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Kimberlin Brown
Born
Kimberlin Ann Brown

(1961-06-29) June 29, 1961 (age 62)
Hayward, California, U.S.
EducationGrossmont High School
Alma materGrossmont College
Occupations
Years active1984–present
Known forSheila Carter on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
TitleMiss La Mesa 1979
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Gary Pelzer
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(m. 1991)​
Children2
AwardsSoap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series - Daytime

Kimberlin Ann Brown Pelzer (born June 29, 1961) is an American television actress, best known for her role as Sheila Carter in the CBS daytime soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.

She has received two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role as Sheila on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.

Early life[edit]

Brown was born in Hayward, California and raised in La Mesa, near San Diego. Her parents divorced when she was in junior high school. She enjoyed spending summers at her grandparent's ranch in Northern California.[1][2]

She attended Grossmont High School and Grossmont College.[3][4]

Career[edit]

In 1979, Brown entered the Miss La Mesa pageant on a dare - and won. She was named first runner up in the Miss California pageant later that year.[4] Brown caught the attention of Nina Blanchard, a modeling agent who judged the pageant. Blanchard signed her as a client and soon after, she was modeling in Tokyo, Milan, and Paris.[5]

Unsatisfied with modeling, Brown became interested in acting. She made her television debut in an episode of the ABC series Fantasy Island.[6] She then went on to guest star in Matt Houston, T.J. Hooker, and Hawaiian Heat. Her early film credits include Eye of the Tiger, Who's That Girl and 18 Again![5] Brown's first soap opera roles were on Capitol and Santa Barbara.[6]

In 1990, Brown began starring as Sheila Carter on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (after originally auditioning for the role of Cassandra Rawlins). In 1992, it was announced that her character, Sheila, would move to The Bold and the Beautiful. She received a 1993 Daytime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress for playing Sheila on The Young and the Restless.[7] She continued to play the role on The Bold and the Beautiful until 1998.[8]

Brown portrayed Rachel Locke, mother of Livvie Locke (Kelly Monaco) on the ABC soap opera Port Charles from July 1999 to November 2000.[9] She made return appearances to the show in 2001 and 2002.[10]

In 2003, Brown returned to The Bold and the Beautiful, once again playing Sheila Carter.[8]

After a brief return to B&B, she was cast in the recurring role of Dr. Paige Miller on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live in October 2004. The role was originally intended for Mary Beth Evans, who turned it down when she decided to stay on As the World Turns. When Brown was offered a contract, she decided to leave, not pleased with the salary offered or the possibility of relocating to New York. She continued to air on One Life to Live until July 2005.[11]

In 2005, Brown returned as Sheila on The Young and the Restless after a long absence from the show.[12] In early 2006, she was released from her contract on The Young and the Restless. When her character returned later that year, the role was played by Michelle Stafford, because Sheila had undergone plastic surgery to look like Stafford's character, Phyllis Summers.[13]

Brown had been asked to return to The Young and the Restless early in 2010 for a storyline that was subsequently dropped.[14]

She took on a short-term role on All My Children in October 2010, playing the Judge who presided over David Hayward's murder trial.[15]

In 2011, Brown was cast in Gregori J. Martin's web-series The Bay. She first appeared in a summer special, Far From The Bay, and continued on in the series' second season.[16]

In June 2017, it was announced that Brown would return to The Bold and the Beautiful as Sheila.[17]

Also in 2017, she joined the cast of The Rich and the Ruthless, a comedic series written and produced by her former The Young and the Restless co-star, Victoria Rowell.[18]

After departing The Bold and the Beautiful in 2018, Brown returned once again as Sheila in 2021. She received a 2022 Daytime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role as Sheila.[19] Her storyline seemed to reach a final conclusion in 2024, when Sheila was stabbed to death by Steffy Forrester. Brown confirmed that Sheila was really dead.[20][21]

Politics[edit]

Brown is a Republican. In 2016, Brown was a speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention on the night Donald Trump was officially nominated as the party's candidate for President of the United States.[22] After her speech, Brown got extremely emotional to Fox Business Network over what her vocal support for Donald Trump and his policies might do to her career and the treatment she had received since it was announced she would be a speaker at the convention.[23]

In October 2017, Brown formally announced her candidacy as a Republican for California's 36th congressional district, challenging Democrat Raul Ruiz in the November 2018 election.[24] She lost the election, receiving 41% of the vote to Ruiz's 59%.[25][26]

Personal life[edit]

She has been married to Gary Pelzer since May 1991. They have two children, Alexes Marie and Nicholas.[5]

Brown and Pelzer are small-business owners; they own and run an avocado farm in California.[27]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Back to School Girl in Dorm Hallway
1986 Eye of the Tiger Dawn
1987 Who's That Girl Rachel
1988 18 Again! Receptionist
1992 The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them Leeza
2003 Becoming Marty Linda
2008 Proud American Lisa
2011 The Necklace Margaret Short film
2012 Just an American Lisa
2013 5 Hour Friends Carla Bianchi

