Background
Gere was born in Cherry Point, North Carolina and she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada at age 3.
Gere was born in Cherry Point, North Carolina and she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada at age 3.
She graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and double majored in Theatre Arts and Communications.
Foreign her adult film work, Gere is an inductee into the AVN and Halls of Fame. Foreign her mainstream work, she is best known for her appearances on the science fiction television series The X-Files and Space: Above and Beyond. In the 1980s Gere appeared in several B-movies, such as 1987"s Creepozoids, in which she plays the character "Kate", and is billed as Kim McKamy.
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.
AVN 1993 Best Actress – Film for Chameleons 1993 Best Actress – Video for Two Women 1993 Best All-Girl Sex Scene – Film for Chameleons (with Diedre Holland) 1993 Best Group Scene – Video for Realities 2 (with Marc Wallice and TT Boy) 1993 Female Performer of the Year 1995 Best Actress – Film for The Masseuse 2 1995 Best Actress – Video for Body & Soul 1995 Best Couples Sex Scene – Video for Body & Soul (with Mike Horner) AVN Hall of Fame F.O.X.E 1992 Female Fan Favorite 1993 Female Fan Favorite 1994 Female Fan Favorite XRCO 1992 Best Actress (Single Performance) for Chameleons: Not The Sequel 1992 Best Couples Sex Scene for Chameleons: Not The Sequel (with Rocco Siffredi) 1992 Best Girl-Girl Scene for Chameleons: Not The Sequel (with Deidre Holland) 1992 Female Performer of the Year XRCO Hall of Fame AFWG 2003 Best Actress – Video for Crime & Passion.
