Kimberley Joseph

Kimberley Joseph (born August 30, 1973) is a Canadian Australian actress who is based in the United States. Joseph was born in Canada, brought up on the Gold Coast in Australia and educated in Switzerland. After returning to Australia, she began a degree at Bond University but dropped out at the age of 19 when she was cast in the soap opera Paradise Beach. She had no formal acting training but appeared in the soap for the 18 months it was produced. After Paradise Beach ended, she had casual work on Hey Hey It's Saturday before co-hosting the popular Seven Network series Gladiators.

After three series of Gladiators, Joseph was eager to return to acting, so took the role of villain Joanne Brennan in Home and Away from 1995 to 1996. In 1999, she moved to the United States to study acting at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City, then spent 18 months unsuccessfully auditioning for roles in Los Angeles. In 2001, she was cast as Jo Ellison in the British television series Cold Feet. She appeared in the fourth and fifth series and returned to Australia two days after filming the final episode in 2002. In 2004, she appeared in a major recurring role as Dr. Grace Connelly in six episodes of the Australian soap opera All Saints. She returned to America after filming All Saints, where she got a small role as flight attendant Cindy Chandler in the pilot episode of Lost. The role was supposed to be a one-off in the pilot but a producer liked Joseph and the character, so brought her back for a recurring role in the second, third and sixth seasons. Away from acting, Joseph has been involved in efforts to highlight the effects of Soviet nuclear testing in Kazakhstan, including directing a short film.

Early life Kimberley Joseph was born on August 30, 1973, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Joe and Wendy. Joe, a Canadian businessman, met Wendy, an Australian flight attendant, while she was in Canada. When Kimberley was three years old, the family moved to Australia's Gold Coast, where she attended St Hilda's School for the next nine years. The family travelled extensively in Europe, and Kimberley attended a private school in Montreux, Switzerland, for four years. While there, she learned to speak French and Spanish. When she returned to Australia, she started a degree in arts and commerce at Bond University, though did not complete it.

Career At the age of 19, Joseph dropped out of University after getting the part of Cassie Barsby in the soap opera Paradise Beach. Joseph gained acting experience and friendships with Raelee Hill, Megan Connolly, and Isla Fisher, though the series was cancelled after only 18 months. She described hosting Gladiators as "tough and scary" on account of the live audience. The character, a secretary who dealt drugs to school children, appeared from 1995 to 1996. She left the soap with the possibility of returning to the character later. Alongside her role in Home and Away, she appeared in a play with Geoffrey Hughes. Eager to move away from soap opera acting, Joseph moved to the United States to study acting with the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City. Her episodes for season two were filmed over five weeks and were broadcast in 2005.

Joseph also filmed minor roles in two Ron Howard films; in Frost/Nixon (2008), she portrayed tennis champion Evonne Goolagong, and she had a minor role in Angels & Demons (2009). Although of a different ethnicity to Goolagong, she was cast in Frost/Nixon because she had the "right look". She returned to the area with Stevenson in July 2008 and has developing a documentary film to attract international attention to the area. The 13-minute film, entitled When the Dust Settles, premiered on 12 November 2009 at the Birch Carroll & Coyle cinema in Southport, Queensland.

Joseph and partner Scott Chrisman have a son, born in 2013.

Filmography Year Title RoleDescription 1992 Paradise Beach Cassie Barsby Television series 1995–1996 Home and Away Joanne Brennan Television series 1997–1999 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Nemesis 2 episodes of television series: "Two Men and a Baby" (1997) "Full Circle" (1999) 1998–1999 Tales of the South Seas Clare Devon 1 season of television series 1999 Water Rats Mary Worth 1 episode of television series: "Dangerous Encounters" 2000 Murder Call Andrea Thatcher 1 episode of television series: "Scent of Evil" 2001–2003 Cold Feet Jo Ellison 2 seasons of television series 2004 Go Big Sophie Duvet Feature film 2004 All Saints Dr. Grace Connelly 7 episodes of television series "Feet of Clay" "Pecking Order" "Luck of the Draw" "Consequences" "When Worlds Collide" "Mind Over Matter" "Falling from Grace" 2004–2010 Lost Cindy Chandler 13 episodes of television series: "Pilot, Part 1" (2004) "Pilot, Part 2" (2004) "Everybody Hates Hugo" (2005) "...And Found" (2005) "Abandoned" (2005) "The Other 48 Days" (2005) "Stranger in a Strange Land" (2007) "The Brig" (2007) "LA X, Part 1" (2010) "LA X, Part 2" (2010) "Sundown" (2010) "Recon" (2010) "The Last Recruit" (2010) 2005 Fight Night Tracey Feature film 2022–present Rock Island Mysteries Emily Young Television seriesRecurring role

As host Gladiators (1995–1996) Gladiators: The Ashes 1 (1995–1996) International Gladiators 2 (1996)

As director When the Dust Settles (2009; documentary short)