Kim Zimmer
Zimmer at the 1994Fayetteville Dogwood Festival
Born	Kimberly Jo Zimmer (1955-02-02)February 2, 1955 (age 70) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	A.C. Weary ​ (m. 1981)​ [1]
Children	3, includingJake Weary

Kimberly Jo Zimmer (born February 2, 1955)^[2] is an American actress, best known for her role asReva Shayne on the CBS soap operaGuiding Light. For this portrayal, she has won fourDaytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.^[3]

Zimmer's career began with stage work; an early television role was her portrayal of the character of Bonnie Harmer onOne Life to Live in 1978. In 1979, she was tapped to replaceKathleen Turner as Nola Dancy Aldrich onThe Doctors. (She later appeared opposite Turner in the 1981 filmBody Heat in a plot that addressed similarities in their appearance.) For much of her stint, she was the show's leading lady, but left the show in July 1982 on a maternity leave, escorted off the show by her real life husband, A.C. Weary, who played Nola's newest conquest. She would return one last time later in the year for the funeral of her former mother-in-law, Mona Croft. She had a brief return toOne Life to Live from February through November 1983 asEcho DiSavoy.

In 1983, Zimmer was cast in the role for which she is best known, the character ofReva Shayne on the television soap operaGuiding Light. Her portrayal of Reva was a focus of the show until Zimmer left in 1990. She returned toGuiding Light in April 1995 and portrayed Reva until the show's conclusion in September 2009. While Zimmer's Reva was paired with several leading men, her work with Robert Newman (Josh) earned them the label of "supercouple."

Zimmer leftGuiding Light in July 1990 and moved to theWest Coast for five years, during which she played Jodie DeWitt Walker onSanta Barbara from 1992 to 1993. In 1995, Zimmer appeared in an episode ofSeinfeld ("The Diplomat's Club"), as Mr. Pitt's attorney, who suspected Elaine and Jerry were trying to kill Mr. Pitt.

In 2010, Zimmer returned to the role of Echo onOne Life to Live.^[4] Zimmer was featured in a story along with formerGuiding Light co-starJerry verDorn(Clint Buchanan),Robin Strasser(Dorian Cramer) andErika Slezak(Viki Lord).^[5]

Zimmer has also appeared in several episodic television programs, includingDesigning Women,MacGyver,Models, Inc., andBabylon 5 (episode "And Now For a Word", year 1995). She also appeared in several made-for-television movies.

Zimmer has starred in a number of theater roles, including several atAugusta'sBarn Theatre.^[6] In 2011, it was announced that Zimmer would be cast in the Off-Broadway international hitLove, Loss, and What I Wore. She starred as Mrs. Hayes inConnecticut Repertory Theatre's production ofOdysseus D.O.A., running through March 4, 2012. Zimmer made her musical theatre debut when she joined the first North American tour of Broadway'sWicked. She played the role ofMadame Morrible from 14 August 2012 through 13 December 2013.^[7] Zimmer returned to the role with the first North American tour on 30 September 2014.^[8] Zimmer has also appeared in several productions of the musicalGypsy, first in 2006 at the Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan, and in 2015 at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera opposite formerGuiding Light leading man Robert Newman.

In 2011 she released her memoir called I'm Just Sayin'!: Three Deaths, Seven Husbands and a Clone! My Life as a Daytime Diva.^[9]

In 2023, after several years off-screen, Zimmer returned to acting starring in the drama filmYou Sing Louder, I Sing Louder starring oppositeEwan McGregor and her sonJake Weary.^[10]

Zimmer was born inGrand Rapids, Michigan, the daughter of Burdina Elva (known as "Dede") Zimmer and Walter Jack Zimmer.^[11][12] She has an older sister Karen Ann (née Zimmer) Witzel.^[12] She graduated fromForest Hills Central High School inAda Township, which is just east ofGrand Rapids, and then studied atHope College inHolland, Michigan, and atAmerican Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.^[3] She is married to actor/director A.C. Weary (Allen Cudney Weary), and they have three children: Rachel, Max, andJake Weary. Jake is also an actor; he appeared onAs the World Turns asLuke Snyder in 2005, and has had various guest roles, including onLaw and Order: Special Victims Unit and starred as Deran Cody inAnimal Kingdom from 2016 to 2022. She resides inMontclair, New Jersey.

On May 16, 2024, during an appearance on a specialStand Up to Cancer benefit episode of theYouTube podcast seriesThe Locher Room, Zimmer revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2023 and was undergoing treatment.^[13]

• Kim Zimmer atIMDb
• Kim Zimmer atThe Interviews: An Oral History of Television

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• American television actresses
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• American Conservatory Theater alumni

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