Peri Gilpin
| Peri Gilpin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Peri Kay Oldham May 27, 1961 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Actress, voice actress, producer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Spouse(s) | Christian Vincent (1999–present) |
| Children | 2 |
Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham; May 27, 1961) is an American actress known for portraying Roz Doyle in the U.S. television series Frasier and Kim Keeler in the ABC Family television drama Make It or Break It.
Peri was born in Waco, Texas, as Peri Oldham, daughter of James Franklin Oldham - known professionally as Jim O'Brien and his wife Sandra Jo Hauck. Her parents divorced and her mother got remarried in 1969 to Allen W Gilpin Jr. Peri then took her step-father's surname.
Peri Gilpin grew up in Dallas, where her family encouraged her acting abilities. After studying at the Dallas Theater Center, she pursued acting at the University of Texas at Austin and the British-American Academy in London. She began using the name "Peri Gilpin" after becoming a professional actress.
Her birthfather Jim became the Philadelphia weatherman and radio disc jockey under his stage name Jim O'Brien, and was a well known and respected radio and TV News weatherman/personality in Philadelphia in the '70s and early 80s. He died in a skydiving accident on September 25, 1983.
Gilpin appeared on the TV series Cheers, playing Holly Matheson in the 21st episode of the 11th season.
From 1993 until 2004, Gilpin played Roz Doyle in the television series Frasier, a spin-off of Cheers, starring Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane, the role he had played on Cheers since 1984. Along with the principal cast, Gilpin won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2000.
In 2009, Gilpin appeared in the ABC Family drama Make It or Break It, for which she received a Gracie Award in the category of "Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series".
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