KIMBERLY ELISE
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Kimberly Elise
BIOGRAPHY: Elise’s first film was Set It Off (1996), in which she played one of four women who resort to robbing a bank for money. Her big break came in 1997 when she was cast in the Family Channel original television movie The Ditchdigger’s Daughters, based on the Pulitzer-prize nominated and critically acclaimed 1995 memoir The Ditchdigger’s Daughters: A Black Family’s Astonishing Success Story, written by Yvonne S. Thornton and Jo Coudert. She received critical acclaim for her role in this film, and in 1997, she was recognized as Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries at the 19th annual CableACE Awards. A relative unknown at the time, she conveyed her anonymity upon receiving the award by saying: “Who is Kimberly Elise?” Her performance helped her land a role the next year in Beloved alongside Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. She is often compared to a young Cicely Tyson, whom she resembles. |
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MORE MOVIE WITH: Kimberly Elise
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 Almost Christmas (2016) Play: |
 Dope (2015) Play: Lisa Hayes |
 Back to School Mom (2015) Play: Mary Thomas |
 A Day Late and a Dollar Short (2014) Play: Janelle |
 For Colored Girls (2010) Play: Crystal |
 Gifted Hands (2010) Play: Sonya Carson |
 Pride (2007) Play: Sue Davis |
 The Great Debaters (2007) Play: Pearl Farmer |
 Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) Play: Helen |
 Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) Play: Michelle Jordan |
 the Manchurian Candidate (2004) Play: Rosie |
 John Q (2002) Play: Denise Archibald |
 Bait (2000) Play: Lisa Hill |
 Beloved (1998) Play: Denver |
 Set it Off (1996) Play: Tisean ‘T.T.’ Williams |
SERIES TV WITH: Kimberly Elise
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