Kara Killmer is a versatile performer known for her role as “Sylvie Brett,” the dependable paramedic in Firehouse 51 for 10 seasons of NBC/Dick Wolf Films’ “Chicago Fire”.

Born and raised in Texas, Killmer graduated with a BFA in performance from Baylor University.

Killmer moved to Los Angeles and was selected from thousands of young actors to star in the Hulu original series “If I Can Dream,” a show created by Simon Fuller that explored the lives of aspiring actors. Following the series, she was immediately cast in the leading role in the independent film, Beyond the Mask, and she followed the film with a role in the USA pilot “Horizon,” produced by Gale Ann Hurd.

Shortly thereafter, she was cast in her first leading role in the NBC pilot “Tin Man.” In 2017 Kara starred in the independent film My Husband’s Secret Life as Jennifer Jones, a young woman who discovers her husband is withholding a dangerous secret.

When Killmer is not working, she enjoys writing, painting, hiking and spending time with family and friends.