Actress, comedian, author, playwright and TV personality KIM COLES is truly a renaissance woman. Best known for her zany characters and outrageous sense of humor, KIM COLES began her journey to Hollywood when she was announced the runner-up in the “Big Beautiful Woman” pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She then rode her beauty pageant success into a plus-size modeling career and ultimately began performing as a stand-up comedian which eventually turned into a showbiz career that has continued to skyrocket.

Perhaps best know for her five-season turn as the unforgettable “Sinclair” on FOX’s ground-breaking comedy series, Living Single, KIM COLES has starred on numerous hit television programs, including Frasier, Six Feet Under, In Living Color, and One on One. She has also served as co-host for several morning programs, including Fox After Breakfast and Lifetime’s lifestyle magazine, New Attitudes, as well as the national syndicated daytime talk show, In the Loop. In addition, she has been a guest co-host for various shows, including The View and Good Day Live. KIM COLES is also known to reality audiences for having appeared on The Mole, VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club and BET’s search for “the next superstar of funny.”

A well-known comedian (who got her start as the warm-up comedian for The Cosby Show), KIM COLES performs on comedy club stages across the country and recently returned to her early modeling roots by appearing in the Ashley Stewart print campaign. She has also co-written and starred in her own award-winning play, Homework, a one-woman stage show about the lives of three best friends who progress from elementary school to woman hood.

In addition, KIM COLES wrote the best-selling book, “I’m Free But it Will Cost You: The Single Life According to Kim Coles,” which was published in 1997 by Hyperion.

KIM COLES has been nominated by the NAACP Image Awards four times – for “Best Actress” for Living Single and “Best Supporting Actress” for her role in Frasier.

KIM COLES currently resides in Los Angeles.