Kimberley Crossman

Kimberley Crossman
Born Kimberley Frances Crossman
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 started 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.

Kimberley stars as Stacey on the new TV2 show Step Dave which launched on TV2 on February 11, 2014. She co-starred Kate Elliott in the horror Heavy metal comedy film Deathgasm.[7]

Hosting

Kimberley has been a presenter on The Erin Simpson Show since 2009. The Erin Simpson Show concluded in 2013 after a five year run.

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.

Kimberley is a co-presenter on the Cadbury Dream Factory which first aired in New Zealand on TV3 in 20 February 2014 alongside Brooke Howard-Smith, Guy Montgomery, Walter Neilands and Jesse Griffin.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2000 WNTV Herself
2007-2013 Shortland Street Sophie McKay Regular role (334 episodes)
2011 The Talent Show Aspen Carlson Episodes: "Harper's Debut Party", "Episode #2.6"
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles Barista Episode: "Dead Body Politic"
2012 Power Rangers Samurai Lauren/Red Samurai Ranger
2013 The Almighty Johnsons Amelia Tennant Episode: "Unleash The Kraken"
2013-2014 Auckland Daze Herself Recurring role (6 episodes)
2013 The Zelfs Vampula (voice) TV mini-series
2014 Cadbury Dream Factory Herself
2014 Step Dave Stacey Recurring role (11 episodes)
2014 #Besties Kimmie Episode: "#Besties Off"
2014 Flat3 Jessica Episode: "The White Album"
2014 Black-ish Tawnie Episode: "Colored Commentary"

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Beyond Belief Kerry Post Short film, 48 Hours Film Festival runner up
2015 Deathgasm Medina
2015 A Beginner's Guide to Snuff Actress #8 Filming

Music videos

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