Kim Dickens

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Kim Dickens
Born (1965-06-18) June 18, 1965
Huntsville, Alabama

Kimberly Jan "Kim" Dickens (born June 18, 1965) is an American actress.

Early life

Dickens was born in Huntsville, Alabama, graduated from that city's Lee High School, and attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she majored in communication (BA degree). Soon after graduation, she went to New York City to continue her studies at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and graduated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is also active in Open Stage Theatre. In the late 1990s she moved to Los Angeles.[1]

Acting career

Dickens made her stage debut in a student production of David Mamet's Sexual Perversity in Chicago at Vanderbilt University. She has appeared in several indie movies including Palookaville; Voice from the Grave; Truth or Consequences, N.M.; Heart Full of Rain; Zero Effect with Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, and Ryan O'Neal; and Great Expectations. In Los Angeles, she played in Mercury Rising with Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin, and other commercial Hollywood productions such as Committed; Hollow Man; The Gift; House of Sand and Fog with Ben Kingsley, and Thank You for Smoking. She also had roles in several television movies and shows including Two Mothers for Zachary; Big Apple; Out of Order; Deadwood; Things Behind the Sun; Friday Night Lights; and Lost. She currently stars as chef Janette Desautel on HBO's Treme. Dickens also appeared in Season 6 of the FX series Sons of Anarchy as Collette Jane, the operator of an escort service who becomes involved with the namesake motorcycle club.

Filmography

References

  1. "Kim Dickens". Filmbug. Retrieved 2011-07-30. 

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