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Kimberly Hearn
Kimberly Morris Dream project
Interview & Photography By Amina Touray
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Being an actress is something that you had dreamed about since you were a little girl. What urged you to go all-in now, to pursue it? Yes, what’s crazy is that I can remember being 8 years old. My family & I were living in Los Angeles off of 78th & Western at the time. I can remember reading the newspaper in the job section for actors in Los Angeles. I wanted to audition for a role on The Cosby Show as Rudy’s cousin. Due to my family’s unfortunate life circumstances & living situations, I never made it to the audition, but Erika Alexander did. She got the role of Pam Felicia Tucker (Rudy’s Cousin). Every now and then I get this spark in my heart that reminds me that my dream is still alive and is still waiting to be manifested.
How do you feel about this relatively new journey that you’re starting? Well, I can tell you that I’m most definitely out on the water now. And there’s no turning back. This photoshoot was a big accomplishment for me. At the same time, I’m feeling kind of nervous because I’m coming out of the shadows. And this is a new experience for me. I can only hope & pray for continued success. When we did our photoshoot, there were three characteristics that you described that you wanted to portray; 1. Afrocentric 60’s soul sista, 2.Cherokee Indian woman - which you also have in your ancestry, and 3. Harriet Tubman.
Please describe why you chose these 3 individuals, are those your dream roles? Yes, the three characters I chose, when I decided to plan my photoshoot “Afrocentric 60’s Soul Sista and the “Harriet Tubman” character automatically came to mind. It was like an Internal lightbulb that came on. I said to myself, but I need a third character, that’s when I envisioned a peaceful “Indian Woman” surrounded by nature. I believe that these are my dream roles because I envisioned them, and I’m genetically rooted and can relate to all three. I can ‘shonuff’ be sassy classy. Lead, instruct & direct. Find peace and serenity in the beauty of God’s nature and his plan.
You’ve mentioned that past traumas held you back from acting. Are you using it as fuel to the fire as you’re now pursuing a career as an actress? My past experiences and traumas growing up as well as experiences and situations as a grown woman have most definitely fueled this fire which has propelled me forward to pursue my dreams.
my fears head-on, And taking a chance on me, because I deserve it!
What advice can you give to other women that also may have put their dream on hold? The advice that I would give a woman that has put there dreams on hold is that we’re only given one life. You can either let it make you or break you. There’s a time in all of our lives where we have been fragmented, broken, to a point that we have become stuck, stagnated, mentally and emotionally paralyzed. All I say is, but God!!! If it had not been for him, I wouldn’t have the full faculties of my mind, or strength to be where I am now. Allow God to restore your broken pieces. Allow Him to blow that spark into a flame to dream again because He’s the one who put it there in the first place.
What do you envision for yourself in the next five years from now? In the next five years, I envision myself bold, and successful, sharing my testimony with women all over the world on how they can too overcome. I can also envision myself on the front cover of Instyle & Lifestyle Magazine and starring in a role in a Tyler Perry movie.
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