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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 9, 2008 -- Kimberly Elise is an American film and television actress who has appeared in the films The Manchurian Candidate, John Q. and Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Elise was born as Kimberly Elise Trammel in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Erna Jean (née Johnson), an elementary school teacher, and Marvin Trammel, who owns an executive search firm. She has three siblings. Elise studied film and acting at the University of Minnesota and earned a BA in Mass Communications. She was married to Maurice Oldham from 1989 until 2005; they have two children, Ajableu Oldham and Butterfly Oldham.

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 also appeared in The Manchurian Candidate and Diary of a Mad Black Woman (she won a NAACP Image Award for the latter). From 2005 to 2007 she starred on the CBS crime drama Close to Home, playing Marion County, Indiana (Indianapolis) prosecutor Maureen Scofield. Her character was killed off in the last episode of the 2006-2007 season. The series was cancelled in May 2007.

She has since made a guest appearance on the sitcom Girlfriends in which she played an HIV-positive woman.

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