Kim Baptiste  is an American television and film actor.  She was born in Queens, New York. She moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and signed with an agency where she modeled for print and commercials. Baptiste got a taste for working in film when she booked a role as a stand-in for Paula Patton in the film “Déjà vu” starring Denzel Washington and directed by the late Tony Scott. In 2011, Kim expanded her horizons through vigorous training to embark on an acting career.  Since then she’s appeared in various TV shows and movies (Tyler Perry’s Sistas, Claws, NCIS New Orleans, The Ultimate Legacy, and I Killed My BFF).