Kimberly Elise

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1967-04-17 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Kimberly Elise

Biography

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 performanc...

Acting

2002

John Q

as Denise Archibald

1996

Set It Off

as Tisean

2007

The Great Debaters

as Pearl Farmer

2004

Woman Thou Art Loosed

as Michelle Jordan

2010

For Colored Girls

as Crystal / Brown

2005

2007

Pride

as Sue Davis

1998

Beloved

as Denver

2001

Bojangles

as Fannie

2012

Hannah's Law

as Stagecoach Mary

2013

2013

Event 15

as Blau

2015

Dope

as Lisa Hayes

2015

Back to School Mom

as Mary Thomas

2014

Apple Mortgage Cake

as Angela Logan

2016

Confirmation

as Sonia Jarvis

2016

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Hellbent

as Karina McCallum

2018

Death Wish

as Detective Jackson

2000

Bait

as Lisa Hill

2000

The Loretta Claiborne Story

as Loretta Claiborne

2019

Carole's Christmas

as Carole Jordan

2019

Ad Astra

as Lorraine Deavers

2011

Ties That Bind

as Theresa Harper

Production

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