LisaRaye McCoy

LisaRaye McCoy

Born: September 23, 1966
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
LisaRaye McCoy (born September 23, 1967), known as LisaRaye, is an American actress, fashion designer, model, businesswoman, and former first lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands. She was married to Michael Misick, the first Premier of Turks and Caicos, from 2006 until 2008; during which time she served as First Lady of Turks and Caicos.

She is best known for portraying Diana 'Diamond' Armstrong in the film The Players Club (directed and written by Ice Cube), Neesee James on the CW sitcom All of Us (2003-2007), and Keisha Greene in the VH1 romantic comedy series Single Ladies (2011-2015).

She made her acting debut as the lead in Reasons, an independent film directed by Monty Ross. She also was a backup dancer in Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" video. Her film credits include: The Wood opposite Omar Epps, Rhapsody, All About You, and Go for Broke.

In 2005, she launched two fashion lines: Luxe & Romance, a lingerie line that was introduced during New York's Fashion Week, and Xraye, a jeans line for women.

Movies for LisaRaye McCoy...

Title: Legacy
Character: Debra
Released: March 1, 2023
Type: TV
Follows Guy Simmons, a notorious mobster and the patriarch of the Simmons family, the southern underworld's ruling crime family, as he fights for his life, a sibling rivalry erupts, threatening his legacy and criminal enterprise.
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Title: Asking for a Friend
Character: Self - Host
Released: February 9, 2023
Type: TV
Two single-and-ready-to-mingle best friends try to find love matches for each other by choosing two blind dates for their bestie, later going on two double dates revealing the type of person they think each other should be dating.
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Single Not Searching
Title: Single Not Searching
Character: Angela
Released: September 9, 2022
Type: Movie
Four friends leave Atlanta to Ghana and along the way, they find laughter, tears, joy, pain, jealousy, and a whole lot of drama. They discover things about themselves and confront deep-seeded feelings and experiences that have molded the women they have become. Most importantly, they discover the power of friendship and love.
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The Royal
Title: The Royal
Character: Elsie
Released: July 15, 2022
Type: Movie
The promising career of former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens quickly turned disastrous because of drug addiction.
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Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
Title: Chocolate City 3: Live Tour
Character: Shawna Diva
Released: June 24, 2022
Type: Movie
After their unprecedented win at the National Stripper Competition in Las Vegas the year before, the Chocolate City team of strippers have had some ups and downs. Michael, their lead dancer suffered a tragic loss when his mother unexpectedly passes. Their Reality show, after their Vegas win, experienced low viewership and was not what they had expected, forcing them to withdraw from the Network production altogether. Now its time to get back to what they do best - dance. With the help and support of Mr. Williams, the Chocolate City Dancers will now prepare for a multi-city tour to regain their mojo, but once again personal challenges and internal beefs threaten to derail their new plan.
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Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
Title: Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Story
Character: Miss Viv
Released: April 23, 2022
Type: Movie
Interior decorator Zuri Maxwell had it all – a career she adored, loving family and friends, and a good man in her life, artist Stephon Gardner. But greed threatens to destroy everything, when Zuri meets handsome benefactor and entrepreneur Godfrey Anderson and his fabulously wealthy aunt Miss Viv. They have everything Zuri thinks she wants. As Godfrey romances her, she compromises the values and morals that should guide her in an effort to be part of the moneyed world she so desperately wants to be part of.
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For the Love of Money
Title: For the Love of Money
Character: Dalia
Released: October 6, 2021
Type: Movie
When a single mother is pushed to her limit, she turns to the only world she knows, a world she's spent a lifetime running from, to protect her daughter. Gigi Davis is a strong, determined woman who insists on living her life on her terms. So when she got pregnant and walked away from a billion dollar family business to chart her own path, it surprised no one. She went on to build a shockingly unremarkable life for herself and her daughter Ashely. Her days were filled with piano recitals, basketball games and everything else you would expect of a single mom living in the city. Gigi was broke, but happy. Her little girl was healthy. Nothing else mattered. Until shadowy figures make the mistake of threatening her daughter's life and she shows them that gangsters come in all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately for Gigi, it doesn't end there and she finds herself being pulled back into a life she never wanted.
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Twice Bitten
Title: Twice Bitten
Character: Monique
Released: September 7, 2021
Type: Movie
An unmitigated and sexy conman targets his next mark, the widowed Monique, for his latest swindle. But his routine scam hits a snag when suspicion mounts and his scheme quickly escalate into desperation, betrayal and murder.
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Holiday Heartbreak
Title: Holiday Heartbreak
Character: Summer St. John
Released: December 16, 2020
Type: Movie
A hopeless romantic is cursed with relationship problems after her chauvinistic father mistreats the wrong woman.
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Love Dot Com: The Social Experiment
Title: Love Dot Com: The Social Experiment
Character: Deloris Quinn
Released: November 18, 2019
Type: Movie
A brokenhearted chef receives hilariously terrible advice from friends.
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Title: Murder in the Thirst
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 2019
Type: TV
Hosted by LisaRaye, Murder in the Thirst explores scandalous and shocking true-crime stories. With stylized recreations of the crimes themselves and interviews with the real-life players involved, the show explores what pushes someone to murder.
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Title: Carl Weber's The Family Business
Character: Donna Duncan
Released: November 13, 2018
Type: TV
Meet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life.
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Title: Tales
Character: Mavis
Released: June 27, 2017
Type: TV
A one-hour anthology series that distills classic hip-hop records and reimagines them as cinematic love letters.
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Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
Title: Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story
Character: Sylvia
Released: June 12, 2016
Type: Movie
Story of Miki Howard, an American R&B and Jazz singer, whose hits include "Ain't Nobody Like You" and "Ain't Nuthin' in the World."
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Light Girls
Title: Light Girls
Character: Herself
Released: January 19, 2015
Type: Movie
From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences of lighter-skinned women, Light Girls dives deep into the discussion of skin color, preference, privilege, pain and prejudice. The documentary features interviews with Russell Simmons, Soledad O'Brien, Diahann Carroll, India Arie, Iyanla Vanzant, Michaela Angela Davis, Kym Whitley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and more.
