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Kimberly Elise (born Kimberly Elise Trammel on April 17, 1967) is an American actress.

Biography

Personal life

Elise was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Marvin Trammel, who owned 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. She has two children named Ajableu and Butterfly.

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.

Partial filmography

• 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)

Awards

Acapulco Black Film Festival

• 1999: Nominated - Best Actress for Beloved (1998)

Black Reel Awards

• 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)

CableACE Award

• 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)

NAACP Image Awards

• 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)

Independent Spirit Awards

• 2005: Nominated - Best Female Lead for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)

External links

• Kimberly Elise Bio at CBS - Close To Home

• Kimberly Elise Talks About Woman, Thou Art Loosed
• Hollywood Stock Exchange-profile
• Kimberly Elise Biography :: Hollywood.com

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