Kimberley Tell
{{Short description|Canarian actress}}
{{infobox person
| image = Malaga Film Festival 2025 - Kimberley Tell.jpg
| name = Kimberley Tell
| birth_date = 1989
| birth_place = Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
| occupation = actress, singer
| education = University of Barcelona
}}
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.
Biography
Born in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, in 1989,{{Cite web|url=https://smoda.elpais.com/placeres/kimberley-tell-todos-los-actores-van-al-numerologo/|website=Smoda|publisher=El País|title=Kimberley Tell: "Todos los actores van al numerólogo"|first=Carlos|last=Megía|date=31 May 2020}} the daughter of a Danish father and an English mother,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/playz/20200323/kimberley-tell-voz-musica-elite-prepara-su-primer-ep/2010631.shtml|publisher=RTVE|title=La actriz Kimberley Tell prepara su primer EP tras el éxito de sus canciones en la banda sonora de 'Élite'|date=23 February 2020}} she earned a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20200808/kimberley-tell-actriz-hierro-musica-8056473|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|title=Kimberley Tell: "La cama es un espacio simbólico de la vida"|date=8 August 2020}} after which she took acting courses.
Once she finished her studies, she landed a guest role as 'Gracia de Mónaco' (Grace Kelly) in a 2014 episode of Velvet,{{Cite web|url=https://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/series/noticias/5732573/04/14/La-princesa-Gracia-de-Monaco-visita-Las-galerias-Velvet.html|website=El Economista|date=25 April 2014|title=La princesa Grace Kelly visita por sorpresa las 'Galerías Velvet'}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/chance/gente/noticia-quien-kimberley-tell-20150414125145.html|website=Europa Press|title=¿Quién es Kimberley Tell?|date=21 April 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20200711/482198954450/kimberley-tell-ep-135-actriz-hierro-albanta.html|website=La Vanguardia|first=Albert|last=Domènech|date=11 July 2020|title=Kimberley Tell: "Siento la cama como una oda a la vida"}} after which she moved to Madrid. She was later given a supporting role in 2015 in the police procedural comedy series Olmos y Robles, aired on La 1,{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/series/20150909/54435178161/analisis-olmos-y-robles-la1.html|website=La Vanguardia|first=Pere|last=Solà i Gimferrer|date=9 September 2015|title=Análisis: 'Olmos y Robles' y los vecinos de Ezcaray que les robaron el caso}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://vertele.eldiario.es/verteletv/actualidad/embaucador-alemana-buenazo-Perdiendo-Antena_0_1724827536.html|website=Vertele|publisher=eldiario.es|date=29 September 2015|title=El embaucador, la alemana seria y el buenazo de 'Perdiendo el norte' en Antena 3}} She played the character 'Rose' in the comedy series Algo que celebrar, aired on Antena 3.{{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovincia.es/vida-y-estilo/gente/personajes/2015/04/17/kimberley-tell-10159050.html|website=La Provincia|title=¿Quién es Kimberley Tell?|date=17 April 2015}}
She performed in a main role in the 2016 feature film La Mina (The Night Watchman), a psychological thriller.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtpa.es/noticias-sociedad:El-director-vasco-Miguel-Angel-Jimenez-estremece-con-La-mina_111469439200.html|website=RTPA|title=El director vasco Miguel Ángel Jiménez estremece con 'La mina'|date=29 July 2016}} 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.{{Cite web|first=Fátima|last=Elidrissi|date=10 January 2017|website=El Mundo|url=https://www.elmundo.es/madrid/2017/01/10/5873e4c3468aeb50398b45e0.html|title=Najwa Nimri explora el lado oscuro del éxito}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/cultura/teatros/abci-drac-pack-razas-noche-201701060147_noticia.html|website=ABC|title="Drac Pack", razas de noche|first=Juan Ignacio|last=García Garzón|date=6 January 2017}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldia.es/cultura/2018-06-10/1--Es-primera-vez-puedo-interpretar-acento-canario.htm|website=El Día|date=10 June 2018|title=Es la primera vez que puedo interpretar con mi acento canario|first=Sergio|last=Lojendio}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/programacion-tv/a27301480/45-revoluciones-antena3-nuevo-capitulo-robert-pelicula-kimberley-tell/|website=Diez Minutos|title=‘45 revoluciones’: El salto de Robert al cine, junto a Fanny|date=28 April 201}}
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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/escenarios/caminos-dios-ida-vuelta_1407445.html|website=El Periódico de Aragón|title=Caminos a Dios de ida y vuelta|first=Daniel|last=Monserrat|date=3 February 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodelaltoaragon.es/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=1195142|website=Diario del Alto Aragón|title=La película "Planeta 5000" se estrena en los cines españoles|date=1 February 2010|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131161332/https://www.diariodelaltoaragon.es/NoticiasImprimir.aspx?Id=1195142|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/sociedad/2020/07/25/adolescentes-misterio-campamento-albanta/00031595665027232778149.htm|website=La Voz de Galicia|title=Adolescentes y misterio en "Campamento Albanta"|date=26 July 2020}} Tell took part in the filming of the second season of Hierro in 2020, which was hampered by the COVID-19 lockdown.
Also in 2020, she released her first EP, titled 135, an indie-pop work featuring 6 songs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mondosonoro.com/criticas/discos-musica/kimberley-tell-135/|title=135|first=Luis M.|last=Maínez|date=27 June 2020|website=Mondosonoro}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.laprovincia.es/cultura/2020/10/11/le-estare-agradecida-hierro-actriz-18282359.html|website=La Provincia|title=Siempre le estaré muy agradecida a ‘Hierro’ como actriz y como canaria|first=Nora|last=Navarro|date=11 October 2020}} 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).{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinenuevatribuna.es/content/print/cibeles-cine-acoge-premier-mina-pelicula-terror-psicologico-tierra/201607271025462885|website=Cinenuevatribuna|title=Cibeles de Cine acoge la premier de La Mina, una película de terror psicológico bajo tierra|date=27 July 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/elite-plataforma-musical-estrellas_1_6003329.html|website=eldiario.es|title="Élite", una plataforma musical a las estrellas|date=7 May 2020}} She has also collaborated with David Bisbal in the videoclip Culpable and in {{ill|Sidonie (Spanish band)|es|Sidonie|lt=Sidonie's}} video Me llamo Abba.
Filmography
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;Television
;Film
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Category:People from Lanzarote
Category:Actresses from the Canary Islands