Kimberly Elise
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| Born | April 17, 1967 Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Kimberly Elise (born Kimberly Elise Trammel on April 17, 1967) is an American actress.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Elise was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Marvin Trammel, who owns an executive search firm, and Erna Jean Johnson; she has three siblings. Elise studied film and acting at the University of Minnesota and received a BA in Mass Communication.[1] She was married to Maurice Oldham from 1989 until 2005 and has two children named Ajableu and Butterfly.
[edit] Career
Elise's first movie was Set It Off (1996), in which she played one of four women who resort to robbing a bank for money. Following that she played a role in Beloved, alongside Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. In 2004, she appeared in Woman Thou Art Loosed portraying Michelle, an abused young woman who finally got the help she needed behind bars. This role won her a Black Reel award for best actress. She has since appeared in The Manchurian Candidate and Diary of a Mad Black Woman (for which she has won a NAACP Image Award)
As of 2006, she stars on the CBS crime drama Close to Home, playing Marion County prosecutor Maureen Scotfield, the superior of the show's main character, fellow prosecutor Annabeth Chase (Jennifer Finnigan). She made a guest appearance on the sitcom Girlfriends in which she played an HIV-positive woman.
[edit] Partial filmography
- Pride (2007)
- Close to Home (2005)
- Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
- John Q (2002)
- Bojangles (2001)
- Bait (2000)
- The Loretta Claiborne Story (2000)
- Beloved (1998)
- The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997)
- Set It Off (1996)
[edit] Awards
- 1999: Nominated - Best Actress for Beloved (1998)
- 2006: Won- Best Actress for Diary of a Mad Black Woman
- 2005: Won - Best Actress, Independent Film for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
- 2005: Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
- 2003: Nominated - Best Actress for John Q (2002)
- 2002: Won - Best Supporting Actress for Bojangles (2001)
- 1997: Won - Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
- 1999: Won - Most Promising Actress for Beloved (1998)
- 1999: Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Beloved (1998)
Golden Satellite Awards
- 1999: Won - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama for Beloved (1998)
- 2006: Winner- Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picutre for Diary of a Mad Black Woman
- 2005: Nominated - Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
- 2003: Nominated - Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for "Soul Food" (2000)
- 2003: Nominated - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for John Q (2002)
- 2002: Nominated - Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for Bojangles (2001)
- 1999: Nominated - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Beloved (1998)
- 2005: Nominated - Best Female Lead for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
