Kim Matula

Kim Matula (born August 23, 1988) is an American actress. She made her television debut playing Tara Conner in the teen comedy film Queen Sized (2008) and later starred as Hope Logan in the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 2010 to 2016, receiving a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series nomination. Matula later starred in the second season of Lifetime comedy-drama series, Unreal, and played the leading role in the Fox comedy series LA to Vegas (2018).

Life and career
Matula studied film at the University of Texas at Arlington, but dropped out because her acting career was taking off. After starring in the small horror film Savage Spirit (2006), in 2008, Matula starred in the Lifetime teen comedy film Queen Sized opposite Nikki Blonsky and the following year appeared in an episode of CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. In 2010, she landed the role of Hope Logan in the CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. In 2014, Matula was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series. In her two final years on the soap, Matula's character had major storylines. In November 2014, it was announced that Matula had not renewed her contract and would be departing the series for a career in primetime television and film. In 2014, Matula starred opposite Scott Eastwood in the thriller film, Dawn Patrol. In 2016, she joined the cast of the second season of the critically acclaimed Lifetime dark comedy-drama series, Unreal. In 2018, Matula had a leading role as flight attendant Veronica "Ronnie" Messing in the Fox comedy series LA to Vegas. The series was canceled after one season. The following year she had a supporting role in the comedy-drama film, Fighting with My Family that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2021, Matula had a recurring role in the Fox series 9-1-1: Lone Star and played Laura Ingraham in the FX anthology series, Impeachment: American Crime Story. In 2022, she appeared in the HBO max series The Sex Lives of College Girls and played the leading role in the Hallmark fantasy film, Ghost of Christmas Always.

In 2024, Matula was cast as comedian Jane Curtin in the upcoming comedy-drama film, SNL 1975 directed by Jason Reitman about Saturday Night Live‘s opening night.