Kimberley Crossman

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Kimberley Crossman
Born	Kimberley Frances Crossman (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988^[1] Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Actress, dancer, cheerleader
Years active	2007–present
Website
http://www.kimberleycrossman.com/

Kimberley Frances Crossman^[1] (born 24 May 1988) is a New Zealand actress, dancer and cheerleader who is best known for her role as Sophie McKay on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.

Early life

Crossman starting dancing at age 3, this was encouraged by her mother Jill Arkley who is a ballet teacher. In 2006 she was Deputy Head Girl at Diocesan School for Girls in Epsom, Auckland.

Cheerleading/Dance

In 2006 she danced at the Royal New Zealand Ballet's season of Giselle.^[2] She was captain of the Total Cheerleading Senior Elite team in 2005 when they toured the United States and came 6th in the World cheerleading championships.

In 2008, Kimberley was part of 'Dziah 2 Dream' a 10-week program run by Dziah.^[3]

In March 2008, she travelled around the United States of America with the Total Cheerleading Senior Elite team and competed in the World cheerleading championships. She trained all year round and competed in America and Australia, as well as a few New Zealand competitions. In early 2008 the TCSE team took out the Down Under Spirit Championships in the Gold coast. The next project is to compete at the World Championship in 2009 in Florida.

Acting

In January 2007, she started her role as Sophie McKay on New Zealand's best known and longest running show Shortland Street. In March 2011 Kimberley left Shortland Street and will be starting a new project early May as well as auditioning in America and Australia.

In December 2007, fans on Shortland Street fansite StreetTalk voted Kimberley as Best rising star, and runner up for Hottest female.^[4]^[5]

In 2008, Crossman featured as Kerry Post in Beyond Belief, a short film in the 2008 48HOURS filmmaking competition, which was made by her former Shortland Street co-star Johnny Barker and also featured another of her fellow Shortland Street co-stars, Will Hall (aka Dr. Kip Denton) .^[6] She has also featured in the special Nickelodeon Kids Choice awards programme in New Zealand.

Kimberley was recently voted New Zealand's next big thing by fans in a local poll run in conjunction with the 2011 MTV Movie Awards.

In July 2013, Kimberley starred in Selena Gomez's music video for her song "Birthday" which was actually filmed on Gomez's 21st birthday.

Hosting

Kimberley has been a presenter on The Erin Simpson Show since 2009. In March 2011 Kimberley interviewed Selena Gomez in New York.

In 2010 Kimberley travelled to Los Angeles to host a half-hour special for New Zealand audiences about the 2010 Teen Choice Awards.

She has also worked as a fill-in host on New Zealand radio station Classic Hits, periodically co-hosting the Auckland breakfast show with Jason Reeves and Justin Brown whilst usual host Stacey Morrison was on maternity leave in 2012.

The Lowdown

In 2007, along with two of her fellow Shortland Street co-stars Lee Donoghue and Nisha Madhan, she became involved with The Lowdown; a support site for people dealing with depression.^[7]

Filmography

Television

Power Rangers Super Samurai - Lauren (2012)
Shortland Street - Sophie Mckay (2006–2011)
The Erin Simpson Show - herself
Studio 2 LIVE - herself^[8]
Breakfast - herself (5 March 2008)
What Now - herself (9 March 2008)
NCIS: Los Angeles - Coffee Shop Cashier (23 October 2012) - Dead Body Politic (S4 Ep 4)

Film

Beyond Belief - Kerry Post (short film, 48 Hours Film Festival 2008 runner up)

Music videos

5 Star Fallout - Perfect Kind Of Pain^[9]
Daecolm - Love Thing^[10]^[11]
False Start - What Will It Be Like
Secret Sky (Steven Skyler's Band) - The Secret
Selena Gomez - Birthday

Personal life

Crossman is a fan of the following films and television shows: John Tucker Must Die, Blades of Glory, Crank, Family Guy, Greys Anatomy, Nip/Tuck and Prison Break.^[12] Kimberley Crossman had the chef Gianpaolo Grazioli design her a special ice cream flavour to resemble her personality. It featured strawberry and dark chocolate drizzled.^[13]

References

External links

Persondata
Name	Crossman, Kimberley
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand actor
Date of birth	24 May 1988
Place of birth	Auckland, New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death

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