Kim Coles

Kim Coles: Biography in Details

Who is Kim Coles?

Kim Coles is an American actress, game show host, and comedian who is popular for her role as a cast member on ‘In Living Color’ from 1990 to 1991.

She is also well recognized for her role as Synclaire James-Jones on the television sitcom ‘Living Single’ from 1993 to 1998. She also worked as the host of BET’s game show host ‘Pay It Off’ in 2009.

Who are the parents of Kim Coles?

Kim Coles was born on January 11, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

She is currently 61 years old. Information about her mother’s name is Bernice and her father was the first black dean of the Pratt Institute.

Kim holds American citizenship and her ethnicity is African-American.

She joined a private Lutheran school and later graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School.

Kim was quiet and studious until high school but she developed a sense of humor in her character afterward.

She also studied at North Carolina Central University at Durham and entered a beauty contest.

Kim Coles: Professional Life and Career

Kim Coles is active in the field of acting since 1990. She appeared in the television shows like ‘Frasier’, ‘Six Feet Under’, ‘Celebrity Mole’, etc.

Kim hosted ‘It’s Showtime at the Apollo’ in her early career. She joined as an original cast on the comedy series ‘In Living Color’. After leaving the series, she portrayed the role of Synclaire James on ‘Living Single’.

Kim was the first contestant to be eliminated from ‘Celebrity Mole: Hawaii’ and also joined other celebrities on a weight loss journey on the VH-1 reality show, ‘Celebrity Fit Club’.

Then, she lost the fat percentage of her body from 34.7% to 31% and lost a total weight of 24 lbs and dropped to 196 lbs.

Also, Kim was featured in two episodes of ‘The View’ and co-hosted the syndicated daytime television show ‘In The Loop With iVillage’.

Recently, she joined the cast of ’10 Items or Less’ on TBS. Kim is also the host of the game show ‘Pay It Off’ but the show lasted for only one season.

She is currently acting as a standup comedian and she mentions some of her material dealing with her struggle with being overweight at times.

Awards, Nominations

She got nominations for the Image Award in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Frasier’ in 2001, and for the Image Award in the category Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Living Single’ in 1996, 1997, and 1998.

Kim Coles: Net Worth, Salary

The multitalented actress has an estimated net worth of around $3 million and she has earned that sum of money from her profession.

Is Kim Coles involved in any rumors and controversies?

There is a rumor that she may be stepping in to play the part in ‘Bold and the Beautiful’.

But this rumor is not confirmed yet.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

She has a height of 5 ft. 9 inches and she weighs 96 kg.

Kim Coles has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes.

Her body measurement is 35-33-35 inches and her bra size is 40C.

Social Media

Kim has around 160k followers on Instagram, about 317k followers on Twitter, and around 626.6k followers on Facebook.

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