&month=09&day=24&url=kimberlin-brown%5B%5D
  4. Levine, Daniel S. (July 19, 2016). "Kimberlin Brown: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know".
  5. Zarya, Valentina (18 July 2016). "Why Is Kimberlin Brown Speaking At Trump's Republican Convention?". Fortune. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. Libassi, Matthew (20 July 2016). "Actress Kimberlin Brown Breaks Down After RNC Speech". FOXBusiness. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. "A TV soap opera actress-turned-avocado grower is running for congress in Coachella Valley". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  8. "2018 California primary election results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  9. "2018 California general election results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. "#TBT - Kimberlin Brown". July 27, 2017.
  11. "About the Actors | Kimberlin Brown | The Bold and the Beautiful on Soap Central". soapcentral.com.
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