Kimberley Frances Crossman (born May 1990) is a New Zealand actress and presenter who is best known for her role as Sophie McKay on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. She is the co-founder of Joyable. In August 2021, it was announced that she would feature in the 2021 Season of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021. Early life Crossman began dancing at age three, which was encouraged by her mother Jill Arkley who is a ballet teacher. In 2006, she was Deputy Head Girl at Diocesan School for Girls in Epsom, Auckland. Cheerleading/dance In 2006, she danced at the Royal New Zealand Ballet's season of Giselle. She was captain of the Total Cheerleading Senior Elite team in 2005 when they toured the United States and came sixth in the World cheerleading championships. In 2008, Crossman was part of 'Dziah 2 Dream', a ten-week program run by Dziah. In March 2008, she travelled around the United States of America with the Total Cheerleading Senior Elite team and competed in the World cheerleading championships. She trained all year round and competed in America and Australia, as well as a few New Zealand competitions. In early 2008 the TCSE team took out the Down Under Spirit Championships in the Gold coast. The next project is to compete at the World Championship in 2009 in Florida. Acting In January 2007, she started her role as Sophie McKay on New Zealand's best known and longest running drama and soap opera Shortland Street. In March 2011 Crossman left Shortland Street and will be starting a new project early May as well as auditioning in America and Australia. In October 2006, fans on Shortland Street fansite StreetTalk voted Crossman as Best rising star, and runner up for Hottest female. In 2008, Crossman featured as Kerry Post in Beyond Belief, a short film in the 2008 48HOURS filmmaking competition, which was made by her former Shortland Street co-star Johnny Barker (aka Joey Henderson) and also featured another of her fellow Shortland Street co-stars, Will Hall (aka Dr. Kip Denton). She has also featured in the special Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards programme in New Zealand. Crossman was voted New Zealand's "next big thing" by fans in a local poll run in conjunction with the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. Crossman stars as Stacey on the TV2 show Step Dave which launched on TV2 on 11 February 2014. She co-starred with