Actor
Kimberly Elise
Biography

Kimberly Elise Trammel (born April 17, 1967) is an American actress. Elise studied film and acting at the University of Minnesota and earned a BA in Mass Communications. She made her feature film debut in Set It Off, and later received critical acclaim for her performance in Beloved. During her career, Elise has appeared in films such as John Q (2002), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), The Great Debaters (2007), For Colored Girls (2010), Dope (2015), Almost Chr ...

Known For
Acting
2023 -- A Snowy Day in Oakland | Theona
2019 -- Reach For The Stars | Self
2019 -- Carole's Christmas | Carole Jordan
2019 -- Ad Astra | Lorraine Deavers
2018 -- Death Wish | Detective Jackson
2016 -- Almost Christmas | Cheryl
2016 -- Confirmation | Sonia Jarvis
2015 -- Dope | Lisa Hayes
2015 -- Back to School Mom | Mary Thomas
2014 -- Apple Mortgage Cake | Angela Logan
2014 -- A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Djanel
2013 -- Highland Park | Toni
2013 -- Event 15 | Blau
2012 -- Hannah's Law | Stagecoach Mary
2011 -- Ties That Bind | Theresa Harper
2010 -- For Colored Girls | Crystal / Brown
2009 -- Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | Sonya Carson
2009 -- Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ |
2007 -- The Great Debaters | Pearl Farmer
2007 -- Pride | Sue Davis
2005 -- Diary of a Mad Black Woman | Helen McCarter
2004 -- Woman Thou Art Loosed | Michelle Jordan
2004 -- The Manchurian Candidate | Rosie
2002 -- John Q | Denise Archibald
2001 -- Bojangles | Fannie
2000 -- Bait | Lisa Hill
2000 -- The Loretta Claiborne Story | Loretta Claiborne
1998 -- Beloved | Denver
1997 -- The Ditchdigger's Daughters | Jeanette
1996 -- Set It Off | Tisean
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