Kimberly Scott
# Kimberly Scott

Kimberly Aileen 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 (2020).

## 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 | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | The Abyss | Lisa 'One Night' Standing | |
| 1989 | Gross Anatomy | Nurse Louise | |
| 1990 | Downtown | Christine Curren | |
| 1990 | Flatliners | Winnie Hicks | |
| 1991 | All-American Murder | Cheerleader | Video |
| 1992 | The Waterdance | Alice | |
| 1993 | Falling Down | Detective Jones | |
| 1994 | The Client | Guard Doreen | |
| 1994 | Drop Zone | Joanne | |
| 1995 | Batman Forever | Margaret | |
| 1996 | Black & White: A Love Story | Deandra | |
| 1997 | Batman & Robin | Observatory Associate | |
| 1998 | Sweet Jane | Dr. Gordon | |
| 1998 | The Velocity of Gary | Nurse Adams | |
| 1998 | In Quiet Night | Vinette | |
| 1999 | Bellyfruit | Carmen Duncan | |
| 2000 | Get Your Stuff | Gloria | |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Joyce Trexler | |
| 2001 | I Am Sam | Gertie | |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Myra | |
| 2005 | Guess Who | Kimbra | |
| 2005 | Touched | Gladys | |
| 2006 | World Trade Center | Sergeant King | |
| 2007 | The Happiest Day of His Life | Darci | |
| 2007 | The Gift: At Risk | Sister Maria | |
| 2008 | The Great Buck Howard | Nurse | |
| 2010 | Love & Other Drugs | Gail | |
| 2020 | Respect | Mama Franklin | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | A Man Called Hawk | Mary | "Beautiful Are the Stars" |
| 1991 | Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | Stacy | TV film |
| 1991 | Shannon's Deal | Julia | "First Amendment", "The Inside Man" |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Mama Lorraine | "The 'Hood", "The Prometheus Syndrome", "Walking Dead" |
| 1991 | Locked Up: A Mother's Rage | Sherisse | TV film |
| 1991-94 | The Commish | Lucille Carter | Recurring role |
| 1993 | Bodies of Evidence | Maggie Holland | TV series |
| 1993 | Caught in the Act | Wilson | TV film |
| 1994 | Green Dolphin Beat | Carter | TV film |
| 1994 | Father and Scout | Francine | TV film |
| 1995 | Chicago Hope | Dr. Kimberly Barnett | "Hello Goodbye" |
| 1996 | Boy Meets World | Sonja | "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" |
| 1996 | Malibu Shores | Officer Guthrie | "Pilot: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1996 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Emily | "The Art of Dick" |
| 1997 | Toothless | Gwen | TV film |
| 1998 | JAG | NCIS Agent Lisa Viola | "With Intent to Die" |
| 1999 | The '60s | Althea Taylor | TV film |
| 1999 | Sister, Sister | Professor Weaver | "I Know What You Did in Drama Class" |
| 1999 | The Practice | Principal Richwood | "Target Practice" |
| 2000 | NYPD Blue | Doctor | "Little Abner" |
| 2000 | Touched by an Angel | Enshake | "True Confessions" |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Mrs. Rose Jenkins | "Brainchild" |
| 2000-01 | Family Law | Carla Turner | Recurring role |
| 2001 | Once and Again | Lieutenant Saticoy | "The Other End of the Telescope" |
| 2001 | Soul Food | Alderman Teresa Davis | "Everything Is Unfolding Perfectly", "Running as Fast as I Can" |
| 2001 | Providence | Nina Barnett | "The Honeymoon's Over" |
| 2002 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Miss Purcell | "Homework" |
| 2002 | Santa, Jr. | Mrs. Taylor | TV film |
| 2003-05 | 7th Heaven | Greta | "Go Ask Alice", "Why Not Me?", "Mi Familia: Part 2" |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls | Officer Hale | "Crime Dog" |
| 2006-07 | Medium | Coroner | "Profiles in Terror", "Second Opinion", "No One to Watch Over Me" |
| 2007 | Time Upon a Once | Orange Wife | TV film |
| 2019-present | Bob Hearts Abishola | Ogechi | 8 episodes |
