Kim Raver

Kimberly Jayne Raver (born March 15, 1969)[1] is an American actress and producer. She is best known for television roles as Dr. Teddy Altman on ABC’s medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, Kim Zambrano on Third Watch, and Audrey Raines on 24.

Kimberly Jayne Raver[2] was born and raised in New York City by her mother, Tina Maltesen (nee Baensch), and her stepfather, Chris Meltesen. Her father was Milson Carroll “M. Carroll” Raver (1940–2007), a writer, photographer, cinematographer and film director. She has a sister, Cybele Raver. Through her father she also has five half-siblings, Nadja and James Raver from his second marriage and Grace, Aimee and William Raver from his third and final marriage. She attended Northfield Mount Hermon School, a boarding school in Northfield, Massachusetts where actor Bryan Callen was a classmate. Raver attended Boston University, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama.[3] Raver continues to study theater in New York with teacher and mentor Wynn Handman. She is fluent in French and German, a language that she learned as a child from her German-born mother.