33 Facts About Kim Fields: The Facts Of Life & Many More Shows!
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Kim Fields was born into an acting family. Her mother, Chip Fields, and sister Alexis Fields were both actresses.
Alexis Fields is her sister. Now a mother to two sons, Kim Fields is an established actress who has acted in several projects both on television, as well as the big screen.
Kim Fields is still friends with her co-stars from 'The Facts Of Life'. She is now 52 years of age.
Nancy McKeon may not have been a part of 'The Facts Of Life Reunion' but she was definitely in touch with co-stars Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn, and Kim Fields.
Kim Fields' acting career was at its highest when she was starring in 'The Facts Of Life', but later on, she even started directing shows.
Recently Kim Fields has been trying to monopolize on the fame that the girls of 'The Facts Of Life' shared by acting with them in certain projects like 'For Better Or For Worse' and other projects like 'Light Up My Christmas in 2019'.
In the '90s, Kim Fields starred in 'Living Single', where she played the role of Regine Hunter. The show ran for around five years and Regine Hunter gained more and more fame.
After this, she also appeared on Lisa Kudrow's show named 'The Comeback' in 2005. Her most recent project, 'The Adventures Of Christmasing' features Adrian Holmes and Bobby L. Stewart, Sandra Dario, and Oliver Rice.
Filmography Of Kim Fields From The Facts Of Life
'The Facts of Life' was an opportunity of a lifetime for some actors such as Julie Anne Haddock and Kim Fields. It was one of the most popular series in the '80s and NBC made sure to cast only the most suited characters for the show.
Kim Fields was one of the characters that was cast for a role in the show at a very young age. In fact, she was the youngest in the whole cast!
Kim Fields started her acting career when she was just five years old and the first notable role that she played was in a television commercial. She then started appearing on TV and in movies.
Her first movie was 'Have I Got A Christmas For You', which wasn't a huge success but was enough for people to start recognising her.
Kim Fields played the character named Tootie on 'The Facts Of Life' and was a part of the TV series for its entire run.
This was quite unusual since many of the characters were written off very quietly right after the first season of 'The Facts Of Life' concluded. The show was her big break as a child actor and Kim Fields seemed to make the most out of the opportunity of playing Tootie.
'The Facts Of Life' started airing on NBC in 1979, and the last episode was aired in 1988. This TV show ran for almost an entire decade.
It is common for actors to feel lost in the industry after they have been a part of television shows for such a long time, and it was assumed that the women of 'The Facts Of Life' would not be able to continue their careers after this show ended.
However, many of the women proved this wrong and gained even more popularity in the film world through their work. Kim Fields was one of the people who did not stop acting after all the seasons of 'The Facts Of Life' came to an end.
She remained in the industry and made a very strong foothold as well. She was very interested in production and direction.
She acquired a degree to be a director from Pepperdine University and then went on to direct some television shows herself.
Kim Fields' character stood out among the other girls because her stories landed everyone in trouble. Her famous line, where she pronounces the word 'trouble' differently is still famous, along with her dancing and gossiping.
Kim Fields' First Break
Kim Fields was born on May 12, 1969, in New York City. She was born into an acting family and this was just one of the many factors that pushed her to stardom.
Kim Fields later went on to be a director and also appeared on reality shows, but her first big break came at the age of 10. Kim Fields had never been a part of any major hit show until then and the audition for 'The Facts Of Life' was very intimidating for her.
She says in one reality television show that if not for her mother, she would definitely have backed out of auditioning for the role and would have never become Tootie Ramsey, who she played for almost an entire decade of her life.
Her mother, Chip Fields, was also an actress and was in fact the person who played Tootie's mother in the show as well.
For the first season of the show, the producers and directors only had a rough layout of the characters that they wanted to cast. Many girls tried to bag the role of Tootie Ramsey, but Kim Fields showed her talent.
One of the facts that bothered and scared her at the time of auditioning was her age. She was younger than all of the fellow actors and also much shorter.
The show wanted to give the job to children who looked around 12 years old.
However, since Fields was only 10, she looked young and was shorter too. If you have ever wondered why Fields was on roller skates for the majority of season one, this is the reason right here!
Kim Fields has appeared with her co-stars in several interviews, and they talked about how fun it was to have worked together and how they have kept in touch through all the years. She was especially close to Charlotte Rae and keeps in touch with Nancy McKeon, Lisa Whelchel, and Mindy Cohn as well.
All these stars have given birth to children of their own and taught their children to call her Aunt Kim and Aunty Lisa.
This shows the bond that these stars share off the screen as well. They even tried to pay tribute to Charlotte Rae in one of the projects that they worked on later.
Kim Fields' Success
Kim Fields played Tootie on the show named 'The Facts Of Life', but that was not to become her only successful job.
The show was a spin-off of the show, 'Diff'rent Strokes', and when it came to an end, she went on to act in many more projects before landing a role in a show named 'Living Single'. She was in the show for many seasons in the '90s.
Meanwhile, she was also trying to keep her film career alive.
She tried to stay in the limelight through many projects, some of which did not end up being as popular as her first break. Kim Fields gave birth to her son Sebastian in March 2007 and then went on to marry Christopher Morgan in the same year.
She now has two sons and lives in Atlanta.
Even though she went through a divorce with Christopher Morgan later, she and her boys are still fond of meeting with Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn, and Nancy McKeon. Lisa's girls are in fact very fond of their Aunt Kim.
The most recent character she played was in a film was in 2021, in 'The Adventures Of Christmasing'. She also recently played a part in 'The Real Housewives Of Atlanta'.
The current net worth of Kim Fields is believed to be around $8 million. After having acted with famous co-stars in shows such as 'Living Single' and 'The Facts Of Life', this hardly comes as a surprise!
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