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{{Short description|American television personality}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Kim Zolciak-Biermann
| image              = Kim Zolciak.jpg
| caption            = Zolciak in 2009
| birth_name         = Kimberleigh Marie Zolciak
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1978|5|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Pensacola, Florida]], U.S.
| other_names        = Kim Zolciak-Biermann
| occupation         = Television personality
| years_active       = 2008–present
| television         = {{Plain list|
* ''[[The Real Housewives of Atlanta]]''
* ''[[Don't Be Tardy...]]''
}}
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Daniel Toce|2001|2003|end=div.}}
* {{marriage|[[Kroy Biermann]]|2011|2023|end=sep.}}
}}
| children           = 6
| website            = {{URL|kimzolciak.com}}
}}
'''Kimberleigh Marie''' "'''Kim'''" '''Zolciak-Biermann''' ([[Birth name|née]] '''Zolciak'''; born May 19, 1978)<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=203847681318203393 | link = https://twitter.com/Kimzolciak/status/203847681318203393 | user = Kimzolciak |author=Kim Zolciak | title = Happy Birthday, My beautiful birthday twin!! | date = May 19, 2012 | archive-date = September 3, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150903044316/https://twitter.com/Kimzolciak/status/203847681318203393 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20422996,00.html |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |title=Real Housewives: Kim Talks NeNe, Big Papa and Hair Extensions |first=Chris |last=Willard |date=November 25, 2008 |access-date=December 22, 2013 |quote=I'm sorry they feel that [I am older], but the reality is I am 30—and you can take it or leave it. |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626132420/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20422996%2C00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> is an American television personality and singer. She is best known as an original cast member of the [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]] reality television series ''[[The Real Housewives of Atlanta]]'', starring in 5 and recurring in 1 of the 15 seasons since its 2008 premiere. Her spin-off series ''[[Don't Be Tardy]]'' (originally ''Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding'') aired 8 seasons from 2012&ndash;2020.
In 2015, Zolciak was one of the contestants on [[Dancing with the Stars (American season 21)|season 21]] of the dancing competition series ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', she withdrew from the competition on September 15, 2015, finishing in 11th place.
==Early life==
Kim Zolciak was born in [[Pensacola, Florida]], to a military family, and grew up in [[Windsor Locks, Connecticut]].<ref name="ct">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2010/10/kim-zolciak-the-connecticut-ye-1.html|title=Kim Zolciak, the Connecticut Years| first=Roger |last= Catlin|date=October 5, 2010|work=[[Hartford Courant]]|location=Connecticut| archive-date= March 4, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022637/http://blogs.courant.com/roger_catlin_tv_eye/2010/10/kim-zolciak-the-connecticut-ye-1.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> Her parents are Joseph and Karen, and she has a brother named Michael.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bravotv.com/dont-be-tardy/season-4/episode-5/videos/kim-zolciak-biermann-has-a-brother|title=Kim Zolciak-Biermann Has a Brother?|date=September 20, 2015|access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref> She is of Polish and Italian descent and was raised [[Roman Catholic]].<ref name="religion">{{cite web|url=http://www.wetpaint.com/2010-10-12-kim-dishes-all-the-hwife-drama/|title=Kim Zolciak Dishes All the H'Wife Drama|access-date=June 3, 2015|date=October 12, 2010|publisher=[[Wetpaint.com]]|first=Mariella|last= Mosthof | archive-date= November 12, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151112045129/http://www.wetpaint.com/kim-dishes-all-the-hwife-drama-632404/ | url-status=live}}</ref>
At age 17,<ref name="ct" /> Zolciak had an affair with a Windsor Locks police sergeant who had interviewed her as a material witness in a criminal investigation, initially resulting in the officer's firing.<ref name=hartford1997>{{cite news| url = https://www.courant.com/1997/06/24/windsor-locks-officer-tells-of-secretly-taping-superiors/ | title= Windsor Locks Officer Tells Of Secretly Taping Superiors|date=June 24, 1981|access-date= July 14, 2016| first= Paul |last= Marks |work=Hartford Courant| location = Connecticut|archive-date= December 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203041200/http://articles.courant.com/1997-06-24/news/9706240495_1_police-commission-conversations-taped| url-status=live}}</ref><!--additional archive link in case archive.org link disappears, as happened to the other Hartford Courant article here: https://archive.today/20160715031718/http://articles.courant.com/1997-06-24/news/9706240495_1_police-commission-conversations-taped --> The termination was later changed to a 45-day suspension without pay.