Kimberly Corman
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| Kimberly Corman | |
|---|---|
| Final Destination character | |
 A. J. Cook as Kimberly Corman | |
| First appearance | Final Destination 2 (2003) |
| Created by | Jeffrey Reddick Eric Bress J. Mackye Gruber |
| Portrayed by | A. J. Cook |
| In-universe information | |
| Occupation | College student |
| Family | Michael Corman (father) Mrs. Corman (mother, deceased) |
| Origin | White Plains, New York |
| Status | Alive |
Kimberly Corman is a fictional character in the Final Destination series, portrayed by A. J. Cook. Kimberly serves as the protagonist of Final Destination 2. She is a college student from White Plains, New York, and is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up.
After meeting William Bludworth and being informed that only "new life" can defeat Death, Kimberly drowns herself by driving an ambulance into a lake, only to be later resuscitated. In Final Destination Bloodlines (2025), when the Campbell-Reyes family visits him at the hospital, Bludworth informs them that Kimberly is still alive and the only individual he is aware of that managed to successfully remove themselves from Death's list.
Appearances in other media
Kimberly was born in White Plains, New York, to Michael Corman.[1][2][3] She is very close to her father, especially after her mother's death during a carjacking. Kimberly continues to blame herself for what happened since she stayed behind from her mother in an appliance store to watch a newsfeed about Tod Waggner's apparent suicide. Her mother was shot in their car when it was hijacked by street thugs.[1][3] She is attending college with her friends Shaina, Dano, and Frankie, and was originally going to spend her spring break with her friends in Daytona Beach, Florida.
In the film, Kimberly decides to take Route 23 as a shortcut to Florida. While driving, she has an ominous vision of a highway pile-up caused by a log truck derailment; at the end of the vision, a mysterious truck coming out of nowhere rams into her car. After the premonition, she stalls her car sideways in front of the highway's on-ramp to prevent other drivers from going further. Kimberly and a handful of other drivers watch closely as vehicles ahead crash into one another and explode on the highway. To her surprise, another truck (the same truck that killed her at the end of her vision) smashes her SUV with her friends still in it, killing them, although she is rescued by Officer Thomas Burke.
Kimberly and other survivors are interrogated by Officer Burke afterwards, with Kimberly explaining her vision's similarity to Alex Browning's vision, and that they are now all on Death's list. The survivors disregard this until survivor Evan Lewis dies in his apartment later that night, alarming everyone, with Kimberly noticing Death's haunting presence. With Burke's help, Kimberly consults Clear Rivers, the last survivor of Flight 180, to save the remaining others. She also learns that after her death is averted by her premonition, she is now at the end of Death's list after Burke. Nevertheless, their attempts prove unsuccessful. Clear leads Kimberly and Officer Burke to mortician William Bludworth, who helps them by claiming that "new life" can defeat Death.
Kimberly realizes that pregnant survivor Isabella Hudson can save them; however, this proves false, since Isabella was meant to live even in the premonition. After two more deaths, Kimberly sacrifices herself for Officer Burke's safety by driving an ambulance into a lake, but Officer Burke rescues her and she is resuscitated by Dr. Ellen Kalarjian from her clinical death. Thinking they have finally cheated Death, Kimberly and Officer Burke go to a picnic with the Gibbons family, who tell them how their son Brian was saved from death by the survivors. To everyone's surprise, Brian is blown to pieces nearby due to a barbecue grill malfunction, a sign that Death sets a new plan in motion.[1]
Kimberly is mentioned in the sixth movie. When Stefani Reyes and her remaining family members visit William Bludworth at the hospital where he works, he discloses that one person—Kimberly—is known to have broken the cycle by embracing Death and being resuscitated by her doctor.
Kimberly appears in the novelization of Final Destination 2 by Black Flame's authors Nancy A. Collins and Natasha Rhodes. The novelization features certain changes from the film, such as Kimberly's father being named Ambrose instead of Michael,[4] and Rory being named as Rory Cunningham instead of Rory Peters.[5] As in the film, both Kimberly and Officer Burke survive.[6] Kimberly is also briefly referenced in the novel Looks Could Kill, where it is noted that the events of the Coral Clipper sinking took place on the same date as the Route 23 pile-up; and the Flight 180 explosion.
In the "Choose Their Fate" DVD bonus edition of Final Destination 3, a newspaper article shows that Kimberly and Burke ran into each other at a hardware store and a vehicle crashed through the building, knocking them into a nearby woodchipper. Kimberly's coat was tangled and snatched into the machine. Burke attempted to save her, and both were dismembered, with the attending physician who signed their death certificates being Dr. Kalarjian. However, the scene is confirmed to be non-canon as per Final Destination Bloodlines.[7]
