Date of Birth

8 December 1984, Orlando, Florida, USA

Birth Name

Kirsten Renee Storms

Nickname

Carrot
K-Puppy
Kiki
Teeny

Height

5' 3" (1.6 m)

Trivia

• Older sister of Gretchen Storms
• Her former Days of Our Lives (1965) on-screen sister, Alison Sweeney, referred to Kirsten as her "Mini-me.".
• Has two older brothers: Chris (half-brother) and Austin.
• Rescued dogs with her family from local animal shelters.
• Father was Sports Director of WFTV and WCPX (now WKMG) in Orlando
• She worked with programs supporting American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq when her brother Austin was serving in Iraq.
• Is good friends with past and present co-stars Farah Fath, Lindze Letherman, Julie Berman, Jason Cook, Bradford Anderson, Kristen Alderson, Alexis Thorpe, and Kimberly McCullough.
• She and Jason Cook presented Shia LaBeouf with a Daytime Emmy in 2003 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
• Cousin of Matthew Stafford.
• Ranked #16 in TV Guide's 2008 list of Soaps' Sexiest Women.
• Suffers from Endometriosis.
• Brandon Barash proposed to her with a blue raspberry Ring Pop at a gas station in Wrightwood, California.
• She married Brandon Barash at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Since Clubhouse (2004), she's been on CBS's hit show, CSI: Miami (2002), and she's now currently portraying the role of Maria Maximiliana "Maxie" Jones on ABC's daytime drama, General Hospital (1963). [June 2005]
• She will be ending her 5 year run as "Belle" on Days of Our Lives (1965) to do Clubhouse (2004) on CBS in the fall. [June 2004]
• Since Clubhouse (2004) was canceled, she is currently pursuing film and prime time work. [January 2005]
• currently filming another sequel to her past 2 Zenon movies to air in 2004 on the Disney channel. [October 2003]
• Gave birth to her 1st child at age 29, a daughter named Harper Rose Barash on January 7, 2014. Child's father is her now ex-husband, Brandon Barash.
• Born on exactly the same date as Taran Noah Smith (of The Celebrity Daily: 'Home Improvement' Star Taran Noah Smith Arrested (2012) fame).

Quotes

• Maturity is overrated.
• I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.