Kim Raver returned to ABC’s medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy” in
the 14th season, where she reprised her role as Teddy Altman, the
former head of cardiothoracic surgery at the Seattle Grace Mercy West
Hospital. She also co-produced with her husband three Lifetime films
based on novels by international bestselling author Jane Green:
“Tempting Fate,” starring Alyssa Milano and marking Raver’s
directorial debut, “To Have and To Hold” and “Family
Pictures.”

Raver recently recurred on the fifth season of Showtime’s “Ray
Donovan,” in which she played surgeon Dr. Bergstein, as well as
recurring on Fox’s “APB” and “Bones.” She also reprised her
series regular role, Audrey Raines, in the Emmy®-nominated “24:
Live Another Day.” Raver was also seen on NBC’s “Revolution,”
playing the role of Julia Neville. She is also well known for her role
as Nico Reilly on NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle” from creator Candice
Bushnell (“Sex and the City”).

Raver endeared herself to critics and viewers during the five years
she starred as paramedic Kim Zambrano on the police-paramedic drama
“Third Watch.” Additionally, Raver had a regular role on the
children’s television series “Sesame Street” from the ages of 6
to 9. Other television credits include lead roles in dramas “The
Nine” and “Trinity,” guest starring roles in “The Practice,”
“Spin City,” “Law & Order” and a recurring role in “Central
Park West.”

In 2010, she starred in the Lifetime original movie “Bond of
Silence,” in which she played a widow investigating the death of her
husband who was mysteriously murdered while trying to quell a wild
teenage house party on New Year’s Eve. In 2006, Raver appeared in
the feature film comedy hit “Night at the Museum,” opposite Ben
Stiller and Robin Williams. Her film credits include “Prisoner”
with Julian McMahon, “City Hall” with Al Pacino, “Mind the
Gap” (directed by Eric Shaeffer) and “Keep Your Distance”
(directed by Stu Pollard). Raver also starred in the 2005 Lifetime
movie, “Haunting Sarah,” a chilling supernatural thriller in which
she portrayed identical twins.

At the start of her career, Raver was discovered by famed director
Ridley Scott during a commercial shoot. Her big break came with her
Broadway debut in the play “Holiday,” in which she co-starred with
Laura Linney and Tony Goldwyn. In addition, Raver co-starred with
David Schwimmer and John Spencer in the Williamstown production of
“The Glimmer Brothers,” written by Warren Leight. As a child, she
was a member of off-Broadway’s first all-children’s theater.

A fine arts graduate of Boston University, Raver continues to study
theater in New York with teacher and mentor Wynn Handman. She is
fluent in French and German, the latter being a language she learned
as a child from her German-born mother.

Born and raised in New York, Raver now splits her time between New
York and Los Angeles.
