Kimberly Elise

Actress

Female

Born Apr 17, 1967

Age 46

Hometown Minneapolis, Minn...

Other Names Kimberly Elise Tr...

Kimberly Elise is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role in the films Set It Off, Beloved, John Q, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, and For Colored Girls. Elise is a four-time NAACP Image Award winner.

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The Humane Society's 2013 Genesis Awards Benefit Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel - Arrivals

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Mar 23, 2013

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AARP Magazine presents the 2013 Movies for Grownups Awards held at the Peninsula Hotel

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Feb 12, 2013

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Charlotte Ross hosts a holiday party

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Dec 15, 2012

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Hill Harper & Nate Parker "the Manifest Your Destiny Toy Drive"

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Dec 12, 2012

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Shemar Moore
Dated 2004 - 2005
Maurice Oldham

Married 1989 - 2005

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Ernest Owens: Tyler Perry, Stop Vilifying Black Success
Huffington Post - Apr 07, 2013

Dear Tyler Perry, It has been 13 films and eight years of perpetual stereotype. Through the years, I have found myself supporting your movies because you are one of the few consistent black filmmakers in Hollywood. Your films have grossed over $500 million in the box office worldwide and continue to launch television spin-offs and other media based endeavors. Even though Spike Lee, an even better director in my opinion, has critiqued you with good reason, I still had faith that ...
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Erikka Yancy: Black Barbies: Love Me Or Leave Me
Huffington Post - Nov 15, 2012

I have really terrible taste in music. Ask any of my friends and they will tell you my taste in music stalled somewhere in 1997 when Sarah McLachlan's Surfacing came out. If I can't sing along to it, I can't listen to it -- sorry Radiohead. As a result I have incredible taste in one very specific area of music: female vocalists. When I have insomnia I turn on Billie Holiday and clean my house until her depression exhausts me; "Love is a Battlefield" must be sung at the top of your l...
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Vogue Gap 1969 Event Handbago (Blog)
Google News - Aug 31, 2011

Soon after the event had started celebs such as Regina King, Garcelle Beauvais, Kimberly Elise, Designers Tarina Tarantino, David Meister, Kevan Hall, Vogues Ann Vincent and 1969's men's design director Jason Ferro! I got to speak with Garcelle
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More Great Jobs At Worcester Telegram
Google News - Aug 16, 2011

... to the hospital and Tom must perform surgery on a friend. Elsewhere, Kelly experiences a game-changing moment; Bobbie and Steve contemplate an all-important change; Camille mulls over leaving for college. Chi McBride and Kimberly Elise guest star
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1967 Birth Born on April 17, 1967.

TWENTIES

1989 22 Years Old She was married to Maurice Oldham (1958–2007) from 1989 until 2005; they have two children, Ajableu Oldham and Butterfly Oldham. … Read More

THIRTIES

1997 30 Years Old 1 More Event

Her big break came in 1997 when she was cast in the Family Channel original television movie The Ditchdigger's Daughters, based on the Pulitzer-prize nominated and critically acclaimed 1995 memoir The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story, written by Yvonne S. Thornton and Jo Coudert.

2004 37 Years Old In 2004, she appeared in Woman Thou Art Loosed portraying Michelle, an abused young woman who finally got the help she needed behind bars. … Read More

2005 38 Years Old From 2005 to 2007, she was part of the main cast of the CBS crime drama Close to Home, playing the Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis) prosecutor Maureen Scofield. … Read More

FORTIES

2010 43 Years Old One journalist described her as, " the great lost Best Supporting Actress contender of the 2010 season." … Read More

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