Kimberly Scott is an American actress. She received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play nomination for her performance in the 1988 play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Scott later appeared in films including The Abyss (1989), Flatliners (1990), Batman Forever (1995), Batman & Robin (1997), K-PAX (2001) and Respect (2021).
Life and career Scott was born in Kingsville, Texas. She attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville and the University of Texas before earning an MFA in 1987 from the Yale School of Drama. In 1988, she was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone.
Scott has appeared in films such as The Abyss, Gross Anatomy, The Waterdance, Drop Zone, The Velocity of Gary, K-PAX, I Am Sam, Impostor, The United States of Leland, Guess Who, World Trade Center and Love & Other Drugs. She frequently appears in the films of Joel Schumacher such as Flatliners, Falling Down and The Client. She is the only actress to appear in Batman films (Batman Forever and Batman & Robin) as different characters.
Scott has also appeared in the television shows MacGyver, Boy Meets World, The Commish, Family Dog, ER, Chicago Hope, Malibu Shores, 3rd Rock from the Sun, JAG, Sister, Sister, The Practice, NYPD Blue, Touched by an Angel, Once and Again, Soul Food, Family Law, Providence, Will & Grace, Wonderfalls, 7th Heaven, and Medium.
In 2007, she appeared in the short films Sponsored By, Under The Gun, Open House, and Time Upon A Once that were made during the reality show On the Lot.
In 2010, she appeared as Mama Nadi in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's version of Ruined by playwright Lynn Nottage, in 2011, she played tavern owner Mistress Quickly in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part Two, and in 2018, she played Pistol, Sir Thomas Grey, and the Governor of Harfleur in “Henry V”.
On October 7, 2016, Scott participated in a Yale University panel discussion, “50 Years of Yale Rep: A Conversation with Theatre Makers Present at the Creation, Along the Way, and Today.”
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1989Lisa 'One Night' Standing1989Gross AnatomyNurse Louise1990DowntownChristine Curren1990FlatlinersWinnie Hicks1991All-American MurderCheerleaderVideo1992Alice1993Falling DownDetective Jones1994Guard Doreen1994Drop ZoneJoanne1995Batman ForeverMargaret1996Black & White: A Love StoryDeandra1997Batman & RobinObservatory Associate1998Sweet JaneDr. Gordon1998Nurse Adams1998In Quiet NightVinette1999BellyfruitCarmen Duncan2000Get Your StuffGloria2001K-PAXJoyce Trexler2001ImpostorComms Officer2001I Am SamGertie2003Myra2005Guess WhoKimbra2005TouchedGladys2006World Trade CenterSergeant King2007Darci2007Sister Maria2008Nurse2010Love & Other DrugsGail2021RespectMama Franklin
Television Year Title Role Notes1989Mary"Beautiful Are the Stars"1991Prison Stories: Women on the InsideStacyTV film1991Shannon's DealJulia"First Amendment", "The Inside Man"1991MacGyverMama Lorraine"The 'Hood", "The Prometheus Syndrome", "Walking Dead"1991Locked Up: A Mother's RageSherisseTV film1991-94Lucille CarterRecurring role1993Bodies of EvidenceMaggie HollandTV series1993Caught in the ActWilsonTV film1994Green Dolphin BeatCarterTV film1994Father and ScoutFrancineTV film1995Chicago HopeDr. Kimberly Barnett"Hello Goodbye"1996Boy Meets WorldSonja"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"1996Malibu ShoresOfficer Guthrie"Pilot: Parts 1 & 2"19963rd Rock from the SunEmily"The Art of Dick"1997ToothlessGwenTV film1998JAGNCIS Agent Lisa Viola"With Intent to Die"1999Althea TaylorTV film1999Sister, SisterProfessor Weaver"I Know What You Did in Drama Class"1999Principal Richwood"Target Practice"2000NYPD BlueDoctor"Little Abner"2000Touched by an AngelEnshake"True Confessions"2000Strong MedicineMrs. Rose Jenkins"Brainchild"2000-01Family LawCarla TurnerRecurring role2001Once and AgainLieutenant Saticoy"The Other End of the Telescope"2001Soul FoodAlderman Teresa Davis"Everything Is Unfolding Perfectly", "Running as Fast as I Can"2001ProvidenceNina Barnett"The Honeymoon's Over"2002Everybody Loves RaymondMiss Purcell"Homework"2002Santa, Jr.Mrs. TaylorTV film2003-057th HeavenGreta"Go Ask Alice", "Why Not Me?", "Mi Familia: Part 2"2004WonderfallsOfficer Hale"Crime Dog"2006-07MediumCoroner"Profiles in Terror", "Second Opinion", "No One to Watch Over Me"2007Time Upon a OnceOrange WifeTV film 2019-present Bob Hearts Abishola Ogechi 8 episodes
References
External links
Kimberly Scott at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival Kimberly Scott personal website