Kim Raver Biography
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Kimberly Jayne Raver (born March 15, 1969) is an actress most known for her roles as Kim Zambrano on the TV show Third Watch and Audrey Raines on 24.
Raver was born and raised in New York City. Her husband’s name is Manuel Boyer and they have one son.
From the ages of 6 to 9, Raver had a regular role on the seminal children’s television series Sesame Street. After Sesame Street, the young actress joined Off-Off-Broadway’s first all-children’s theater.
A fine arts graduate of Boston University, Raver continues to study theater in New York with teacher and mentor Wynn Handman. She is fluent in French and German, a language that she learned as a child from her German-born mother.
At the beginning of her adult career, Raver acted in commercials for Visa and Jeep. Her big break came with her Broadway debut in the play “Holiday” in which she co-starred with Laura Linney and Tony Goldwyn.
She also appeared in the feature film City Hall with Al Pacino. She also co-starred with John Spencer (of NBC’s The West Wing) and David Schwimmer in “The Glimmer Brothers”, a production of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, written by Warren Leight.
Starting in the fall of 2006, Kim Raver star of a series on ABC entitled “The Nine”. Although the show received outstanding critical reviews, it did not take off in the Nielsen ratings, and was therefore cancelled. She reprised her role in 24′s season 6 as Audrey Raines. The character was in a catatonic state at the end of the season.
The 1997 TV movie Soul Mates, starring Raver, is shown by market researchers at Television Preview. Raver joined Season 6 of Grey’s Anatomy in a recurring role as Dr. Teddy Altman, a cardiothoracic surgeon brought in by Dr. Owen Hunt, who served with her in Iraq. She made her on-screen debut on November 12. It was announced on January 4, 2010 that Raver had become a series regular on the show.
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