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/1997/09/03/windsor-locks-police-sergeant-gets-job-back/|title=Windsor Locks Police Sergeant Gets Job Back|date=September 3, 1997|access-date=November 17, 2017|first=Paul|last=Marks|work=Hartford Courant|location = Connecticut|archive-date=October 24, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151024091342/http://articles.courant.com/1997-09-03/news/9709030528_1_police-commission-internal-investigation-settlement|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/1999/08/12/police-sergeant-agrees-to-retire/|title=Police Sergeant Agrees To Retire|date=August 12, 1999|access-date=November 17, 2017|first=Paul|last=Marks|work=Hartford Courant|location=Connecticut|archive-date=December 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218033307/http://articles.courant.com/1999-08-12/news/9908120402_1_police-commission-sergeant-police-department-two-years|url-status=live}}</ref> She attended [[East Catholic High School]] in [[Manchester, Connecticut]], leaving after her freshman year. She studied nursing at the [[University of Connecticut]].<ref name="ct"/> At 21, she moved to [[Atlanta, Georgia]], where her parents had moved, and eventually settled in the suburb of [[Johns Creek, Georgia|Johns Creek]].<ref name="ct"/>
==Career==
===Entertainment===
Zolciak-Biermann first appeared on the reality television series ''[[The Real Housewives of Atlanta]]'', airing on [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]], on October 7, 2008, when she was 30. Between seasons four and five, Zolciak and her then fiancé were the subject of a spinoff show, ''[[Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding]]'', chronicling Zolciak's wedding preparations. Zolciak left ''Real Housewives'' in the middle of the fifth season, with her final episode airing December 9, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/real-housewives-of-atlantas-kim-zolciak-i-stopped-speaking-to-my-costars-2012312|date=December 3, 2012|title=Real Housewives of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak-Biermann: I Stopped Speaking to My Costars|access-date=December 17, 2012|first=Allison|last= Corneau|work=[[Us Weekly]] | archive-date=December 6, 2012 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121206065700/http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/real-housewives-of-atlantas-kim-zolciak-i-stopped-speaking-to-my-costars-2012312 | url-status=live}}</ref> ''Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding'', later renamed to ''Don't Be Tardy...'', is in its eighth season as of 2020. Zolciak-Biermann returned to ''Real Housewives'' for its tenth season in a recurring capacity.
Zolciak-Biermann was scheduled to star in a new reality show on Bravo with fellow ''The Real Housewives'' cast member, [[NeNe Leakes]], called ''NeNe and Kim: The Road to Riches''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/bravo-upfront-ten-new-series-1201401084/|title=Bravo Media Slates 10 New Series, Including 'Recipe For Deception' – Upfronts|first=Jeremy|last=Gerard|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 30, 2015|access-date=March 30, 2015|archive-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717211703/http://deadline.com/2015/03/bravo-upfront-ten-new-series-1201401084/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the network later decided not to move forward with the show.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=November 16, 2015|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|title=NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak-Biermann's Bravo Reality Show Isn't Happening|url=http://www.people.com/article/nene-leakes-kim-zolciak-bravo-show-not-happening|date=July 14, 2014|first=Janine|last=Rayford Rubenstein}}</ref>
Zolciak-Biermann competed on the [[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 21)|21st season]] of the dancing competition show ''[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''. She was paired with professional dancer [[Tony Dovolani]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/cast-announcement|title=Dancing with the Stars Season 21 Cast Announcement|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=September 2, 2015|access-date=September 2, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016133959/http://abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/cast-announcement| archive-date= October 16, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> She withdrew in September 2015, three weeks into the competition, because of a [[transient ischemic attack]], which prevented her from air travel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-recap-t-57594.aspx|title='Dancing with the Stars' Recap: TV Night in the Ballroom |date=September 28, 2015 |publisher=BuddyTV.com|access-date=September 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.people.com/article/tony-dovolani-defends-kim-zolciak-stroke-against-wendy-williams-comments|title=Tony Dovolani Reacts to Wendy Williams' Questioning Kim Zolciak-Biermann's Mini Stroke: 'It Was Definitely Not Fake'| first1=Aurelie|last1=Corinthios|first2=Christina|last2=Dugan|work=People| publisher= Time Inc. | date = September 29, 2015| access-date= November 25, 2015}}</ref>
In 2023, Zolciak was revealed as one of the cast members to be joining ''[[The Surreal Life]]'' on [[MTV]] for the show's eighth season, which premiered on July 23, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/the-surreal-life-macy-gray-kim-zolciak-chet-hanks-cast-mtv-1235545599/|title='The Surreal Life': Macy Gray, Kim Zolciak, Chet Hanks, Johnny Weir Among Cast For Upcoming Season Of MTV Series|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=September 13, 2023|access-date=September 13, 2023}}</ref>
===Musical career===
In 2008, Zolciak began work on a [[country music]] album. She released a debut single, the dance track "[[Tardy for the Party]]", in 2009, followed by a [[remix]] [[extended play|EP]] the following year.
