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Kimberly Elise (born Kimberly Elise Trammel on April 17, 1967) is an African-American actress.

Elise was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Marvin Trammel, who owned an executive search firm, and Erma; she has three siblings.

Elise's first movie was Set It Off
(1996), in which she played one of four women who resort to robbing a bank for money. Following that she played a role in Beloved
, alongside Oprah Winfrey and Danny Glover. In 2004, she appeared in Woman Thou Art Loosed
portraying Michelle, an abused young woman who finally got the help she needed behind bars. This role won her a Black Reel award for best actress. She has since appeared in The Manchurian Candidate and Diary of a Mad Black Woman
(for which she has won a NAACP Image Award)

As of fall 2005, she is costarring in the CBS television series Close to Home. She made a guest appearance on the sitcom Girlfriends in which she played an HIV-positive woman.

Partial filmography

Close to Home (2005)
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
(2005)
The Manchurian Candidate
(2004)
Woman Thou Art Loosed
(2004)
John Q
(2002)
Bojangles (2001)
Bait (2000)
The Loretta Claiborne Story (2000)
Beloved
(1998)
The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997)
Set It Off
(1996)

Awards

Acapulco Black Film Festival

1999: Nominated - Best Actress for Beloved (1998)

Black Reel Awards

2005: Won - Best Actress, Independent Film for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
2005: Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
2003: Nominated - Best Actress for John Q (2002)
2002: Won - Best Supporting Actress for Bojangles (2001)

CableACE Award

1997: Won - Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries for The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997)

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

1999: Won - Most Promising Actress for Beloved (1998)
1999: Nominated - Best Supporting Actress for Beloved (1998)

Golden Satellite Awards

1999: Won - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Drama for Beloved (1998)

NAACP Image Awards

2005: Nominated - Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
2003: Nominated - Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for "Soul Food" (2000)
2003: Nominated - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for John Q (2002)
2002: Nominated - Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special for Bojangles (2001)
1999: Nominated - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Beloved (1998)

Independent Spirit Awards

2005: Nominated - Best Female Lead for Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)

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