Kimilee Karyn Bryant (born June 22, 1969) is an American actress, singer and former Miss South Carolina.
She attended Travelers Rest High School and Converse College, where she earned a Bachelor of Music degree.
She was also a soloist in a staged production of Handel's Messiah at Lincoln Center and at The Utrecht Early Music Festival in the Netherlands (2000), among other concert engagements.
[5][6] Bryant played Christine Daaé in the Broadway (1994–95; 1998; 2009–2012 occasionally), Swiss (in German; 1995–96), U.S. National Tour (1996–98) and Toronto (1999) productions of The Phantom of the Opera.
[8] In the summer of 2008, Bryant returned to the Broadway production of Phantom, covering Carlotta and performing that role several times.
"[13] The New York Times wrote that, in Princess Ida, she "brought a plush soprano voice and lovely presence to the title role.
She played Stage Manager in Our Town (2000) and Betty in John Guare's Landscape of the Body (2004), both at Gloria Maddox Theatre, directed by Terry Schreiber.
"[26] Her film and TV credits include The Manchurian Candidate (Teacher, 2003), 7th Heaven (Julia's Mom 2002), and Law & Order (Reporter, season one).