Peri Gilpin

Peri Gilpin (born Peri Kay Oldham; May 27, 1961) is an American actress. Best known for portraying Roz Doyle in the U.S. television series Frasier, Gilpin is also known for portraying Kim Keeler in the ABC Family television drama Make It or Break It. 2Early life Gilpin was born in Waco, Texas, as Peri Oldham, daughter of James Franklin Oldham and his wife Sandra Jo Hauck. Her parents divorced and her mother remarried, to Allen W Gilpin Jr., in 1969. Peri then took her stepfather's surname. Gilpin grew up in Dallas, where her family encouraged her acting abilities. After studying at the Dallas Theater Center, she pursued acting at the University of Texas at Austin and the British-American Academy in London. She began using the name "Peri Gilpin" after becoming a professional actress. Her birthfather Jim became a Philadelphia weatherman and radio disc jockey, using the stage name Jim O'Brien. He died in a skydiving accident on September 25, 198