Kim Allen (actress)

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Kim Allen
Born (1982-02-22) February 22, 1982 (age 41)
Occupation(s) Film, television actress
Years active2004–present

Kim Allen (born February 22, 1982) is an American actress of half Greek descent.

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Early life

Allen was born and raised in a suburb of Springfield, Massachusetts. She earned a BFA in drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, with minors in biology and anthropology.

Career

She formerly played 18-year-old Amanda Holden, Kim Delaney's daughter, in Lifetime's series Army Wives . She later appeared in Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Avery Burton. In the early 2000s, she made an appearance in a Hot Pockets advertisement promoting an updated line including higher quality ingredients. The ad tagline "irresistibly hot", associated her attractiveness with the desirability of the frozen microwaveable sandwich. [1]

In 2016, she played the role of Jacqueline Kennedy in the biographical film LBJ (2016). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Cosa BellaBartenderShort film
20098 Easy StepsLaurenShort film
2010Sonnet for a TowncarClairShort film
2010Violet TendenciesSalome
2010 Client 9:The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer Times Square Lip-Sync Singer
2011 Going Down in LA-LA Land Ms Campbell
2012CurfewMaggieShort film
2013From the Future with LoveWaitressShort film
2014Scavenger KillersAgent Templeton
2014 Lyle Taylor
2016 LBJ Jacqueline Kennedy
2017Sex GuaranteedSandy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 The Bedford Diaries RavenTelevision miniseries
Episode: "Tell Me No Secrets"
2007–2011 Army Wives Amanda Holden10 episodes
Television

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References

  1. "Hot Pockets TV Commercial, 'Add Hot'". iSpot.tv.
  2. "Kim Allen's Nola Page". www.nola.com. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  3. Busch, Anita (2015-08-19). "'LBJ' Finds Its Jackie In Relative Newcomer Kim Allen". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  4. McNary, Dave (2015-08-20). "Kim Allen Cast as Jackie Kennedy in Rob Reiner's 'LBJ'". Variety. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  5. "Review: Despite Woody Harrelson's persuasive performance, Rob Reiner's 'LBJ' lacks a distinctive voice". Los Angeles Times. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  6. "'Army Wives' actress will play Jackie Kennedy in LBJ movie". EW.com. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
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