Nominated for best young actress in a comedy series (The Facts of Life) (1982-83)
NAACP Theater Award for Best Director for the comedy VANITIES (1994)
NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in Fight the Good Fight (1995)
First Place Honors from the Black American Cinema Society of Independent Filmmakers for The Silent Bomb.
Black LA Biz Achiever’s Club (1997: Web-based)
Prototypes 5th Annual Black History Month Gala (Feb 6, 1999): Honorary Chair
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, FL (Sept 14, 2003). Kim also delivered a speech at the convocation.
32nd Governments of the Caribbean State Ball (June 10, 2005) – presented the Caribbean Tourism Organisation Award of Excellence to cricket star Sir Vivian Richards.
“Industry Trailblazer Award” at the Women in Film and Television Atlanta Gala 2010 (Nov 1, 2010). Article no longer appears at http://wifta.org/ as of 7/15/17.
A 2011 Untold Stories Award Winner: the Black Women Film Network (awards luncheon in Atlanta, March 11, 2011)
The Facts of Life honored with Pop Culture Award at 2011 TV Land Awards, aired on TV Land, April 17, 2011 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
