Red Hoop Talk EP 21: Kimberly Norris Guerrero, Colville/Salish-Kootenai/Cherokee
Kimberly Guerrero is Colville/Salish-Kootenai/Cherokee and graduate of UCLA. Kimberly has enjoyed a career in film, television and on Broadway. A few of Kimberly’s credits include The Cherokee Word for Water, Longmire, Blood & Oil, Grey’s Anatomy and Hidalgo, as well as an iconic turn playing Jerry’s Native American girlfriend “Winona” on Seinfeld. Kimberly received early rave reviews playing Wilma Mankiller opposite Julianne Moore in the upcoming Gloria Steinem biopic, The Glorias. She just completed a powerful role in the new ABC Signature Studios/Amazon series The Wilds, and will appear in a supporting role opposite David Cross in the upcoming indie, The Dark Divide. Kimberly recently wrapped a compelling film by Darren Aronofsky entitled Catch The Fair One, which addresses the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in North America.
On stage, Kimberly originated the role of “Johnna” in Tracy Letts’ Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County (Chicago, Broadway, London, Sydney). She also starred in Manahatta (The Public Theater, NY) and The Frybread Queen (Native Voices, LA). In 2017, Kimberly earned an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of California, Riverside which eventually lead to her selling one of her projects to Amazon Studios. Additionally, Kimberly was just named the new Artistic Director at UC Riverside, where she now serves on faculty in the Theater, Film and Digital Filmmaking Department as an Assistant Professor committed to empowering a future generation of storytellers.
https://vimeo.com/139159717
https://theatre.ucr.edu/kimberly-guerrero/
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