On March 12, 2013, Zolciak's ''Real Housewives of Atlanta'' castmate [[Kandi Burruss]] and her collaborating songwriter/producer [[Don Vito (producer)|Rodney "Don Vito" Richard]] filed suit against Zolciak for profits earned from "Tardy for the Party". In the documents filed, Burruss' attorney, ''RHOA'' castmate [[Phaedra Parks]], alleges her clients wrote the song for Zolciak and that Zolciak released and sold the single "without [the] plaintiffs' authorization, license or consent." Burruss was also seeking a temporary restraining order to prevent future sales of the song and the "destruction of all copies of the infringing single and any other product of defendant's that infringe plaintiffs' copyrights", punitive damages, attorney's fees, and a jury trial.<ref>{{cite news|journal=Us Weekly|title=Celebrity News: Kandi Burruss Sues Kim Zolciak for 'Tardy for the Party' Profits|date=March 14, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2015|first=Zach |last= Johnson|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kandi-burruss-sues-kim-zolciak-for-tardy-for-the-party-profits-2013143}}</ref>
===Business===
In May 2016, Zolciak-Biermann launched a  line of skin-care products called ''Kashmere Kollection''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosenfeld|first1=Laura|title=Kim Zolciak-Biermann Made a Major Announcement at Her Early Birthday Party|url=http://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/kim-zolciak-biermann-birthday-party-launches-skincare-line-kashmere|website=Bravo|publisher=The Daily Dish|access-date=September 19, 2016|date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kashmere Products|url=https://www.kashmerekollections.com/collections/products|website=Kashmere Kollections|access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> Zolciak has also released a fragrance called ''Kashmere''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Falco|first1=Tom|title=10 random things you didn't know about Real Housewife Kim Zolciak|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-falco/10-random-things-you-didn_b_11846134.html|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=September 19, 2016|date=September 18, 2016}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Zolciak has a daughter from a previous relationship, Brielle Karenna (born 1997).<ref name=relationshipsbook/> She married Daniel Toce in 2001 and that same year, they had a daughter named Ariana Lenee.<ref name=relationshipsbook>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2010/12/16/kim-zolciak-planning-a-relationships-book/?cp=2|work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|last=Ho|first=Rodney|title=Kim Zolciak Planning a Relationships Book|date=December 16, 2010|archive-date=September 28, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130928025754/http://blogs.ajc.com/radio-tv-talk/2010/12/16/kim-zolciak-planning-a-relationships-book/?cp=2}}</ref> The couple divorced in 2003.
