Kim Director

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Kim Director
Born
Kimberly Ann Director

(1974-11-13) November 13, 1974 (age 49)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationFilm/television actress
Years active1998–present

Kimberly Ann Director (born November 13, 1974) is an American actress. She has played the roles of Kim Diamond in Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000), and Stevie in Inside Man (2006). Beginning in 2017, she has appeared as a recurring guest star on the HBO series The Deuce .

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Early life

Raised in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Director graduated from Upper St. Clair High School in Upper St. Clair in 1993. [1] She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1997. [1]

Career

Director's first film role was in 1998's He Got Game , directed by Spike Lee. [2] This was followed by Summer of Sam in 1999 and Bamboozled in 2000, both films also directed by Lee. [2] Her breakout performance came in the film Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 as the hard-core Goth girl, Kim Diamond. [3] [4] She went on to act in the independent films Unforeseen, Tony n' Tina's Wedding , Charlie's Party, Live Free or Die , Life is Short, and A Crime with Harvey Keitel. [5] Director reunited with Spike Lee for the film She Hate Me in 2004, and in 2006 played Stevie the bank robber in Lee's Inside Man . [2]

Kim Director has appeared in guest roles on television shows Sex and the City , Law & Order , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , CSI: Miami , Shark , Life , Cold Case , Unforgettable , and Orange is the New Black . She had a recurring role as the Cavewoman on the series Cavemen . [5]

Her later roles include HBO's The Deuce and the Bianca in the Netflix series She's Gotta Have It . [6]

Director is a trained stage actress and appeared in the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical Company at the Kennedy Center. She also appeared in the play Guinea Pig Solo by Brett C. Leonard at the Public Theater with LAByrinth Theater Company (Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz, artistic directors). She also worked at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York in the play The Wood written by Dan Klores and directed by David Bar Katz.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 He Got Game Lynn
1999 Summer of Sam Dee
2000 Bamboozled Starlet
Blair Witch WebFestKim
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Kim Diamond
2002UnforeseenThe Cashier
2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding Connie
She Hate Me Grace
2005Charlie's PartyZoe Fields
2006 Live Free or Die Donna
Inside Man Valerie Keepsake / Stevie
Life Is ShortErinShort film
A Crime Ashley Harris
2010Errand_boyBobbiShort film
2014The Last American GuidoRose Michelle
2016 Detours Grace Giraldi
DelinquentOfficer Reynolds
2017The SuperTeacher
2018Homecoming RevengeAndrea Lifetime TV film
2020Death Rider in the House of VampiresCarmilla Joe

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Law & Order The WaitressEpisode: "Bronx Cheer"
2003 Sex and the City GracieEpisode: "The Post-it Always Sticks Twice"
2004 Law & Order Young Female Undercover CopEpisode: "Coming Down Hard"
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Jocelyn Shapiro / Lori PurcellEpisode: "Collective"
2006 CSI: Miami Gloria WilliamsEpisode: "Rampage"
Shark Veronica DaleEpisode: "Dial M for Monica"
2007–2008 Cavemen HeatherThree episodes
2008 Life Cheryl PriceEpisode: "Find Your Happy Place"
Cold Case Marisa D'AmicoEpisode: "The Dealer"
2012 Unforgettable Kate JordanEpisode: "The Following Sea"
Erroneous ConvictionsJessica KraftEpisode: "Pilot"
2013 Orange Is the New Black Diane VauseEpisode: "Fucksgiving"
2014 The Good Wife Angela MorettiEpisode: "Parallel Construction, Bitches"
Gotham Lacey WhiteEpisode: "Spirit of the Goat"
2016 Elementary Beth StoneEpisode: "Render, and Then Seize Her"
2017–2019 The Deuce Laila Brody / ShayRecurring
She's Gotta Have It Bianca TateRecurring
2020 Little America LydiaEpisode: "The Silence"
2020 NOS4A2 SashaEpisode: "Good Father"
2022 Queens Trish PierceEpisode: "I'm a Slave 4 U"
2022 Bridge and Tunnel Gina PagnettiRecurring
2022 Blue Bloods ArrinaEpisode: "First Blush"

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