Kimberly Williams-Paisley began filming the comedy film Father of the Bride when she was nineteen. On the same site, she found herself with Oscar-winning Diane Keaton and the super-famous Steve Martin. For an aspiring actress, this was a real challenge. But the girl withstood it with honor.
In the tiny town of Paradise, located in the state of New York, in 1971, on September 14, journalist Garney and his wife Linda Williams, a fundraiser for charitable foundations, gave birth to a girl.
Childhood and youth
The baby was named Kimberly. She became the eldest daughter. Later, she had a younger sister Ashley Churchill Williams, who became a very popular actress, and a brother Jay. Outwardly, Kimberly was distinguished by an attention-grabbing charm.
While still at school, from the age of thirteen, she started working on television. The income from filming commercials turned out to be small, but it was very useful in a poor family. After completing her studies at school with almost honors, Kim went to Northwestern University in Chicago.
When the girl was in her sophomore year, she received an offer to shoot in a full-length film. According to the plot, dad does not like his daughter. And suddenly he finds out that she is going to get married from day to day. To the horror of dad, the newlyweds will move out of the house.
At first, Steve Martin's hero is desperate, he is in prostration. But later he agrees to the marriage of his young daughter Annie. From this moment on, confusion begins, preparation for the greatest event.
The comedy with a bias to the melodrama "Father of the Bride" opened a whole series of wedding and pre-wedding projects. Even the Fockers franchise was no exception. The profit from the painting was quite impressive by the standards of 1991, the amount of almost ninety million dollars.
The audience loved Kimberly. As a result, the aspiring actress was nominated for the MTV Movie Awards.
Carier start
The student did not fall victim to instant fame. She understood perfectly well that it was extremely important for her to get an education.
Work on the film "Indian Summer" fell on the summer season. There was no need to break away from studies.
After completing her studies in 1993, Kim moved to Los Angeles, California. The girl took part in the work on several TV series and in "Cold-blooded", an action movie with elements of "black" comedy. In the latter, Williams got the role of the lover of the protagonist Jasmine, a yoga teacher.
The performer also managed to star in one of the series "Tales from the Crypt". Kim did not answer for a long time when she received an offer to play Annie in the sequel "Father of the Bride". She wondered if she should refuse. However, she still agreed.
This time Martin's hero was not going to become a grandfather. He is not ready for this change of status either, and then suddenly his wife stunned him with a message that he would become a dad again! There is something to go around in old age.
Kimberly, not without reason, feared that she would turn into an actress in one role. Directors will begin to perceive her as a performer of exceptionally docile and lovely young ladies. However, the audience really liked the continuation of the cult film. The performer realized that her worries were in vain.
Best Role
Another iconic role of Kim was the heroine in the film of the fantasy genre "The Tenth Kingdom". According to the plot, an independent and modern resident of the metropolis lives with a dumb dad in New York.
However, the fate of both changes abruptly with the entry of an enchanted prince into their world. The almost seven-hour tale has turned into a real hit. The masterpiece was released in 2000, but the audience does not get tired of admiring the wonders of the picture to this day.
The plot turned out to be kind and simple, the characters are bright, and the special effects and decorations are very worthy. And in the role of Virginia Kimberly turned out to be a miracle as good.
To the great regret of the actress, more of the same projects did not happen in her film portfolio. But even without them, the performer has enough work. She participates in television pictures, serials. From 2001 to 2009, the actress took part in the filming of the comedy series As Jim Said, in which she got the character of Dana, the sister of Courtney Thorne-Smith.
On the set, the actress acted as a screenwriter for three episodes. In 2006, Kim appeared in the film We Are One Team. She played with Matthew McConaughey. In the fall of 2002, Williams joined the cast of Nashville as Peggy Canter, the secret mistress of the heroine's husband, Connie Britton. However, Kim's dream of an essentially fabulous project remains.
For television, the actress starred in the drama Farewell to the Amish, which tells about the tragedy in the school of the same name. The film is still recognized as the most rated on the channel. The performer also took part in the film The Lucky Seven and the Identity Theft project of the Lifetime Movie channel. Williams-Paisley co-produced both films.
Kimberly wrote and directed the short film Shade. She starred in the film with Patrick Dempsey. The work has received many awards, including the prize for the best short feature film at the Heartland festival.
Her second short project, Numero Dos, was released at the Nashville Festival. On the Broadway stage, the actress made her debut in Balihu's Last Night.
Family matters
In the personal life of the actress, everything turned out great. However, happiness began with failure on the love front. A two-year exciting story with tennis legend Pete Sampras ended not with the expected wedding, but with a breakup.
The tennis player and popular performer, who had conquered the world courts fourteen times, parted in 1999. Four years later, Kimberly's surname increased by one more. She became Williams-Paisley.
In March 2003, the girl got married. Actor and musician Brad Paisley became her chosen one. And in early 2007, in February, the wife pleased her husband with her little son. The couple named their first child William Huckleberry. No sooner had two years passed than the child had a younger brother, Jasper Warren.
Currently, Kimberly Williams-Paisley is known as a performer, writer, director, screenwriter and producer. Kim writes for New You and In Style magazines. She has her own column in the Redbook.
Together with her father, she wrote a children's book. In a touching article, Kim described how the family is coping with her mother's senile dementia. Readers are interested in the publication. As a result, Kimberly began a partnership with the Alzheimer's Disease Association.
The talented and energetic Kim had her first novel published in 2016 by Random House. In the book, the daughter shares her memories of her mother's illness.
Mrs Williams-Paisley hosts the documentary series NPT Reports: Children’s Health Crisis on Nashville TV. The work won an Emmy award.
