Kim Fields

**Kim Victoria Fields** (born May 12, 1969) is an American actress, director and television personality. She is well known for starring in the Bravo reality series The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

## Early Life

Fields was born in New York City to parents Erv Hurd and Chip Fields. She has one younger sister, Alexis Fields.

She attended Pepperdine University.

## Career

Fields, before appearing on The Facts of Life, co-starred in a short-lived sitcom called Baby, I'm Back with Demond Wilson and Denise Nicholas, and she appeared in a television commercial for Mrs. Butterworth's syrup. She later appeared on two episodes of Good Times as a friend of Penny Gordon Woods, played by Janet Jackson. Kim's episodes on Good Times were "The Snow Storm" and "The Physical".

She played the role of Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1988. Even decades later, many still recognise her catchphrase, "We're in troouu-ble!". When the show began production, she was so short that the producers put her on roller skates during the first season so that they could avoid difficult camera angles. However, she later lost a role as Arnold Jackson's girlfriend on The Facts of Life's parent show Diff'rent Strokes because she was taller than Gary Coleman, who played Arnold. In 1984, during the run of The Facts of Life, she released two singles on the Critique Records label, the disco/Hi-NRG "He Loves Me He Loves Me Not" (which became a minor club hit) and "Dear Michael" (which became a minor R&B hit, reaching No. 50).

After taking time away from acting to attend University, she also appeared in a 1993 episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, in which Will Smith pretended to marry her in an attempt to seduce her. Fields had a starring role in the hit Fox sitcom Living Single from 1993 to 1998 to Regina "Regine" Hunter.

Fields guest-starred on television shows such as UPN's One on One, The Golden Palace and appeared as herself on HBO's The Comeback. On February 1, 2007, Fields was reunited with her co-star Lisa Whelchel on WFAA-TV's Good Morning Texas. Fields was in Dallas to promote her appearance in the production Issues: We've All Got 'Em when Whelchel was introduced as a surprise guest. It marked the first time in six years (since The Facts of Life Reunion movie) that Fields and Whelchel had seen each other.

Kim has worked with her husband Christopher Morgan on projects. In 2010, she and Christopher produced and directed a Christmas television special called Holiday Love. They shot the entire show in three days. Holiday Love aired on TV One and a second episode aired for Christmas, 2011. In an interview that included background on Holiday Love, she described the Christmas special as restorative and transformative of her Christian faith. She revived Holiday Love on the internet in 2013.

On March 8, 2016, Fields was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on Season 22 of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with professional dancer Sasha Farber. On May 2, 2016, during a double elimination, Fields and Farber were eliminated and finished the competition in 8th place.

In 2017, she played the role of Theresa Newman in the Christian film A Question of Faith. The movie featured Kim's first co-starring appearance in a feature film and premiered in theaters on September 29, 2017.

### The Real Housewives of Atlanta

In 2015, Kim joined the cast of the Bravo reality television series for her eighth and only season.

#### **RHOA Taglines**

* Season 8 - "Faith, family and career. Those are the paths of my life."

## Personal Life

### Marriages and Children

Fields has been married twice. She married her first husband, producer Johnathon Franklin Freeman in 1995. The couple divorced in 2001.

She married her second husband, actor Christopher Morgan on July 23, 2007 and together they have two sons: Sebastian Alexander (born May 4, 2007) and Quincy (born December 3, 2013).

## Family

**Husbands and Partners**

* Johnathon Freeman (Ex-husband; 1995-2001)
* Christopher Morgan (Husband; 2007-present)

**Children**

* Sebastian Morgan
* Quincy Morgan

**Parents**

* Erv Hurd
* Chip Fields

**Siblings**

* Alexis Fields