Kimberleigh Marie "Kim" Zolciak-Biermann (née Zolciak; born May 19, 1978)[1][2] is an American television personality and singer.

She is best known as an original cast member of the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta, starring in 5 and recurring in 1 of the 15 seasons since its 2008 premiere.

Kim Zolciak was born in Pensacola, Florida, to a military family, and grew up in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

[5] At age 17,[3] 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.

[7][8] She attended East Catholic High School in Manchester, Connecticut, leaving after her freshman year.

[3] Zolciak-Biermann first appeared on the reality television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta, airing on Bravo, on October 7, 2008, when she was 30.

[13][14] 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.

[28] In May 2023, Biermann filed for divorce from Zolciak after eleven years of marriage, citing their date of separation as April 30.