She played Tootie on "The Facts of Life". See Kim Fields now at 53 years old.
The actor also played in the revolutionary sitcom, Living Single.
Kim Fields is best known to many of those who grew up in the 1970s and 80s under the name of Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey, his character onThe facts of life. (She also presented herself as a tootie in the showThe facts of lifehas been removed from,Difficulty.) While Tootie was 12 years old in the first season ofThe facts of life, Fields was only nine years old, which means that it really grew on the screen. In 2021, the actor saidPeople thisBe a star child is surreal, especially on such a loved series. "You do not realize," this program is revolutionary "," she said. "You are just grateful to introduce yourself to a job. I certainly didn't think it was as monumental as it would become. It was another type of passing the environment was really spectacular." It was a Experience so spectacular that the fields have continued to act, to continue more emblematic roles. Continue to read to find out more.
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She never stopped acting.
AfterThe facts of life, Fields continued to work regularly, in particular by winning guest roles in successful series likeMartin,,227, andThe prince of Bel-Air. She regained the success of the sitcom in adulthood in 1993, when she joined the main distribution ofSingle living, playing the vain, a hunter from the mad boy's madmen. She also resumed the role in an episode of the short -term series,The crew.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
And his career did not stop there. Fields appeared in episodes of emissions, in particularKenan and Kel,,The Drew Carey Show,,The return, and other popular series in prime time in the late 90s and early 00 years. In 2016, it was part of the main distribution ofReal women at the Atlanta home Season 8 but left after a raw fight withKenya Moore. She contributed to season 22 ofDancing. She was in dozens of TV movies throughout her career and appeared as herself in theFacts of life andDifficultyEpisode of The Special,Live in front of a studio audience.She is currently playing as Regina in Netflix comedy,Upshaws, which returns for a second season this year.
In addition to acting, Fields also distinguished himself as a television director. His first credits behind the camera have justSingle living, but she also made 27 episodes ofKenan and Kel and 39 episodes ofHouse of Payne by Tyler Perry, among other shows.
She is still close to Janet Jackson.
Fields has become a friend withJanet JacksonWhen she played CharleneDifficulty Hit, and they remain friends today. This month, Fields published a video on Instagram of the two meetings and kissing this yearNew Orleans festival With legend, "as if no time had passed". HisSingle living CostarErika Alexander andRhoa alumCynthia Bailey were among the celebrities who commented on the post, encouraging friendship for life.
She has thoughts on aSingle living to restart.
Although many emblematic shows of the 90s have been restarted, Fields does not think thatSingle living should be one of them. She saidEntertainment tonight in 2020 that she andThe actors have their own text thread and the one who also includes show creatorYvette Lee Bowser where they talk about the possibility. "We continue to say that the thread [text] really needs to be restarting," she said at the exit. But very seriously, she does not think that a renewal will ultimately honor the characters. "We recognize how valued the show is-not, but the east," she added. "You can't just run and say," Well, let's just show where they would now be 20 years later, whatever, you know. Who they would be and what they would be. And what they have gone through, And, you know, all that. "
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She does not plan to return to reality TV.
People also often ask the fields if it would return toRhoa Given what extent his season was full drama. Alas, it is not in the cards, she said. However, this has nothing to do with its old co-stars. FieldsAND In 2021, "you know, it was one of those things where I celebratedMy 40th birthday in the show business, and I thought: "At this stage, the mandate is and continues to be, [ask me] what I have not done? I need new and unexplored waters. And I did it, so there is no need to start again. ""
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She is the mother of two children.
Fields was married twice. His first marriage was with the producer Jonathan Freeman , from 1995 to 2001. And in 2007, she married the stage actor Christopher Morgan , with whom she is always together. The couple share two sons: Sébastien , born in 2007, and Quincy , born in 2013.
