An attractive ingenue who invited comparisons with Elizabeth Taylor when she put a "modern woman" spin on Taylor's famous role in the 1991 remake of the 1950 sentimental comedy "Father of the Bride", Williams began acting in commercials as a teenager and got her first TV role as the Other Woman in "Stood Up" (1990), an "ABC Afterschool Special".Williams was attending Northwestern University when she won the role of the daughter of Steve Martin and Diane Keaton in "Father of the Bride". She gained favorable notices for her wholesome, no-nonsense approach to the role. She returned to college, appearing only in such low-impact fare as the thriller "Secret Games" (1992) and the comedy "Indian Summer" (1993). Williams reprised her role as Annie Banks, this time as an expectant mother, in "Father of the Bride, Part II" (1994), loosely based on "Father's Little Dividend" (1951). In 1996, she appeared in "The War at Home" before making her TV series debut on ABC's romantic drama "Relativity" (1996-97).
Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Kimberly Payne Williams
Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Family
brother:Jay Williams (born in 1974)
father:Gurney Williams
sister:Ashley Williams (born on November 12, 1978; appeared on CBS soap "As the World Turns")
Companion(s)
Brad Paisley
, Companion
, ```..married March 16, 2003, in Malibu, CA
Pete Sampras
, Companion
, ```..together from April 1997 to May 1999; born on August 12, 1970
Education
Fieldston Bronx, New York
Rye High School Rye, New York
School of Speech, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois BS performance studies 1993
2006 Cast as Billy’s mom in the family comedy, "How to Eat Fried Worms"
2006 Co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in the sports drama "We Are Marshall" directed by McG
2001 Co-starred in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production "Follow the Stars Home" (CBS)
2001 Returned to series TV as co-star of the ABC fall sitcom "According to Jim"
2000 Starred in the NBC fanatasy miniseries "The 10th Kingdom"
2000 Made London stage debut in "Speed-the-Plow"
1999 Had featured role in "Just a Little Harmless Sex"
1999 Portrayed the youthful incarnation of Sharon Stone's Rosie in "Simpatico"
1997 Made Broadway debut in Alfred Uhry's award-winning "The Last Night of Ballyhoo"
1996 Appeared with "Father of the Bride" co-star George Newbern in a series of commercials for Hallmark
1993 Graduated college, moved to Los Angeles
1992 Played the nervous bride in AT&T Calling Card commercial
1991 Feature film debut in "Father of the Bride"
1990 TV debut as a teenage "other woman" in ABC Afterschool Special, "Stood Up"; billed as Kimberly Payne Williams
1985 Moved with her family to Rye, New York
1985 Neighbor, actress Anna Holbrook (of "Another World"), sent Williams' photo to the William Morris Agency; Williams then appeared in commercials for Pizza Hut, Clearasil and o.b. Tampons (date approxima
