Kimberly Elise

Kimberly Elise

Born: April 17, 1967
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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 Christmas (2016), Death Wish (2018), and Ad Astra (2019).

She received a nomination for Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in the 2004 drama film, Woman Thou Art Loosed, and played the leading roles in a number of made for television movies. Elise also starred in the CBS crime drama series Close to Home (2005–07), and in 2013 starred in the VH1 comedy-drama series, Hit the Floor.

Movies for Kimberly Elise...

A Snowy Day in Oakland
Title: A Snowy Day in Oakland
Character: Theona
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
A Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime, high-profile, psychiatrist, boyfriend/business partner. She moves on with her life by opening her own private practice in a vacant, street-front office space in the middle of a small, commercial block located across the bay in Oakland, turning the predominately African-American and psychologically ignored neighborhood on its emotional ear.
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Title: The Mosquito Coast
Character: Special Agent Estelle Jones
Released: April 30, 2021
Type: TV
Allie Fox—a brilliant inventor and stubborn idealist—uproots his family for a dangerous quest through Mexico to flee the U.S. government and find safety.
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Title: Love Life
Character: Suzanné Hayward
Released: May 27, 2020
Type: TV
A romantic comedy anthology series which follows a different protagonist each season on the journey from first love to last love, with each half-hour episode chronicling one of their relationships.
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Reach For The Stars
Title: Reach For The Stars
Character: Self
Released: December 17, 2019
Type: Movie
Multipart Documentaries released with the BluRay of the movie, looking into the creation and production of Ad Astra, with interviews of Cast and Crew. Consists of : To The Stars, A Man Named Roy, The Crew Of The Cepheus, The Art Of 'Ad Astra', Reach For The Stars
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Carole's Christmas
Title: Carole's Christmas
Character: Carole Jordan
Released: November 22, 2019
Type: Movie
An overworked businesswoman learns the meaning of "be careful what you wish for" after she off-handedly wishes she had taken another path in life.
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Ad Astra
Title: Ad Astra
Character: Lorraine Deavers
Released: September 17, 2019
Type: Movie
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
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Death Wish
Title: Death Wish
Character: Detective Jackson
Released: March 2, 2018
Type: Movie
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
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Title: Star
Character: Dianne
Released: December 14, 2016
Type: TV
Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her sister, Simone, and her Instagram bestie, Alexandra, and together, the trio journeys to Atlanta with the hope of becoming music superstars.
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Almost Christmas
Title: Almost Christmas
Character: Cheryl
Released: November 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Walter Meyer is a retired mechanic who lost the love of his life one year earlier. Now that the holiday season is here, he invites daughters Rachel and Cheryl and sons Christian and Evan to his house for a traditional celebration. Poor Walter soon realizes that if his bickering children and the rest of the family can spend five days together under the same roof, it will truly be a Christmas miracle.
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Confirmation
Title: Confirmation
Character: Sonia Jarvis
Released: April 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
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Dope
Title: Dope
Character: Lisa Hayes
Released: June 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
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Back to School Mom
Title: Back to School Mom
Character: Mary Thomas
Released: February 14, 2015
Type: Movie
Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old university, she becomes close friends with her popular and charming "peer tutor" -- only to learn that he is actually the son she gave up 20 years earlier.
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Apple Mortgage Cake
Title: Apple Mortgage Cake
Character: Angela Logan
Released: May 16, 2014
Type: Movie
The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 each in order to save her home – and how this idea completely changes her and her family.
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Title: A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Character: Djanel
Released: April 19, 2014
Type: Movie
When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world.
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Highland Park
Title: Highland Park
Character: Toni
Released: June 8, 2013
Type: Movie
A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their jobs.
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Title: Hit the Floor
Character: Sloane Hayes
Released: May 27, 2013
Type: TV
Ahsha Hayes enters the wild world of professional basketball when she tries out for the elite L.A. Devil Girls dance team against the wishes of her mother Sloane, a former dancer herself.
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Event 15
Title: Event 15
Character: Blau
Released: March 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when one escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.
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Hannah's Law
Title: Hannah's Law
Character: Stagecoach Mary
Released: June 9, 2012
Type: Movie
Hannah keeps the law in "the wickedest city on earth:" Dodge City, Kansas. with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.
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Ties That Bind
Title: Ties That Bind
Character: Theresa Harper
Released: December 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Adobea, Buki and Theresa are three women from different walks of life bound together by a similar pain; the loss of a child. In a destined meeting in a small village in Kroboland, the women journey together to redemption, love, life and forgiveness as they renovate a dilapidated clinic for the villagers.
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For Colored Girls
Title: For Colored Girls
Character: Crystal / Brown
Released: November 5, 2010
Type: Movie
About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Title: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Character: Sonya Carson
Released: February 7, 2009
Type: Movie
