Kimberly Patton

Biography

Kimberly Ashlyn McKarny, who used the stage names Kim McKamy, Kimberly Patton and Ashlyn Gere, is an actress known for Willard (2003), The One (2001) and Space: Above and Beyond (1995-1996). She has been married to Layne Parker since December 3, 1988.

In the 1980s Gere appeared in several B movies, such as 1987’s Creepozoids, in which she plays the character “Kate”. She acted under the name Kimberly Patton in the television series Space: Above and Beyond from 1995 to 1996; she also appeared under that name in episodes of Silk Stalkings and Millennium. She has also appeared under the Patton name in the films The One and Willard. She began acting in pornographic films in around 1990 and continued to appear in mainstream minor roles such as her appearance in The X-Files in 1994 in the episode “Blood” where she was credited as Kimberly Ashlyn Gere.

As an adult actress, she appeared in nearly 200 films and videos along with directing two videos from 1990 until 2003. Early in her career Gere was nominated for and won several major adult industry awards such as the FOXE, XRCO, and AVN Awards. In the latter half of the 90s, she slowed down on her adult video work and mainly toured as an exotic dancer.