Kimberley Tell
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 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' Barcelona.[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 video Me llamo Abba.[2][3]
Filmography[]
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- Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Velvet | Gracia de Mónaco | Guest role | [4] |
2015 | Olmos y Robles | [7] | ||
2015 | Rose | [10] | ||
2016 | Ulrike Ruiz | [22] | ||
2016 | 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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Megía, Carlos (31 May 2020). "Kimberley Tell: «Todos los actores van al numerólogo»". Smoda. El País.
- ^ a b c d e "Kimberley Tell: "La cama es un espacio simbólico de la vida"". El Periódico de Catalunya. 8 August 2020.
- ^ a b "La princesa Grace Kelly visita por sorpresa las 'Galerías Velvet'". El Economista. 25 April 2014.
- ^ "¿Quién es Kimberley Tell?". Europa Press. 21 April 2015.
- ^ Domènech, Albert (11 July 2020). "Kimberley Tell: "Siento la cama como una oda a la vida"". La Vanguardia.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "El embaucador, la alemana seria y el buenazo de 'Perdiendo el norte' en Antena 3". Vertele. eldiario.es. 29 September 2015.
- ^ "¿Quién es Kimberley Tell?". La Provincia. 17 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d Lojendio, Sergio (10 June 2018). "Es la primera vez que puedo interpretar con mi acento canario". El Día.
- ^ a b "El director vasco Miguel Ángel Jiménez estremece con 'La mina'". RTPA. 29 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Cibeles de Cine acoge la premier de La Mina, una película de terror psicológico bajo tierra". Cinenuevatribuna. 27 July 2016.
- ^ Elidrissi, Fátima (10 January 2017). "Najwa Nimri explora el lado oscuro del éxito". El Mundo.
- ^ García Garzón, Juan Ignacio (6 January 2017). "«Drac Pack», razas de noche". ABC.
- ^ a b "'45 revoluciones': El salto de Robert al cine, junto a Fanny". Diez Minutos. 28 April 201.
- ^ a b Monserrat, Daniel (3 February 2020). "Caminos a Dios de ida y vuelta". El Periódico de Aragón.
- ^ "La película "Planeta 5000" se estrena en los cines españoles". Diario del Alto Aragón. 1 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Adolescentes y misterio en «Campamento Albanta»". La Voz de Galicia. 26 July 2020.
- ^ Maínez, Luis M. (27 June 2020). "135". Mondosonoro.
- ^ Navarro, Nora (11 October 2020). "Siempre le estaré muy agradecida a 'Hierro' como actriz y como canaria". La Provincia.
- ^ ""Élite", una plataforma musical a las estrellas". eldiario.es. 7 May 2020.
- ^ Mingo, Alicia (24 February 2016). "Kimberley Tell, una canaria 'Buscando el norte': En Berlín hemos estado como en un campamento de verano". Diez Minutos.
- ^ "Sevilla acoge la proyección de "Ebro, de la cuna a la batalla"". Fundación Audiovisual Pública Andaluza. 26 September 2019.
- Living people
- 1989 births
- People from Lanzarote
- Actresses from the Canary Islands
- Singers from the Canary Islands
- 21st-century Spanish actresses