Introduction
Kimberly Rhodes (born June 7, 1969) is an American actress, who is known for her portrayal as Ensign Lyndsay Ballard in "Ashes to Ashes" episode of Star Trek Voyager. She also portrayed the role of "Cindy Harrison" on two different soap operas, Another World and As the World Turns, as well as Carey Martin in the Disney Channel sitcom The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck, in which she played the mother of twins Zack and Cody (Dylan and Cole Sprouse). She is also known for playing Sheriff Jody Mills on Supernatural.
Early life
Rhodes was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School, and then attended Southern Oregon University, graduating in 1991, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from Temple University.
Career
In 1997, while performing in Another World, Rhodes was nominated, along with Mark Pinter, for a Soap Opera Digest award as "Favorite New Couple". For Rhodes's first Another World fan club luncheon, she rewrote the lyrics for "All For the Best" from Godspell. Prior to her Disney Channel début, she had previously acted with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for one season, portraying the roles of "Daphne Stillington" in Noël Coward's Present Laughter and "Helena" in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
In 2010, she was cast as Sheriff Jody Mills on the CW's show Supernatural. She first appeared in the season 5 episode "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", with her characterappearing in every season since as a guest star . In 2018, the season 13 episode “Wayward Sisters“ was used as a backdoor pilot for a possible spin-off series of the same name, intended to feature Rhodes and fellow actresses Briana Buckmaster and Kathryn Newton as the main characters. The new series ultimately did not move forward.
Rhodes performs, alongside other Supernatural's cast members, in Jason Manns' 2018 album Recovering With Friends.
Personal life
Rhodes resides in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, actor Travis Hodges, and their daughter, Tabitha Jane (born May 2008), with whom Rhodes was pregnant at the end of Suite Life's run.