Kimberly J. Brown

Kimberly J. Brown, born Kimberly Jean Brown on November 16, 1984 in Gaithersburg, Maryland, began her entertainment journey at the tender age of five, quickly becoming a sought‑after child model for Ford Models and a stage presence on Broadway. By eleven she had already secured a recurring role as Marah Lewis on the long‑running CBS soap Guiding Light, a performance that earned her a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress and cemented her reputation as a versatile young talent. In addition to live‑action work, Brown lent her voice to numerous commercials, animated features such as A Bug's Life, and the English dub of Vampire Princess Miyu, showcasing an early aptitude for vocal performance. Her early career was marked by a balance of modeling, theatre, and television, allowing her to develop a professional work ethic that would serve her throughout decades in the industry. In 1998, at just thirteen, Brown was cast as the titular witch Marnie Piper in Disney Channel’s Halloweentown, a role that would become her cultural touchstone and launch her into the hearts of a generation of young viewers. The film’s success led to three sequels, with Brown reprising her role in two of them, while she simultaneously expanded her résumé with a supporting turn in the indie drama Tumbleweeds (1999), earning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. Subsequent credits include the Stephen King‑written miniseries Rose Red (2002), the comedy Bringing Down the House (2003), the horror picture Big Bad Wolf (2006), and the German comedy Friendship! (2010). In recent years she has returned to daytime television with a stint on General Hospital (2021) and pursued entrepreneurial ventures, co‑running the Etsy shop CraftilyCreative and publishing the children’s book Poppin’s Pumpkin Patch Parade (2016). In her personal life, Brown announced her engagement to fellow actor Daniel Kountz in 2022, and the couple married in April 2024; she publicly disclosed having celiac disease and holds a Bachelor of Science in business.