Kimberlin Ann Brown (born June 29, 1961 in Hayward, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress, best known for her role as the vengeful Sheila Carter on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. She started on Y&R in 1990 (after originally auditioning for the role of Cassandra Rawlins) and moved to B&B in 1992 playing Sheila on both soaps.
While she left B&B in 1998, she continues to make special guest appearances. In 2002, her character killed off Hunter Tylo's character, Dr. Taylor Hayes Forrester (although the character turned up alive when Tylo returned to the show in 2005). There was some irony involved, since Brown and Tylo had once been close friends then had a severe falling out after Brown and her husband sided with Tylo's husband Michael when the two Tylos were considering divorce. Brown testified that Hunter Tylo was an unfit mother.
In fall 2003, Brown made another special guest appearance to kidnap Ronn Moss's character Ridge Forrester.
She portrayed Rachel Locke, mother of Livvie Locke (Kelly Monaco) on Port Charles from 1999-2001.
In late 2004, Brown debuted in a recurring role of Dr. Paige Miller on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. She exited the soap in 2005 when the soap could not match the salary The Young And The Restless was offering in order for her to stay. She was replaced by Cady Huffman and Alexandra Neil.
In 2005, Brown returned to the role of Sheila on The Young and the Restless after a long absence from the show.
In early 2006, she was released from her contract on the The Young and the Restless, though her character was still mentioned, from time to time. When her character returned to Y&R later that year, however, she was not played by Brown. It was explained that Sheila had undergone extensive plastic surgery to have her face reconstructed to look like Phyllis Newman. Michelle Stafford (who also plays Phyllis) took on the role, and played the dual roles of Sheila and Phyllis from December 2006 to February 2007. In a recent interview, Brown says the reason she didn't come back to play Sheila was because of an accident she had late last year.
Brown has been married to Gary Pelzer since May 1991. They have two children, Alexes Marie (born 1994) and Nicholas.
(24 February 1998) Son, with Pelzer, Nicholas James, born at 10:22 am. Born at St. Rose Hospital in Las Vegas, weighed in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces and is 20 inches long. He has dark hair and dark eyes.
Children: Alexes Marie Pelzer (born 31 January 1994), Nicholas James Pelzer (born 24 February 1998).
