Kim Dickens was born as Kimberly Jan Dickens on 18th of June 1965 in Huntsville, Alabama. Her parents were Justin Dickens and Pam Howell. She completed her high school from the Lee High School and graduated in a degree in Bachelor of Arts and communication from the Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Kim was interested in a career of acting hence she moved to New York City. There she studied from the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In order to support herself, she also did part time job as a waitress.
Dickens did her career’s first ever major stage performance at the Vanderbilt University for the play Sexual Perversity in Chicago. After moving to Los Angeles in late 90’s she got her major break in the film Palookaville in the year 1995 where she played girlfriend of the lead actor. Later she appeared on television films like Two Mothers for Zachary where she did supporting roles. She has been active in both movies and TV shows, all the time. In the year 1997 she was seen in a thriller movie, Truth or Consequences in a lead role. The next year she was seen in the feature film inspired by Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations. Some other movies which saw her in the lead role were The White River Kid in the year 1999, Mercury Rising and Zero Effect in the year 1998. Kim didn’t shy from doing supporting roles and she did so in the movies like Hollow man in the year 2000, Thank You for smoking in the Year 2005, Wild Tigers I have known in the year 2006, House of Sand and Fog in the year 2003 and The Blind Side in the year 2009. Her TV shows from the 2000’s include Big Apple, a police drama series, a miniseries Out of order in the year 2003 and Deadwood from the year 2004 to 2006. Her works are of high quality nature and highly loved by the audiences. She is on continuous hook-ups with drama series like Treme from the year 2010 to 2013, Sons of Anarchy from the year 2013 to 2014 and repeating role in House of Cards in the year 2015. Her films in the most recent years include Gone Girl in the year 2014, Footloose in the year 2011 and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
She has not been a recipient of any award till date, but has been nominated for her performance in an Independent film Things Behind the Sun and for the Screen Guild Awards for her role of the madam in Deadwood. At Present, she appears on the horror series Fear the Walking Dead which is quite popular amongst the audiences
Kim Dickens married Ken Dixon after a significant period of dating. Her husband is a Canadian Entrepreneur and the couple has a daughter together. Kim is an active personality on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Her net worth amounts to 2 million USD till date.
Birth Date: | 18 Jun, 1965 |
Age: | 54 yrs |
Occupations: | Actor Television actor Film actor |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Huntsville |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | American actress |
Net Worth 2021: | 2 million |