Pattie Levaco

Who is Pattie Levaco?

Pattie Levaco is Kimberly's mother, heavily pregnant and consumed by an almost comic level of hypochondria that leaves little emotional space for attending to her daughter's actual, serious condition. Self absorbed and often oblivious, she nonetheless has moments that reveal real fear and vulnerability beneath the constant complaints.

Her inability to fully engage with Kimberly's situation becomes one of the show's sharper ironies, a mother preoccupied with imagined ailments while her daughter faces something genuinely life shortening.

Pattie's role in Kimberly Akimbo

Pattie is a supporting role built for sharp comic delivery, often confined to a hospital bed for much of the show while delivering some of its funniest, most self involved lines. The role gives a performer room for both broad comedy and a few surprising beats of genuine feeling as the story progresses.

Audiences remember Pattie for her absurd litany of complaints, a comic device that also quietly underscores the show's larger themes about parents and children failing to truly see each other.

Pattie Levaco: frequently asked questions