Kim Baptiste is an American film and television actor. Baptiste was born in Brooklyn, New York. She moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and signed with an agency where she modeled for print and commercials. Baptiste got a taste for working in film when she served as a stand-in for Paula Patton in the film "Deja Vu" starring Denzel Washington and directed by the late Tony Scott. In 2011, She expanded her horizons, through vigorous acting lessons, to embark on her acting career. Since then she's appeared in various TV shows (NCIS: New Orleans, Star-Crossed) and movies (The Ultimate Legacy and I Killed My BFF).