Kimberly Elise

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1967-04-17

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1996	Set It Off	Tisean	72
2	1997	The Ditchdigger's Daughters	Jeanette	100
3	1998	Beloved	Denver	57
4	2000	The Loretta Claiborne Story	Loretta Claiborne	50
5	2000	Bait	Lisa Hill	57
6	2001	Bojangles	Fannie	80
7	2002	John Q	Denise Archibald	71
8	2004	The Manchurian Candidate	Rosie	65
9	2004	Woman Thou Art Loosed	Michelle Jordan	55
10	2005	Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Helen McCarter	65
11	2007	Pride	Sue Davis	67
12	2007	The Great Debaters	Pearl Farmer	72
13	2009	Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’		0
14	2009	Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story	Sonya Carson	78
15	2010	For Colored Girls	Crystal / Brown	67
16	2011	Ties That Bind	Theresa Harper	0
17	2012	Hannah's Law	Stagecoach Mary	52
18	2013	Event 15	Blau	49
19	2013	Highland Park	Toni	53
20	2014	A Day Late and a Dollar Short	Djanel	63
21	2014	Apple Mortgage Cake	Angela Logan	58
22	2015	Back to School Mom	Mary Thomas	53
23	2015	Dope	Lisa Hayes	71
24	2016	Confirmation	Sonia Jarvis	69
25	2016	Almost Christmas	Cheryl	59
26	2018	Death Wish	Detective Jackson	62
27	2019	Ad Astra	Lorraine Deavers	61
28	2019	Carole's Christmas	Carole Jordan	40
29	2019	Reach For The Stars	Self	0
30	2023	A Snowy Day in Oakland	Theona	82
31		Hellbent	Karina McCallum	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1996	The Sentinel	Candace Blake	71
2	1997	The View	Self	45
3	2000	Soul Food	Estella	67
4	2000	Girlfriends		74
5	2002	The Twilight Zone	Jasmine Gardens / Police Detective	72
6	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Rebecca Swender	82
7	2005	Close to Home	Maureen Scofield	61
8	2005	The Reichen Show	Self - Guest	48
9	2007	Masters of Science Fiction		62
10	2007	Private Practice	Angie Paget	76
11	2013	Hit the Floor	Sloane Hayes	77
12	2016	Star	Dianne	79
13	2020	Love Life	Suzanné Hayward	69
14	2021	The Mosquito Coast	Special Agent Estelle Jones	68