In May 2010, Zolciak met [[Atlanta Falcons]] [[American football|football]] player [[Kroy Biermann]] at the charity event ''Dancing with Atlanta Stars''. Their meeting was later shown on season three of ''The Real Housewives of Atlanta''. The couple wed at their [[Roswell, Georgia]], home<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/atlanta/atlanta-real-housewife-kim-zolciak-move-roswell-mansion-202745092.html|title=Atlanta's 'Real Housewife' Kim Zolciak-Biermann to move into Roswell mansion|publisher=Yahoo!|date=May 3, 2011 |first=Mike |last=Benzie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211205436/http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/atlanta/atlanta-real-housewife-kim-zolciak-move-roswell-mansion-202745092.html |archive-date=December 11, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> on November 11, 2011.<ref name=people-wedding>{{cite journal|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20544879,00.html |title=Kim Zolciak, Kroy Biermann Wed on 11/11/11 |first=Sara |last=Hammel |date=November 11, 2011 |journal=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=June 3, 2015 |archive-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331230228/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20544879%2C00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> They have four children together: Kroy Jagger "KJ" (born 2011),<ref name=lax>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/06/kim-zolciak-kroy-biermann-welcome-baby-boy.html|title=Kim Zolciak, Kroy Biermann welcome baby boy|last=Christianson|first=Emily|work= [[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 1, 2011|access-date=June 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130127195604/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/06/kim-zolciak-kroy-biermann-welcome-baby-boy.html | archive-date= January 27, 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref><!--Per LA Times: "Kim Zolciak and fiancee Kroy Biermann welcomed a bouncing baby boy on Monday."--> Kash Kade (born 2012),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/08/kim-zolciak-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-kash-kade.html|title=Kim Zolciak gives birth to baby boy Kash Kade |first=Jen|last=Harper|date=August 16, 2012|publisher=[[Zap2it.com]]|access-date=August 16, 2012 | archive-date = October 12, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131012032213/http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/08/kim-zolciak-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-kash-kade.html | url-status = live}}</ref> and twins Kaia Rose and Kane Ren (born 2013).<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/kim-zolciak-welcomes-twins-with-husband-kroy-biermann-20132511 | title = Kim Zolciak Welcomes Twins, Baby Girl Kaia and Baby Boy Kane, With Husband Kroy Biermann | date= November 25, 2013 | access-date = November 25, 2013 | work = [[Us Weekly]] | first= Nicole | last = Eggenberger}}</ref>
In March 2013, Biermann filed to adopt Zolciak's daughters.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tmz.com/2013/03/24/kim-zolciak-kroy-biermann-adopt-kids-georgia/| title=Kim Zolciak's Husband Kroy Biermann -- I Wanna Adopt Kim's Girls!| publisher=[[TMZ.com]] | date= March 24, 2013|access-date= November 12, 2015 | archive-date=September 23, 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923095659/http://www.tmz.com/2013/03/24/kim-zolciak-kroy-biermann-adopt-kids-georgia/| url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2013, the adoption became final and the girls subsequently changed their last names to become Brielle Biermann and Ariana Biermann.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/kroy-biermann-adopts-kim-zolciaks-two-daughters-brielle-and-ariana-2013247 | title=Kroy Biermann Adopts Kim Zolciak's Two Daughters, Brielle and Ariana| publisher= Us Weekly | date=July 24, 2013|first=Zach|last= Johnson|access-date= November 12, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150911100458/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/kroy-biermann-adopts-kim-zolciaks-two-daughters-brielle-and-ariana-2013247 | archive-date=September 11, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
In May 2023, Biermann filed for divorce from Zolciak after eleven years of marriage, citing their date of separation as April 30. However, in July 2023, it was confirmed that Zolciak and Biermann had withdrawn their divorce filing.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/rhoas-sheree-kim-zolciak-is-not-doing-well-amid-kroy-divorce/ | title=RHOA's Sheree: Kim Zolciak is 'Not Doing Well' Amid Kroy Divorce | date=June 12, 2023 }}</ref> In August 2023, Kroy Biermann refiled for divorce from Zolciak.
==Discography==
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Year
! Single
|-
| 2009
| align="left"| "[[Tardy for the Party]]"
|-
| 2010
| align="left"| "[[Google Me (Kim Zolciak song)|Google Me]]"
|-
| 2012
| align="left"| "Love Me First"
|-
| 2018
| align="left"| "Wig (Wish I Gave a S**t)"
|-
|}
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Kim Zolciak}}
* {{official website}}
* {{IMDb name|id=|name=Kim Zolciak-Biermann}}
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