Kimberley Tell

Kimberley Tell
Born1989, Canary islands, Spain
EducationUniversity of Barcelona
Occupation(s)actress, singer
Known forHierro

Kimberley Tell (born 1989) is a Canarian actress and singer. She is known in Spain for her performances in TV series such as Hierro, Algo que celebrar and Buscando el norte.[1]

Biography

Born in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, in 1989,[2] the daughter of a Danish father and an English mother,[1] she earned a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona,[3] after which she took acting courses.[3]

Once she finished her studies, she landed a guest role as 'Gracia de Mónaco' (Grace Kelly) in a 2014 episode of Velvet,[4][5][6] after which she moved to Madrid.[3] She was later given a supporting role in 2015 in the police procedural comedy series Olmos y Robles, aired on La 1,[7] and starred in the TV series adaptation of the film Perdiendo el norte, Buscando el norte, in which she played Ulrike, a German-raised young woman without a sense of humour, keen on boasting about the purported moral high ground of Germans.[8] She played the character 'Rose' in the comedy series Algo que celebrar, aired on Antena 3.[9][10]

She performed in a main role in the 2016 feature film La Mina (The Night Watchman), a psychological thriller.[11][12] She starred in the Fernando Soto's musical stage play Drac Pack, together with Najwa Nimri, Alba Flores and Anna Castillo, performed at the Teatro de la Luz Philips in Gran Vía.[13][14]

Tell joined the cast of the first season of Hierro, aired on Movistar+ in 2019: she played 'Pilar', the daughter of the banana businessman suspect of the murder central to the plot of the mystery series.[10] Tell also appeared in the role of 'Fanny' (an actress) in the 2019 series 45 revoluciones (45 rpm), a drama around the birth of a record company set in 1960s' Madrid.[15]

Together with Itzan Escamilla, Tell co-starred in Planeta 5000, a 2020 film inspired by the religious cult of The Children of God, in which she played 'Iris', "a prostitute of Jesus".[16][17] She performed the role of 'Olivia' (a depressed young woman) in Campamento Albanta, a 2020 mystery drama series shot in Peguerinos about a rehabilitation camp for people suffering from problems of drug addiction, low self-esteem and bullying.[18] Tell took part in the filming of the second season of Hierro in 2020, which was hampered by the COVID-19 lockdown.[3]

Also in 2020, she released her first EP, titled 135, an indie-pop work featuring 6 songs.[19][20] Prior to that, some of Kimberley Tell's songs had been already played in The Night Watchman and the TV series Elite (in the latter case, Lo que no me dices).[12][21] She has also collaborated with David Bisbal in the videoclip Culpable and in Sidonie's [es] video Me llamo Abba.[2][3]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Velvet Gracia de Mónaco Guest role [4]
2015 Olmos y Robles [7]
2015 Algo que celebrar [es] Rose [10]
2016 Buscando el norte [es] Ulrike Ruiz [22]
2016 Ebre, del bressol a la batalla [es] Nan Green TV movie [23]
2019 45 revoluciones (45 rpm) Fanny [15]
2018–2021 Hierro Pilar [10]
2020 Campamento Albanta Olivia [18]
Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 La Mina (The Night Watchman) [11]
2020 Planeta 5000 Iris [16]

References

  1. ^ a b "La actriz Kimberley Tell prepara su primer EP tras el éxito de sus canciones en la banda sonora de 'Élite'". RTVE. 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b Megía, Carlos (31 May 2020). "Kimberley Tell: "Todos los actores van al numerólogo"". Smoda. El País.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Kimberley Tell: "La cama es un espacio simbólico de la vida"". El Periódico de Catalunya. 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "La princesa Grace Kelly visita por sorpresa las 'Galerías Velvet'". El Economista. 25 April 2014.
  5. ^ "¿Quién es Kimberley Tell?". Europa Press. 21 April 2015.
  6. ^ Domènech, Albert (11 July 2020). "Kimberley Tell: "Siento la cama como una oda a la vida"". La Vanguardia.
  7. ^ a b Solà i Gimferrer, Pere (9 September 2015). "Análisis: 'Olmos y Robles' y los vecinos de Ezcaray que les robaron el caso". La Vanguardia.
  8. ^ "El embaucador, la alemana seria y el buenazo de 'Perdiendo el norte' en Antena 3". Vertele. eldiario.es. 29 September 2015.
  9. ^ "¿Quién es Kimberley Tell?". La Provincia. 17 April 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d Lojendio, Sergio (10 June 2018). "Es la primera vez que puedo interpretar con mi acento canario". El Día.
  11. ^ a b "El director vasco Miguel Ángel Jiménez estremece con 'La mina'". RTPA. 29 July 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Cibeles de Cine acoge la premier de La Mina, una película de terror psicológico bajo tierra". Cinenuevatribuna. 27 July 2016.
  13. ^ Elidrissi, Fátima (10 January 2017). "Najwa Nimri explora el lado oscuro del éxito". El Mundo.
  14. ^ García Garzón, Juan Ignacio (6 January 2017). ""Drac Pack", razas de noche". ABC.
  15. ^ a b "'45 revoluciones': El salto de Robert al cine, junto a Fanny". Diez Minutos. 28 April 201.
  16. ^ a b Monserrat, Daniel (3 February 2020). "Caminos a Dios de ida y vuelta". El Periódico de Aragón.
  17. ^ "La película "Planeta 5000" se estrena en los cines españoles". Diario del Alto Aragón. 1 February 2010.
  18. ^ a b "Adolescentes y misterio en "Campamento Albanta"". La Voz de Galicia. 26 July 2020.
  19. ^ Maínez, Luis M. (27 June 2020). "135". Mondosonoro.
  20. ^ Navarro, Nora (11 October 2020). "Siempre le estaré muy agradecida a 'Hierro' como actriz y como canaria". La Provincia.
  21. ^ ""Élite", una plataforma musical a las estrellas". eldiario.es. 7 May 2020.
  22. ^ Mingo, Alicia (24 February 2016). "Kimberley Tell, una canaria 'Buscando el norte': En Berlín hemos estado como en un campamento de verano". Diez Minutos.
  23. ^ "Sevilla acoge la proyección de "Ebro, de la cuna a la batalla"". Fundación Audiovisual Pública Andaluza. 26 September 2019.