Andrea Laura Barber (born July 3, 1976) is an American actress who is best known for playing Kimmy Gibbler on the American ABC sitcom Full House.
Her first major role was as the original Carrie Brady on the American soap opera Days of our Lives from 1982 to 1986. She then took up the role of Kimmy Gibbler, which she played from 1987 to 1995. Barber has joked that even though Full House cast members were allowed to take home clothing from the wardrobe department, she only took a few pieces because of her character's eccentric style of dress.
Barber was born in Los Angeles, California. She graduated in 1994 from La Serna High School in Whittier, California. She then went on to be an English major at Whittier College. While a student there, Barber spent a semester of her junior year studying abroad in Denmark with Denmark's International Study Program, and later served as the director of Whittier's Study Abroad program.
On September 1, 2002, she married Jeremy Rytky; they moved to the UK in that same year. Their son, Tate James Rytky, was born on April 30, 2004.
According to a November 2007 interview with ex-co-star Jodie Sweetin, Barber now has two children. However, information about her second child is currently unknown.
While at Whittier College, spent a semester in Denmark. Graduated from Whittier College.
Has many fond memories of the days she played Kimmy Gibbler on the sitcom "Full House" (1987), however there was one problem: wardrobe. "Once in a while the costume people would say, 'Hey, kids, take home whatever you want'," recalls Barber, who would usually just take home a pair of pants, while the other castmates would grab armloads of clothes.
After their September 2002 wedding, she and her husband moved to England to attend graduate school at the University of York.
She and husband Jeremy had their first baby on April 30, 2004, his name is Tate James. He weighed 6 lbs, 7 oz and was 20 inches long.
Worked, in 2000, as assistant to the director of Whittier College's Office of International Programs.
