Kimberley Kates

Kimberley Kates (born August 15, 1969)^[1] is an American actress and film producer. Kates is best known for her role as Princess Elizabeth in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).^[2][3] She founded and is currently the CEO of Big Screen Entertainment Group, a Los Angeles–based publicly traded film production and distribution company.^[4][5][6][7]

Kimberley Kates
Born	(1969-08-15) August 15, 1969 (age 55) California, US
Occupation(s)	Actress, film producer
Years active	1987–present

Career

Kates began her acting career when she was 15,^[1] and her movie debut came in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as Princess Elizabeth, starring alongside Keanu Reeves, Diane Franklin, Alex Winter, and George Carlin.^[8][9][10]

As an actress and prior to becoming a full-time film producer, Kates starred in more than 40 films and television shows. Her credits include television shows such as Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, Charmed, Growing Pains, Murder She Wrote, On Our Own, Sucker, and films such as Dangerous Love, Rescue Me, Chained Heat II, The New Age, Bounce and Highway.^[2][8][11]

As a producer, she has worked on several films including, Dirty Love, Babysitter Wanted,^[12] William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet,^[13] Ramy Malek's Papillon and Bruce Willis' Air Strike.^[14]

In 1995, Kates collaborated with Michael Manasseri and established a film production and distribution company, which was renamed Big Screen Entertainment Group (OTC: BSEG) in August 2005, a publicly traded firm with its headquarters in Los Angeles.^[15][7]

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Venus Flytrap	Ginger	Direct-to-video release
1988	Dangerous Love	Susan	Credited as Kimberley LaBelle
1989	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Princess Elizabeth	Credited as Kimberley LaBelle
1992	Rescue Me	Cindy	Alternative title: Street Hunter
1993	Chained Heat II	Alex Morrison
1994	The Pornographer	Bettina	Alternative title: Family Values
	The New Age	Other Catherine
	Bad Blood	Lindee	Alternative title: Viper
1996	Which Way to Oz	The Girlfriend
1998	Armstrong	Susan Zorkin
	Charades	Laura	Alternative titles: Felons First Degree
1999	Traitor's Heart	Maggie Brody
2000	Bounce	Woman at Bar	Uncredited
2002	Highway	Jilly Miranda
2005	Dirty Love	-	Producer
2006	Forget About It	Michelle Winchester	Producer
	Lightfield's Home Videos	-	Producer
2007	The Mirror	-	Producer
2008	Babysitter Wanted	-	Producer
2009	William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet	-	Executive producer
2011	Sodium Babies	-	Executive producer
2013	Sucker	-	Producer
	Singularity Principle	-	Executive Producer
2015	Untitled Snow White Project	-	Producer
	Code Z	-	Producer
2016	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	-	Executive Producer
2016	Flathead Lake		Producer
2016	Father & Son	-	Special Thanks
2016	Equal Means Equal	-	Special Thanks
2016	OZZY	-	Distribution Executive
2017	Papillon	-	Distribution Executive (China)
2018	Air Strike	-	Executive Producer
2018	This Gets Ruff	-	Producer
2018	Girl Zero	-	Producer
2019	Overspeed	-	Producer
2019	Song of Love	-	Producer
2020	Bill & Ted Face the Music	-	Special Thanks
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Growing Pains	Sheena "Woo Woo" Berkowitz	1 episode
1989	Freddy's Nightmares	Christina	1 episode
	Alien Nation	Dallas Ft Worth	1 episode
1990	Seinfeld	Diane	1 episode
	Sporting Chance	Betsy Hilderbrand	Television movie
1991	The Wonder Years	Carol	1 episode
1992	Eek! The Cat	Additional voices	Unknown episodes
	The Larry Sanders Show	Sally	1 episode
1994	The Byrds of Paradise	Elaine	1 episode
	On Our Own	Alana Michaels	10 episodes
1995	The Watcher		1 episode
1996	Kindred: The Embraced	Elaine Robb	1 episode
	Murder, She Wrote	Kim Swofford	1 episode
	The Sentinel	Laura McCarthy	1 episode
	Public Morals	Moira Fogarty	1 episode
	The Burning Zone	Rebecca	1 episode
1999	Charmed	Tanjella	1 episode
	Blue Valley Songbird	Thelma Russell	Television movie

References

1. "Kimberley Kates". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
2. "Kimberley Kates - Box Office". The Numbers. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
3. II, Eric Seuthe (2020-08-27). "Conner's Critique: Bill And Ted Face The Music". Nerd News Social. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
4. "Big Screen Entertainment Group (OTC: BSEG)". US Equity News. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 4 Jul 2010.
5. "BSEG - Big Screen Entertainment Group Inc Company Profile - CNNMoney.com". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
6. "Annual Report - BSEG".
7. Cliche (2022-06-20). "Streaming Is The New Reading – Says Hollywood Executive Kimberley Kates". Digital Online Fashion Magazine | Free Fashion Magazine | Best Lifestyle Blog. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
8. Miska, Brad (April 19, 2010). "Face, Meet Giant Stinger in Insane New Images From 'Sucker'!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
9. "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: The time-travelling sleeper hit that almost didn't see the light of day". The Independent. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
10. "Everything (We Think) You Should Know Before Bill & Ted Face the Music". Gizmodo. 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
11. Gray, Tim (1994-09-13). "On Our Own". Variety. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
12. Floorwalker, Mike (2020-06-02). "What Happened To The Cast Of Weird Science?". Looper.com. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
13. Leydon, Joe (2009-05-14). "William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet". Variety. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
14. Harvey, Dennis (2018-10-27). "Film Review: 'Air Strike'". Variety. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
15. SEC. "Big Screen Entertainment Group, Inc. - Quarterly Report". SEC.report. Retrieved 2022-06-17.

External links

• Big Screen Entertainment Group