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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

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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