Friday, July 8, 2011

Heartland Film Festival - Crystal Heart Award for Best Dramatic Short Film "Shade" | Best Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Television Series - "Relativity" | Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Kimberly Williams-Paisley (born September 14, 1971) is an American actress and director, who is perhaps best known for her co-starring role on the ABC sitcom, According to Jim, as well as her breakthrough performance in the popular comedy film, Father of the Bride, for which she was nominated for several awards (along with its sequel, Father of the Bride Part II).

Throughout her acting career, she has guest-starred on television shows including Tales From The Crypt, George Lopez Show and Less Than Perfect. She is also well-known for her roles in made-for-TV movies, including Safe House, The Christmas Shoes, and Lucky 7. and also her role as Laura Parker inShade, a short film she also wrote and directed.

Williams is married to country music singer Brad Paisley, with whom she has two sons; actress Ashley Williams is her sister.




Williams-Paisley is known for her role as Annie Banks in Father of the Bride (1991) and Father of the Bride Part II (1995), with Steve Martin and Diane Keaton. She starred as Virginia in the NBC mini-series The 10th Kingdom.

She also played Dana in the ABC sitcom According to Jim for seven years, from 2001 to 2008 . She left the show after its seventh season, but returned for the show's final episode in 2009. Williams-Paisley replaced Arija Bareikis as Sunny in the Tony Award winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo written by Alfred Uhry (of Driving Miss Daisy fame) sometime later in the play's February 1997 to June 1998 run.




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