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Fantasy Island Model Episode: "Don Juan's Last Affair/Final Adieu"
1985 T. J. Hooker Hostage Episode: "Funny Money"
1987 Capitol Danny Recurring role
1990 Santa Barbara Candace Durrell/Danielle Steele Series regular
1990 Dragnet Lauren James Episode: "The Book"
1990 The New Adam-12 Woman Episode: "Neighbors"
1990–1995, 2005–2006 The Young and the Restless Sheila Carter (1990–1995, 2005–2006)
Janet “Sugar” Webber (2005–2006) 		Series regular
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1993, 1995)
Nominated — Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1993)
1992–1998, 2002–2003, 2017–2018, 2021–present The Bold and the Beautiful Sheila Carter (1992–1998, 2002–2003, 2017–2018, 2021–present)
Janet “Sugar” Webber (2024) 		Series regular
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1993)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1994, 1996–1997)
1997 Diagnosis: Murder Barbara Bennings Episode: "Delusions of Murder"
1999 Another World Shelly Clark Recurring role
1999–2002 Port Charles Rachel Reese Locke Series regular
1999–2002 General Hospital Rachel Reese Locke Recurring role
2003 Six Feet Under Soap actress Episodes: "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost" and "Perfect Circles"
2004–2005 One Life to Live Paige Miller Recurring role
2010 All My Children Judge Mariam Recurring role
2011 The Bay Grace Drum Episode: "Far from the Bay Part 8"
2018 The Rich and the Ruthless Dr. Maya Cooper Series regular, 6 episodes

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1993 20th Daytime Emmy Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Sheila Carter on The Young and the Restless Nominated [28]
Soap Opera Digest Awards Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series - Daytime Sheila Carter on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful Won [29]
1995 Sheila Carter on The Bold and the Beautiful Won [30]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "#TBT - Kimberlin Brown". Soap Opera Digest. April 20, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Brown, Kimberlin 1961 - (Kimberlin Ann Brown)". Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Pearlman, Karen (February 15, 2012). "On birthday, high profile natives keep La Mesa in mind". The San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b c "About the Actors | Kimberlin Brown | The Bold and the Beautiful on Soap Central". soapcentral.com.
  6. ^ a b "Soap Opera Biography: Kimberlin Brown". 14 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Daytime Emmy Nominations in Major Categories". South Florida Sun Sentinel. April 3, 1993. Retrieved April 25, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ a b Kroll, Dan J. (September 7, 2003). "Sheila's Back at B&B - with a co-hort!". Soap Central. Retrieved April 26, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ Kroll, Dan J. (December 10, 2000). "Brown Talks About Her Time on PC". Soap Central. Retrieved April 26, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Kroll, Dan J. (April 14, 2002). "Keating, Brown Return to PC". Soap Central. Retrieved April 26, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Kroll, Dan J. (June 12, 2005). "A Summer Brown Out for OLTL". Soap Central. Retrieved April 26, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Kroll, Dan J. (July 9, 2005). "Y&R confirms the return of Kimberlin Brown". Soap Central. Retrieved April 27, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Eades, Chris (September 13, 2023). "Michelle Stafford Reveals One of Her Favorite Y&R Storylines". Soaps in Depth. Retrieved April 26, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Soap Opera Daily Is Kimberlin Brown Ready to Return in The Young and the Restless?
  15. ^ Kroll, Dan J. (September 21, 2010). "Kimberlin Brown heads to AMC, her sixth soap role". Soap Central. Retrieved April 26, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Kimberlin Brown joins the cast of "The Bay"!". Michael Fairman TV. July 17, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Kroll, Dan J. (June 9, 2017). "WOW: SURPRISE! Kimberlin Brown is back as B&B's Sheila". Soap Central. Retrieved April 27, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Giddens, Jamey (June 24, 2017). "Kimberlin Brown Pulls Double Duty on B&B and The Rich & The Ruthless". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved April 27, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ Rice, Lynette (May 5, 2022). "Daytime Emmy Nominations: 'Beyond Salem' Scores First Nom For Drama Series – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved April 27, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Maloney, Michael (August 6, 2021). "'B&B' Star Kimberlin Brown on Returning as Sheila, Her Future With Eric & More". TV Insider. Retrieved April 27, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ Rice, Lynette (February 27, 2024). "'The Bold And The Beautiful' Bids Farewell to Soap Veteran Kimberlin Brown". Deadline. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  22. ^ Zarya, Valentina (18 July 2016). "Why Is Kimberlin Brown Speaking At Trump's Republican Convention?". Fortune. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  23. ^ Libassi, Matthew (20 July 2016). "Actress Kimberlin Brown Breaks Down After RNC Speech". FOXBusiness. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  24. ^ "A TV soap opera actress-turned-avocado grower is running for congress in Coachella Valley". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  25. ^ "2018 California primary election results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  26. ^ "2018 California general election results" (PDF). Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  27. ^ Levine, Daniel S. (July 19, 2016). "Kimberlin Brown: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know".
  28. ^ "Lucci gets another Emmy bid". Toledo Blade. New York City: Block Communicatons. Associated Press. April 2, 1993. p. 15. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  29. ^ "The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1993". Soap Opera Digest. soapoperadigest.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
  30. ^ "The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1995". Soap Opera Digest. soapoperadigest.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2013.

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