Kim Dickens is a popular American actress. Her career began with performances on the stage, followed by roles in successful films and television series. She starred in such films as "House of Cards", "Tremeus", "Deadwood", "Fear the Walking Dead" and others. The work of the talented actress has been repeatedly awarded with nominations for various prestigious film awards.
Biography
Kim Dickens, nee Kimberly Jan Dickens, was born on June 18, 1965 in the small town of Huntsville, located in northern Alabama. The girl was born into the family of Justin Dickens, a performer of songs in the style of country western, and Pam (Clark) Howell.
Dickens graduated from Lee High School. She then enrolled at Vanderbilt University Research University, located in Nashville, Tennessee, where she received a bachelor of arts degree in communications.
Lee Strasberg Institute Theater and Film Institute Photo: Beyond My Ken / Wikimedia Commons
After graduation, Kim Dickens moved to New York. There she continued her studies at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute and worked as a waitress in order to financially provide for herself.
Dickens later graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which specializes in training professional actors. In the late 1990s, the actress moved to Los Angeles.
Career and creativity
Kim Dickens's professional career began with participation in theatrical performances. At Vanderbilt University, she played one of the roles in the student production of Sexual Perversity in Chicago.
A few years later, in 1995, she made her debut in the feature film City of Hooligans. The plot of the picture was based on the adventure stories of three friends, which begin with an unsuccessful attempt to rob a jewelry store. Kim then appeared in small episodes of the American drama series New York News (1995) and Swift Justice (1996).
In 1996, the actress received an invitation to take part in the filming of the thriller "The Only Witness" and the dramatic film "Two Mothers for Zachary", where she played the roles of Terry Deverox and Nancy, respectively. A year later, Kim appeared in two more films - “Truth and Consequences” and “A Heart Full of Rain”.
In 1998, she played a girl named Maggie in the film Mexican director Alfonso Cuarona "Great Expectations." The main roles in the melodrama, which became the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Charles Dickens, were played by Hollywood actors Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Cooper. Later, she got leading roles in such films as The Zero Effect (1998), Mercury in Danger (1998) and The Guy from the White River (1999).
Gwyneth Paltrow at the Venice Film Festival, 2011 Photo: Andrea Raffin / Wikimedia Commons
In 2000, Kim Dickens starred in several films at once, which received good reviews from both film critics and viewers. In the movie "Madly Faithful Wife, " the actress played the role of a girl named Jenny. Then came the film by Paul Verhoeven "The Invisible", which was based on the story of Herbert Wells "The Invisible Man." And in the mystical thriller “Gift”, Kim’s partners on the set were famous actors Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes, Giovanni Ribisi and others.
Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett Photo: Joan Hernandez Mir / Wikimedia Commons
The following year brought the actress a role in the melodrama "On the Other Side of the Sun" (2001). Her work was praised by critics and awarded the American film award "Independent Spirit" for "Best Actress" in the film. In the same period, she began acting in television projects.
From 2004 to 2006, Dickens played the role of the prostitute Joanie Stubbs in the drama television series Deadwood. In addition, she appeared in such projects as “4isla” (2005 - 2010), “Lost” (2004 - 2010), “12 miles from the bad road” (2007), “They smoke here” (2005), “ Wild tigers that I knew "(2006) and others.
In 2010, Kim became part of the cast of the drama television series "Tremei". Over 38 episodes, stretching over 3 years, she appeared in the image of the restaurant chef Janette Desotel.
In the period from 2013 to 2014, she starred in the crime serial drama "Sons of Anarchy". In 2014, the actress received positive reviews from film critics about her work in the detective thriller "Disappeared", where she played the role of detective Ronda Bonnie.
She later appeared on Bo Willimon’s American web series Card House (2015). Kim appeared in the guise of a correspondent for the Wall Street Telegraph newspaper. In 2015, she played one of the main roles in the serial film “Fear the Walking Dead”, which became the spin-off of the television series about the walking dead.
In the past few years, the actress has performed various roles in such films as Miss Peregrine's House of Weird Children (2016), Lizzy Borden's Revenge (2018), Chasing Bonnie and Clyde (2019) and others.
Currently, Kim Dickens continues to act in films. Among her works, which should premiere in the near future, are roles in the films "Briarpatch" and "Queen Fur".
