Kimberley Kates

Kimberley Kates (born August 15, 1969)[1] is an American actress and film producer. Kates is best known for her role as Princess Elizabeth in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).[2][3] She founded and is currently the CEO of Big Screen Entertainment Group, a Los Angeles-based publicly traded film production and distribution company.[4][5][6][7]

Kimberley Kates
Kates in 2022
Born (1969-08-15) August 15, 1969
Occupation(s)Actress, film producer
Years active1987–present

Career

Kates began her acting career when she was 15,[1] and her movie debut came in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as Princess Elizabeth, starring alongside Keanu Reeves, Diane Franklin, Alex Winter, and George Carlin.[8][9][10]

As an actress and prior to becoming a full-time film producer, Kates starred in more than 40 films and television shows. Her credits include television shows such as Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, Charmed, Growing Pains, Murder She Wrote, On Our Own, Sucker, and films such as Dangerous Love, Rescue Me, Chained Heat II, The New Age, Bounce and Highway.[2][8][11]

As a producer, she has worked on several films including, Dirty Love, Babysitter Wanted,[12] William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet,[13] Ramy Malek's Papillon and Bruce Willis' Air Strike.[14]

In 1995, Kates collaborated with Michael Manasseri and established a film production and distribution company, which was renamed Big Screen Entertainment Group (OTC: BSEG) in August 2005, a publicly traded firm with its headquarters in Los Angeles.[15][7]

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1987 Venus Flytrap Ginger Direct-to-video release
1988 Dangerous Love Susan Credited as Kimberley LaBelle
1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Princess Elizabeth Credited as Kimberley LaBelle
1992 Rescue Me Cindy Alternative title: Street Hunter
1993 Chained Heat II Alex Morrison
1994 The Pornographer Bettina Alternative title: Family Values
The New Age Other Catherine
Bad Blood Lindee Alternative title: Viper
1996 Which Way to Oz The Girlfriend
1998 Armstrong Susan Zorkin
Charades Laura Alternative titles: Felons
First Degree
1999 Traitor's Heart Maggie Brody
2000 Bounce Woman at Bar Uncredited
2002 Highway Jilly Miranda
2005 Dirty Love - Producer
2006 Forget About It Michelle Winchester Producer
Lightfield's Home Videos - Producer
2007 The Mirror - Producer
2008 Babysitter Wanted - Producer
2009 William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet - Executive producer
2011 Sodium Babies - Executive producer
2013 Sucker - Producer
Singularity Principle - Executive Producer
2015 Untitled Snow White Project - Producer
Code Z - Producer
2016 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Executive Producer
2016 Flathead Lake Producer
2016 Father & Son - Special Thanks
2016 Equal Means Equal - Special Thanks
2016 OZZY - Distribution Executive
2017 Papillon - Distribution Executive (China)
2018 Air Strike - Executive Producer
2018 This Gets Ruff - Producer
2018 Girl Zero - Producer
2019 Overspeed - Producer
2019 Song of Love - Producer
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music - Special Thanks
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Growing Pains Sheena "Woo Woo" Berkowitz 1 episode
1989 Freddy's Nightmares Christina 1 episode
Alien Nation Dallas Ft Worth 1 episode
1990 Seinfeld Diane 1 episode
Sporting Chance Betsy Hilderbrand Television movie
1991 The Wonder Years Carol 1 episode
1992 Eek! The Cat Additional voices Unknown episodes
The Larry Sanders Show Sally 1 episode
1994 The Byrds of Paradise Elaine 1 episode
On Our Own Alana Michaels 10 episodes
1995 The Watcher 1 episode
1996 Kindred: The Embraced Elaine Robb 1 episode
Murder, She Wrote Kim Swofford 1 episode
The Sentinel Laura McCarthy 1 episode
Public Morals Moira Fogarty 1 episode
The Burning Zone Rebecca 1 episode
1999 Charmed Tanjella 1 episode
Blue Valley Songbird Thelma Russell Television movie

References

  1. "Kimberley Kates". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  2. "Kimberley Kates - Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  3. II, Eric Seuthe (2020-08-27). "Conner's Critique: Bill And Ted Face The Music". Nerd News Social. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  4. "Big Screen Entertainment Group (OTC: BSEG)". US Equity News. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 4 Jul 2010.
  5. "BSEG - Big Screen Entertainment Group Inc Company Profile - CNNMoney.com". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  6. "Annual Report - BSEG".
  7. Cliche (2022-06-20). "Streaming Is The New Reading – Says Hollywood Executive Kimberley Kates". Digital Online Fashion Magazine | Free Fashion Magazine | Best Lifestyle Blog. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  8. Miska, Brad (April 19, 2010). "Face, Meet Giant Stinger in Insane New Images From 'Sucker'!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  9. "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: The time-travelling sleeper hit that almost didn't see the light of day". The Independent. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  10. "Everything (We Think) You Should Know Before Bill & Ted Face the Music". Gizmodo. 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  11. Gray, Tim (1994-09-13). "On Our Own". Variety. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  12. Floorwalker, Mike (2020-06-02). "What Happened To The Cast Of Weird Science?". Looper.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  13. Leydon, Joe (2009-05-14). "William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet". Variety. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  14. Harvey, Dennis (2018-10-27). "Film Review: 'Air Strike'". Variety. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  15. SEC. "Big Screen Entertainment Group, Inc. - Quarterly Report". SEC.report. Retrieved 2022-06-17.


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