Andrea Barber Net Worth
What is Andrea Barber’s net worth?
Andrea Barber is an American actress best known for her role as Kimmy Gibbler on the ABC sitcom “Full House” from 1987 to 1995. In 2016, she reprised her role in the Netflix sequel series Full House. Andrea Barber has a net worth of $2 million. Early in her career, Barber had recurring roles on the daytime soap opera “Our Days.”
Early life and career
Andrea Barber was born in Los Angeles, California in 1976, the youngest of three children. As a teenager, she went to La Serna High School in Whittier, California. She then attended Whittier College, from which she graduated in 1999 with a degree in English. Barber went on to earn a Masters in Women’s Studies at the University of York, UK. After that, she returned to Whittier as Assistant Director of the Office of International Programs at Whittier College.
At the age of 6 in 1982, Barber landed her first major role on the NBC daytime soap “Our Days.” For four years until 1986, she played the original Carrie Brady, a role that was later taken over by actress Christy Clark. For her performance, Barber won the Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Young Actress in a Daytime Soap Opera and Outstanding Young Actress in a Daytime Series.
the beginning of a television career
While she was still on “Our Days,” Barber made cameos on a number of other TV shows. In 1983, she played Amanda Gorman in an episode of the ABC TV series Neverland. 1985 was a big year for the young actress, as she made a cameo appearance on the medical drama “St. Elsewhere” and the anthology “The Twilight Zone.” She also appeared in the Emmy-winning TV movie Do You Remember Love, alongside Joanne Woodward and Richard Keeley. The following year, Barber starred in Disney’s “Wonderful World of Color” and the NBC series “Our House.”
“Full house”
Barber landed her biggest and best-known role in 1987, playing the role of Kimmy Gibbler on the ABC sitcom “Full House.” An obnoxious but well-meaning neighbor to the Tanner family, Kimmy is DJ Tanner’s best friend, played by Candace Cameron Bure. Barber appeared as a recurring character throughout the first to fourth seasons of “Full House.” Then, in seasons five to eight, she was promoted to a regular. By 1995, “Full House” had aired 192 episodes and was an audience favorite thanks to syndicated reruns. Other cast members on the show include John Stamos, Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Judy Sweeting, Lori Loughlin, Mary-Kate and Ashley Orr Sen.
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Further TV careers and the “Fuller House”
Aside from “Full House,” Barber rarely appeared on TV in the ’90s. Earlier in the decade, she played Rhonda Green on the sitcom “Growing Pains” and had a cameo in the TV movie “We Go to Grandma’s House.” In 1995, she starred in the sequel, Skate Kid II. After this, as “Full House” came to an end, Barber announced her retirement from show business to focus on her personal life.
In 2012, after a 22-year hiatus from acting, Barber reprised her role as Kimmy Gibbler in an episode of the online comedy series “Funny or Die,” with her former “Full House” actor Dave Coulier act together. She reprised the role in a larger capacity in 2016, when she starred in the Netflix original series “Fuller House,” the sequel to the ABC sitcom. Five seasons of “Fuller House” aired in 2020, focusing on DJ Tanner-Fuller, a veterinarian and widowed mother of three. With the exception of the Olsen twins, most of the original cast of “Full House” reprise their roles in the Netflix series, either as main characters or cameos. Among her other TV appearances, Barber was a guest panelist on the CBS daytime talk show “The Talk” in 2017 and had a recurring role on “That Girl Lays Down.”
“Celebrity Pet Matchmaker”
In 2021, Barber is launching a four-part online series called “Celebrity Pet Matchmakers” in partnership with the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, California. In the series, Barber introduces audiences to the nonprofit Animal Center, which works to match people with their perfect furry companions. Both the Celebrity Pet Matchmaker and the Helen Woodward Animal Center itself are supported by the PEDIGREE Foundation, which aims to end pet homelessness through grants to dog rescues and shelters.
personal life
Barber married Jeremy Rytky in 2002; they had two children and divorced in 2014.
