Kimberley Kates

Kimberley Kates (born August 15, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. Kates is best known for her role as Princess Elizabeth in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). She founded and is currently the CEO of Big Screen Entertainment Group, a Los Angeles–based publicly traded film production and distribution company.

Kates began her acting career when she was 15, and her movie debut came in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure as Princess Elizabeth, starring alongside Keanu Reeves, Diane Franklin, Alex Winter, and George Carlin.[10]

As an actress and prior to becoming a full-time film producer, Kates starred in more than 40 films and television shows. Her credits include television shows such as Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show, Charmed, Growing Pains, Murder She Wrote, On Our Own, Sucker, and films such as Dangerous Love, Rescue Me, Chained Heat II, The New Age, Bounce and Highway.[11]

As a producer, she has worked on several films including, Dirty Love, Babysitter Wanted,[12] William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet,[13] Ramy Malek's Papillon and Bruce Willis' Air Strike.[14]

In 1995, Kates collaborated with Michael Manasseri and established a film production and distribution company, which was renamed Big Screen Entertainment Group (OTC: BSEG) in August 2005, a publicly traded firm with its headquarters in Los Angeles.[15]