Kimberly McCullough didn't precisely have a standard childhood.
After being found at a breakdancing battle when she was 5 years outdated, the previous little one star landed a small function within the film Breakin' 2: Electrical Boogaloo. Two years later, she beat out Shiri Appleby to land the function of Robin on Common Hospital.
For greater than 1,200 episodes, McCullough, now 47, grew up in Port Charles and skilled the glitz and glamour of Hollywood with Daytime Emmy wins, spinoff alternatives and extra.
However in 2012, McCullough left the cleaning soap opera to pursue her different ardour of directing.
“I do not forget that I used to be so supported,” she shared on a 2021 episode of the “Dishing With Digest” podcast. “I keep in mind the entire folks on the present have been like, ‘We're so unhappy to see you go, however it is advisable go.' It was nearly like graduating school or one thing and hoping to make my dad and mom proud. On the time, I had no thought if any of this was going to work out. Fortunately, it has.”
Ever since she was just a little child, McCullough remembered being impressed with Ron Howard and dreamed of turning into a director.
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Over time, she bought the chance to do exactly that when she labored on hit exhibits like It's All the time Sunny in Philadelphia and Excessive College Musical: The Musical: The Sequence.
“Just lately, I directed Fantasy Island in Puerto Rico,” McCullough recalled on an August 2021 episode of the “State of Thoughts With Maurice Benad” podcast. “I'm undoubtedly Latina and this was the primary time that I used to be surrounded by brown folks and a brown crew.”
She continued, “I really feel like in a method, I'm getting extra again to my roots and my unique desires and desires for myself.”
To be clear, McCullough stays grateful for the reminiscences and friendships she made on Common Hospital. However when requested if she misses performing, the director stated she's moved on to different issues.
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“I'd simply say that it was a time in my life that I recognize a lot and I wouldn't be who I used to be with out it however I don't really feel the necessity to do it anymore,” she stated on a December 2024 episode of “The Locher Room” podcast. “I really feel like I've simply transitioned to a different a part of myself the place I can broaden just a little extra. However I miss the folks and the superior storylines.”
As a substitute of strolling purple carpets or attending Hollywood occasions, McCullough prefers to stay behind the digital camera engaged on a wide range of tasks, together with an unique musical movie with Xochitl Gomez titled No Te Olvides.
Her Instagram is crammed with photos from her backyard or high quality time spent alongside her canine and son, whose face is usually hidden.
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Though she has moved on from her Common Hospital days, McCullough nonetheless has a deep appreciation for her cleaning soap opera character.
“Now that I've had just a little little bit of time away from Robin, I feel now I can lastly actually recognize how a lot I'm her and he or she is me,” she shared on “The Locher Room” podcast. “I feel that's much more pronounced as a result of no one else has performed my character. After all that might at all times occur however I'm the one one to have ever performed Robin.”
