Kimberly Kaye Wyatt (born February 4, 1982) is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, and a member of the modern burlesque pop/R&B group the Pussycat Dolls.
Early life
Wyatt was born in Warrensburg, Missouri, a university town near Kansas City. Her father is a trucker and her mother travels with him. Before dancing, she attempted Tee-Ball, basketball and Brownies, which ended unsuccessfully. Wyatt began dancing at the age of seven. When she was fourteen, she earned a scholarship to study in New York's Joffrey Ballet and the Broadway Dance Center. At the age of seventeen, she graduated from high school and flew to Las Vegas to audition for cruise ship and casino shows. She worked in a revue on Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas, and visited most of Southern Europe.
Pussycat Dolls
She moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to pursue her dance career, despite an offer from the Hubbard St. Dance Co. in Chicago. In 2002, Wyatt became one of the dancers on the comedy sketch show, Cedric the Entertainer Presents.
In 2003, Wyatt participated in the Black Eyed Peas' video "Shut Up" along side fellow Pussycat Doll Carmit Bachar, and was the choreographer and dancer for a music video for Nick Lachey's solo album. During the video shoot, choreographer Robin Antin, founder of the Pussycat Dolls, asked Wyatt to join the group. Like her fellow members, she is a salaried employee of Interscope Records. She is best known with her dance sign, standing oversplit, which is shown in most of Pussycat Dolls music video.
Wyatt's first vocal role in the Pussycat Dolls came when she recorded a solo song called "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" for the Deluxe Edition of their second album, Doll Domination.
Personal life
Wyatt resides in Los Angeles, California. She has two dogs, a Chihuahua named Cupid and a Cockapoo named Nike. She is currently dating actor Kevin G. Schmidt. Wyatt is also very big on charity work, and contributes a lot to RAINN.