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
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Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
Title: Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of "Set it Off."
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The Great Debaters
Title: The Great Debaters
Character: Pearl Farmer
Released: December 25, 2007
Type: Movie
The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
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Title: Private Practice
Character: Angie Paget
Released: September 26, 2007
Type: TV
Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.
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Title: Masters of Science Fiction
Released: August 4, 2007
Type: TV
Masters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series with each hour long episode taking the form of a separate short film adaptation of a story by a respected member of the science fiction community. The show is hosted by physicist Stephen Hawking.
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Pride
Title: Pride
Character: Sue Davis
Released: March 23, 2007
Type: Movie
In this uplifting film based on a true story, coach Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor (Bernie Mac), he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.
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Title: The Reichen Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: November 11, 2005
Type: TV
A list of celebrity interviews and sensational topics.
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Title: Close to Home
Character: Maureen Scofield
Released: September 20, 2005
Type: TV
Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS.
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Title: Grey's Anatomy
Character: Rebecca Swender
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Title: Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Character: Helen McCarter
Released: February 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seemed to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, her life takes an unexpected twist when she comes home to find her clothes packed up in a U-Haul van parked in the driveway. Charles is divorcing her and kicks her out. Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, an old woman who doesn't take any lip from anyone. Madea helps Helen through these tough times by showing her what is really important in life. Helen is forced to rediscover love, life and religion on her pursuit for happiness.
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Woman Thou Art Loosed
Title: Woman Thou Art Loosed
Character: Michelle Jordan
Released: September 30, 2004
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
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The Manchurian Candidate
Title: The Manchurian Candidate
Character: Rosie
Released: July 30, 2004
Type: Movie
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Jasmine Gardens / Police Detective
Released: September 18, 2002
Type: TV
A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
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John Q
Title: John Q
Character: Denise Archibald
Released: February 15, 2002
Type: Movie
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
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Bojangles
Title: Bojangles
Character: Fannie
Released: February 4, 2001
Type: Movie
The life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African-American tap-dancing star of stage and screen. In 1916, Robinson was a successful vaudeville performer and considered the finest tap dancer of his generation. At the peak of his career, he was the highest paid Black entertainer, but for all the joy he gave others, his life was anything but happy, there was a great deal of tragedy in himself. He died broke and penniless.
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Title: Girlfriends
Released: September 11, 2000
Type: TV
The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of their lives. They explore the many trials and tribulations that most women face today such as relationships, family, friends and other current issues that will interest most women. Whether it’s getting over a divorce, finding a career, or looking for true love, Girlfriends delivers along with comedy and wit.
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Title: Soul Food
Character: Estella
Released: June 28, 2000
Type: TV
Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. Created by filmmaker George Tillman, Jr. and developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, Soul Food is based upon Tillman's childhood experiences growing up in Wisconsin, and is a continuation of his successful 1997 film of the same name. Having aired for 74 episodes, it is the longest running drama with a predominantly black cast in the history of North American prime-time television.
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Bait
Title: Bait
Character: Lisa Hill
Released: March 17, 2000
Type: Movie
Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.
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The Loretta Claiborne Story
Title: The Loretta Claiborne Story
Character: Loretta Claiborne
Released: January 16, 2000
Type: Movie
A disabled young girl from a disadvantaged home setting develops self esteem and success in life through Special Olympics competition. Based on the true story of Loretta Claiborne.
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Beloved
Title: Beloved
Character: Denver
Released: October 16, 1998
Type: Movie
After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Title: The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Character: Jeanette
Released: February 23, 1997
Type: Movie
Based on the memoirs of Yvonne S. Thornton, this heartwarming, inspirational family drama centers on a poor black laborer who wanted his six daughters to grow up to be doctors.
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Set It Off
Title: Set It Off
Character: Tisean
Released: November 6, 1996
Type: Movie
Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.
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Title: The Sentinel
Character: Candace Blake
Released: March 20, 1996
Type: TV
The Sentinel is a Canadian-produced television series. In the jungles of peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses. Now, Detective Jim Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice. Anthropologist Blair Sandburg works side by side with Jim, helping him develop these senses.
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Hellbent
Title: Hellbent
Character: Karina McCallum
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A 16-year-old runaway enlists a fugitive drifter to take her on a cross-country journey to meet the father she's never known.