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.
She was nominated for a 1993 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work on The Young and the Restless.[1]
Early life
Brown was born in Hayward, California and raised in La Mesa, near San Diego. Her parents divorced when she was in junior high school. She enjoyed spending summers at her grandparent's ranch in Northern California.[2][3]
She attended Grossmont High School and Grossmont College.[4][5]
Career
In 1979, Brown entered the Miss La Mesa pageant on a dare - and won. She was named first runner up in the Miss California pageant later that year.[5] Brown caught the attention of Nina Blanchard, a modeling agent who judged the pageant. Blanchard signed her as a client and soon after, she was modeling in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
Unsatisfied with modeling, Brown became interested in acting. She made her television debut in an episode of the ABC series Fantasy Island.[6] She then went on to guest star on Matt Houston, T.J. Hooker, and Hawaiian Heat. Her early film credits include Eye of the Tiger, Who's That Girl and 18 Again![7] She made her soap opera debut on Capitol in 1987.[6]
In 1990, Brown began starring as Sheila Carter on 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.
Brown portrayed Rachel Locke, mother of Livvie Locke (Kelly Monaco) on the ABC soap opera Port Charles from 1999 to 2001. In late 2004, Brown debuted in the 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.[8] 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 returned to the role of Sheila on B&B from 2017–2018 and then from 2021.
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.[9] After her speech, Brown got extremely emotional to Fox Business Network over what her vocal support for Donald Trump and his policies might do to her career and the treatment she had received since it was announced she would be a speaker at the convention.[10]
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.[11] She lost the election, receiving 41% of the vote to Ruiz's 59%.[12][13]
Personal life
She has been married to Gary Pelzer since May 1991. They have two children, Alexes Marie and Nicholas.[7]
Brown and Pelzer are small-business owners; they own and run an avocado farm in California.[14]
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 (1990–1995, 2005–2006) Janet “Sugar” Webber (2005–2006) |
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, 2021–present | The Bold and the Beautiful | Sheila Carter (1992–1998, 2002–2003, 2017–2018, 2021–present) Janet “Sugar” Webber (2024) |
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 | Rachel Reese Locke | Series regular |
| 1999–2002 | General Hospital | 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 | Paige Miller | Recurring role |
| 2010 | All My Children | Judge Mariam | Recurring role |
| 2011 | The Bay | Grace Drum | Episode: "Far from the Bay Part 8" |
| 2018 | The Rich and the Ruthless | Dr. Maya Cooper | Series regular, 6 episodes |
References
- ^ "Daytime Emmy Nominations in Major Categories". South Florida Sun Sentinel. April 3, 1993. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "KIMBERLIN BROWN". Chicago Tribune. June 13, 1993. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "#TBT - Kimberlin Brown". Soap Opera Digest. April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Brown, Kimberlin 1961 - (Kimberlin Ann Brown)". Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Pearlman, Karen (February 15, 2012). "On birthday, high profile natives keep La Mesa in mind". The San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Soap Opera Biography: Kimberlin Brown". 14 February 2017.
- ^ a b "About the Actors | Kimberlin Brown | The Bold and the Beautiful on Soap Central". soapcentral.com.
- ^ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/show.aspx?userurl=olivia&year=2010&month=09&day=24&url=kimberlin-brown[permanent dead link]
- ^ Zarya, Valentina (18 July 2016). "Why Is Kimberlin Brown Speaking At Trump's Republican Convention?". Fortune. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ Libassi, Matthew (20 July 2016). "Actress Kimberlin Brown Breaks Down After RNC Speech". FOXBusiness. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "A TV soap opera actress-turned-avocado grower is running for congress in Coachella Valley". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
- ^ "2018 California primary election results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "2018 California general election results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Levine, Daniel S. (July 19, 2016). "Kimberlin Brown: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know".
External links
- Kimberlin Brown at IMDb
- Kimberlin Ann Brown at AllMovie
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- The Young and the Restless: Joshua Morrow and Kimberlin Brown at Mammoth Mountain Invitational! – The Young and the Restless News – Soaps.com
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