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Skinned
Title: Skinned
Character: Mother
Released: January 1, 2015
Type: Movie
A dark-skinned young woman's insecurity leads her to bleach her skin beyond recognition.
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Lap Dance
Title: Lap Dance
Character: Sugar
Released: December 5, 2014
Type: Movie
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple made is broken, their lives are changed forever.
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Video Girl
Title: Video Girl
Character: Patricia
Released: October 11, 2011
Type: Movie
Lorie Walker is a small town girl whose big dreams of becoming a dancer come true when she becomes a star in the Hip-Hop video world. But she soon learns the hard way that life in front of the camera is not as glamorous as it seems.
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Title: Single Ladies
Character: Keisha Green
Released: May 30, 2011
Type: TV
Single Ladies is an American comedy-drama television series on VH1 that debuted on May 30, 2011, as a two-hour television film. Created by Stacy A. Littlejohn and produced by Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment, the series chronicles the lives of three friends — Val, Keisha and April — and their relationships.
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Envy
Title: Envy
Released: November 9, 2005
Type: Movie
On the crime-ridden streets of Detroit, two cousins, AJ and Caesar, turn to drug dealing to survive. But the hypnotic world of narcotics and fast money is more dangerous than the two could ever imagine.
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The Proud Family Movie
Title: The Proud Family Movie
Character: Choreographer (voice)
Released: August 19, 2005
Type: Movie
Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures them, refusing to let them go because Oscar won't reveal his on of his secret Proud Snacks formulas.
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Beauty Shop
Title: Beauty Shop
Character: Rochelle
Released: April 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profession. But after repeatedly butting heads with her shady, over-the-top boss, Jorge, Norris sets out to create her own salon -- even snagging a few of Jorge's employees and clients. Now, Jorge will do anything to shut her down.
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Title: On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: TV
On Air with Ryan Seacrest is an American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January 12, 2004 through September 17, 2004. It was distributed in the United States and Canada by Twentieth Television.
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Gang of Roses
Title: Gang of Roses
Character: Maria
Released: October 10, 2003
Type: Movie
Set in the 1800's, the town of Flat ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for dominance, the outlaws kill Sally, a whore who happens to be the sister of Rachel and a 1/5 member of the Roses Gang. With the weight of grief on her heart, Rachel decides to shed her new found religious faith to bring vengeance upon her sister's killers. After placing Sally to rest, she goes in search of her former posse to assist her in the reckoning of the outlaws wrong doing.
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Title: All of Us
Character: Neesee James
Released: September 16, 2003
Type: TV
Robert James, an entertainment reporter for a local Los Angeles television station, is handsome, smart and thoroughly modern in his thinking. Recently divorced from the somewhat self-absorbed Neesee, the mother of their endearing 6-year-old son, Robert refuses to buy into the old stereotype that being divorced means you can't get along with the ex.
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Title: Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: TV
Multi-talented, award-winning comedian Steve Harvey host a show designed to showcase real people with extraordinary and humorous gifts.
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Civil Brand
Title: Civil Brand
Character: Frances Shepard
Released: August 29, 2003
Type: Movie
Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead Correctional, try to take over the institution.
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Love Chronicles
Title: Love Chronicles
Character: Marie Toursaant
Released: June 30, 2003
Type: Movie
A disc jockey invites a relationship therapist as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles through three different callers' unbelievable stories, and in the process the DJ discovers his own love issues.
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Super Spy: The Final Exit
Title: Super Spy: The Final Exit
Character: CIA Lady
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
In this urban comedy, an aspiring young filmmaker named Sherlock heads off to Hollywood in hopes of making a blockbuster action movie and becoming famous. Everything seems to be going as planned, with filming underway, until the cameras record something accidentally. What ends up on film will be something that all involved wish they'd never been associated with. Stars A.J. Jamal.
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Go for Broke
Title: Go for Broke
Character: Belinda / Star
Released: June 27, 2002
Type: Movie
Two men (Pras, Michael Goorjian) in drag purposely get arrested in order to recover their winning lottery-ticket from an inmate at a women's prison.
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Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Title: Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Character: Diane Armstrong / Diamond (The Players Club) (archive footage)
Released: April 16, 2002
Type: Movie
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from Hollywood to Hong Kong cinema that spans a 20-year period. This one features action scenes from 16 action-packed movies featuring action gurus, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and many more.
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All About You
Title: All About You
Released: August 4, 2001
Type: Movie
Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.
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Rhapsody
Title: Rhapsody
Character: Victoria
Released: October 21, 2000
Type: Movie
When an old flame turns up again, a succesful singer is determined to rekindle their relationship.
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The Cheapest Movie Ever Made
Title: The Cheapest Movie Ever Made
Character: (as LisaRaye)
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
2000 action comedy
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The Wood
Title: The Wood
Character: Lisa
Released: July 16, 1999
Type: Movie
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.
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The Players Club
Title: The Players Club
Character: Diana "Diamond" Armstrong
Released: April 8, 1998
Type: Movie
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.
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Title: In the House
Released: April 10, 1995
Type: TV
In the House is an American sitcom
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Reasons
Title: Reasons
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Please improve the database by writing a synopsis of this film.
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No More Mr Nice Guy
Title: No More Mr Nice Guy
Character: Bridget St. John
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
No More Mr Nice Guy