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 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 17, 1967
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009-02-07
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Overview: Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-02-07
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John Q
2002-02-15
John Q
Overview: John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-15
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Set It Off
1996-11-06
Set It Off
Overview: Four inner-city Black women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-06
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The Great Debaters
2007-12-25
The Great Debaters
Overview: The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-25
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The Manchurian Candidate
2004-07-30
The Manchurian Candidate
Overview: Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-30
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Woman Thou Art Loosed
2004-09-30
Woman Thou Art Loosed
Overview: An adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes' self-help novel, chronciling a woman's struggle to come to terms with her legacy of abuse, addiction and poverty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-30
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For Colored Girls
2010-11-05
For Colored Girls
Overview: About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-05
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Diary of a Mad Black Woman
2005-02-25
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Overview: Charles, an attorney, and Helen, his devoted wife, seem to have everything – money, a beautiful mansion – the American Dream. However, as Helen prepares to celebrate their 18th wedding anniversary, her life takes an unexpected twist when she comes home to find her clothes packed up in a U-Haul van parked in the driveway. Charles is divorcing her and kicks her out. Helen moves in with her grandmother Madea, an old woman who doesn't take any lip from anyone. Madea helps Helen through these tough times by showing her what is really important in life. Helen is forced to rediscover love, life, and religion in her pursuit for happiness.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-25
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Pride
2007-03-23
Pride
Overview: Coach Jim Ellis shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor, he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-23
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Beloved
1998-10-16
Beloved
Overview: After Paul D. finds his old slave friend Sethe in Ohio and moves in with her and her daughter Denver, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-16
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Bojangles
2001-02-04
Bojangles
Overview: The life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, African-American tap-dancing star of stage and screen. In 1916, Robinson was a successful vaudeville performer and considered the finest tap dancer of his generation. At the peak of his career, he was the highest paid Black entertainer, but for all the joy he gave others, his life was anything but happy, there was a great deal of tragedy in himself. He died broke and penniless.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-04
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Hannah's Law
2012-06-09
Hannah's Law
Overview: Hannah keeps the law in "the wickedest city on earth:" Dodge City, Kansas. with the help of young Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Stagecoach Mary.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-09
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Highland Park
2013-06-08
Highland Park
Overview: A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their jobs.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-08
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Event 15
2013-03-05
Event 15
Overview: Three soldiers get trapped in an elevator when terrorists set off a dirty bomb. But when one escapes, her world turns upside down as she realizes nothing is what it seems.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-05
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Dope
2015-06-19
Dope
Overview: Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-19
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Reach For The Stars
2019-12-17
Reach For The Stars
Overview: Multipart Documentaries released with the BluRay of the movie, looking into the creation and production of Ad Astra, with interviews of Cast and Crew. Consists of : To The Stars, A Man Named Roy, The Crew Of The Cepheus, The Art Of 'Ad Astra', Reach For The Stars
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-17
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Back to School Mom
2015-02-14
Back to School Mom
Overview: Mary Thomas, a free-spirited musician, has spent the past two decades traveling the world, but at age 41 she decides to go back to college and finish her degree so that, for once, she can finally finish something she started. Back at her old university, she becomes close friends with her popular and charming "peer tutor" -- only to learn that he is actually the son she gave up 20 years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-14
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A Snowy Day in Oakland
2023-03-17
A Snowy Day in Oakland
Overview: A Snowy Day in Oakland - A magical urban tale about a beautiful psychologist from San Francisco who decides to end a stalled romance with her longtime, high-profile, psychiatrist, boyfriend/business partner. She moves on with her life by opening her own private practice in a vacant, street-front office space in the middle of a small, commercial block located across the bay in Oakland, turning the predominately African-American and psychologically ignored neighborhood on its emotional ear.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-03-17
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Apple Mortgage Cake
2014-05-16
Apple Mortgage Cake
Overview: The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 each in order to save her home – and how this idea completely changes her and her family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-05-16
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Confirmation
2016-04-16
Confirmation
Overview: Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-16
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Almost Christmas
2016-11-11
Almost Christmas
Overview: A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since the death of their matriarch.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-11-11
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Hellbent
Hellbent
Overview: A 16-year-old runaway enlists a fugitive drifter to take her on a cross-country journey to meet the father she's never known.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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Death Wish
2018-03-02
Death Wish
Overview: A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-02
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Bait
2000-09-15
Bait
Overview: Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-09-15
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short
2014-04-19
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Overview: When irascible matriarch Viola Price learns that her next asthma attack will likely kill her, she is determined to fix her fractured family before she leaves this world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-19
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The Loretta Claiborne Story
2000-01-16
The Loretta Claiborne Story
Overview: A disabled young girl from a disadvantaged home setting develops self esteem and success in life through Special Olympics competition. Based on the true story of Loretta Claiborne.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-16
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Carole's Christmas
2019-11-22
Carole's Christmas
Overview: An overworked businesswoman learns the meaning of "be careful what you wish for" after she off-handedly wishes she had taken another path in life.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-22
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Ad Astra
2019-09-17
Ad Astra
Overview: The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-17
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Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
2009-01-01
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
Overview: Documentary about the making of "Set it Off."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Ties That Bind
2011-12-03
Ties That Bind
Overview: Adobea, Buki and Theresa are three women from different walks of life bound together by a similar pain; the loss of a child. In a destined meeting in a small village in Kroboland, the women journey together to redemption, love, life and forgiveness as they renovate a dilapidated clinic for the villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-03
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The Ditchdigger's Daughters
1997-02-23
The Ditchdigger's Daughters
Overview: Based on the memoirs of Yvonne S. Thornton, this heartwarming, inspirational family drama centers on a poor black laborer who wanted his six daughters to grow up to be doctors.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-23
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