Kimberly "Kim" Burgess is a fictional character from the American police procedural Chicago P.D., played by Marina Squerciati.
[2] Burgess was initially billed as "a feisty, sassy former flight attendant-turned-cop whose beauty belies a formidable inner strength.
"[2] Following the conclusion of the first season, Squerciati was prepared to go back to her paralegal job, until NBC renewed Chicago P.D.
[3] Squerciati took maternity leave from the show in March 2017, and Kim made her temporary departure in the season four episode "Last Minute Resistance".
[5] Squerciati was "taken aback" by the development and explained "when I read it, I went to executive producer Derek Haas and writer Michael Brandt and said, 'Are you kidding me?
When a woman is caught shoplifting bread to feed her son, Burgess pays for it and threatens the unyielding shopkeeper with fines for expired licenses.
[13] Upon investigation, in "Shouldn't Have Been Alone", it is learned that the house itself was booby trapped, and it was intended for police officers, by a murderer, Spencer York.
In "What Do You Do", Burgess and Roman (while on a meal break) respond to a suspicious activity in a warehouse, which was to be a drug deal, without calling for backup.
They manage to get out of there when Ruzek calls her and she never answers, causing the Intelligence unit to go into the warehouse to catch the suspect about to drive away.
Kim makes it back to the precinct, complimented by Platt, and garnering a slow clap from a crowd of cops for saving her partner's life and taking down the suspects.
[16] In "Born Into Bad News", she accepts Ruzek's offer of marriage when she discovers he has placed an engagement ring in her locker.
Then, in "Some Friend", Sorensen becomes Burgess's partner before resigning in "A Shot Heard Around the World" due to the stress of a targeted shooting of two police officers.
It is soon discovered that a fellow officer and partner had contributed to his problems even further prior to the investigation, when he found out that he was gay and Muslim.
In "Homecoming", upon hearing that her former partner, Olinsky has died from injuries sustained from the stabbing, she is distraught about the events that play out.
In "Ride Along", she is requested by Deputy Superintendent Brennan to do a ride-along with Kendra, the daughter of a VIP, who wants to be a police officer.
Voight sits Burgess down and urges her to tell the review board the truth in her hearing the next day.
In her office, Brennan tells Burgess not to follow Voight's advice; she is a “female hero” and that is good PR, so she should lie and claim Kendra was not there.
Conflicted, Burgess decides to take Brennan's side, and tells the review board that she was alone in her patrol car during the shooting.
It gets complicated when Burgess takes testimony from a witness who claims Kendra saw the shooter, which would then destroy her lie to the review board.
After finding and saving Trent's life, Burgess decides that she is going to return to the review board and tell the truth.
In "Ties that Bind", she, along with Upton, is kidnapped by gun buyers pretending to buy the cop killer bullets from them.
Burgess becomes the guardian of Makayla Ward in season 8, a girl that she and Ruzek discovered walking in the streets after most of her family was murdered and her remaining relative is unable to handle the pressure of being a parent.
[17][18][19] While searching for two people behind a major criminal operation, Burgess is kidnapped by one of them and shot by the other and left for dead in an attempt to tie up loose ends.
[22][23] Kate Stanhope from TV Guide observed, "You gotta hand it to Officer Kim Burgess of Chicago P.D.
It's good for the residents of the Windy City, but bad for Burgess (Marina Squerciati) and, oftentimes, her partner Officer Sean Roman (Brian Geraghty).