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Kimberly J. Brown (born November 16, 1984) is an American actress of stage and screen best known for both a trilogy of Disney Channel movies centering on a family of witches as well as her recognized ability to take on complex roles.

Biography

According to the , Kimberly Jean Brown began her career at a very early age, starting with commercials booked through the Ford Agency at age 5. From there, she landed her first Broadway job two years later, and at one point set a record by having appeared in three Broadway shows by the time she was 9 (Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, Les Miserables, and Showboat). She also did some notable voiceover work, including the famous line "Silly rabbit...Trix are for kids!", as well as for some cartoon shows and films, including one from Japan and Disney's "A Bug's Life".

She also landed the role of Marah Lewis on the soap opera "Guiding Light" from 1993-1998.

Her first major role was would-be witch Marnie Piper in the Disney Channel film "Halloweentown", which she reprised in two sequels, "Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge" and "Halloweentown High". She also began to steadily build up critical notice with other work she was doing over time.

The film that first got critics' attention was "Tumbleweeds", in which she played the mature-beyond-her-years daughter of a woman who kept drifting into bad relationships, keeping the two from ever staying in one place for too long. New York Times film critic Stephen Holden said Brown's work here was "the child performance of the year". Said Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com:

"When we see Ava (Brown) flirting tentatively with the classmate who's got a crush on her, or building a tower out of frosted doughnuts with her new best girlfriend, she radiates a youthful awkwardness that's both believable and beguiling."

Brown then started branching out to more challenging roles, playing the younger version of Kathy Bates' bipolar character in "My Sister's Keeper" and autistic psychic Annie Wheaton in the mini-series "Stephen King's Rose Red", in which she managed to convey a wide range of emotions while only speaking about four lines throughout the eight-hour film.

She then started appearing in more mainstream films, including the role of Steve Martin's somewhat rebellious daughter in "Bringing Down the House" and a punked-up executive assistant at a record company in "Be Cool".

In January 2006, she began filming a horror movie titled "Big Bad Wolf". Her character is said to be named Sam Marche.

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