ELISE, Kimberly 1971–

(Kimberly Elise Oldham)

PERSONAL

Original name, Kimberly Elise Trammel; born 1971, in Minneapolis, MN; daughter of Marvin (an owner of an executive search firm) and Erma (an elementary schoolteacher) Trammel; married Maurice Oldham (a photographer), c. 1991; children: AjaBleu, JaelaRose. Education: Attended Minneapolis Community College; University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, B.A.; studied directing at American Film Institute, 1995.

Addresses: Agent— Writers and Artists Group International, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager— Evan Hainey, Untitled Entertainment, 8436 West Third St., Suite 650, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Actress. Appeared on stage with an African American theatre company; worked as associate producer for a public television station in Minneapolis, MN; former member of Northern Warehouse Artist Cooperative. Appeared in television commercials.

Awards, Honors: Annual CableACE Award, National Cable Television Association, best supporting actress in a movie or miniseries, 1997, for The Ditchdigger's Daughter; Fennecus Award nomination, best supporting actress, and Apex Award nomination, best supporting actress in a drama, both 1998, Golden Satellite Award, International Press Academy, best supporting actress in a motion picture drama, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, most promising actress, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, best supporting actress, Image Award nomination, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture, and Black Film Award nomination, Acapulco Black Film Festival, best actress, all 1999, all for Beloved; retrospective of films shown at "A Ritual of Healing," 1999 Juneteenth Film Festival; Black Reel Award, best network or cable supporting actress, and Image Award nomination, outstanding actress in a television movie, miniseries, or dramatic special, both 2002, for Bojangles; Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a motion picture, and Black Reel Award nomination, best theatrical actress, both 2003, for John Q; Image Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, 2003, for Soul Food.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Tisean "T. T." Williams, Set It Off, New Line Cinema, 1996.

Denver, Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998.

Lisa Hill, Bait (also known as Piege), Warner Bros., 2000.

Denise Archibald, John Q, New Line Cinema, 2002.

Michelle Jordan, Woman Thou Art Loosed, T. D. Jakes Ministries/Woman Thou Art Loosed, 2004.

Rosie, The Manchurian Candidate, Paramount, 2004.

Helen McCarter, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Lions Gate Films, 2005.

Film Director:

The Joy of Mama's Recall (short film), c. 1993.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jeanette, The Ditchdigger's Daughters, The Family Channel, 1997.

Loretta Claiborne, The Loretta Claiborne Story, ABC, 2000.

Fanny May, Bojangles, Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, 30th NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 1999.

Herself, Essence Awards (also known as The 2003 Essence Awards), Fox, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Kimberly Elise Oldham) Roulette, "Nanna Don't Play," In the House, UPN, 1995.

Candace Blake, "Black or White," The Sentinel, UPN, 1996.

Estella McKenzie, "Emotional Collateral," Soul Food, Showtime, 2002.

Estella McKenzie, "Falling from Grace," Soul Food, Showtime, 2003.

Jasmine/police detective, "Another Life," The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2003.

Reesie Jackson, "The Fast Track and the Furious," Girlfriends, UPN, 2003.

Reesie Jackson, "The Pact," Girlfriends, UPN, 2003.

Herself, Tavis Smiley, PBS, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Free to Be You and Me, c. 1981.

Appeared in Enlightenments, Illusion Theatre, Minneapolis, MN; A Raisin in the Sun, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA.

Stage Director:

Free to Be You and Me, c. 1981.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Herself, Behind the Scenes of "John Q," New Line Home Video, 2002.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Joy of Mama's Recall (short film), c. 1993.

Stage Plays:

Adaptor, Free to Be You and Me, c. 1981.

Author of stage plays and stories.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Brentwood, January/February, 2002.

Essence, January, 2001, p. 94; January, 2002, p. 40.

Honey, August, 2000, pp. 70–71.

Movieline, November, 1998, p. 18.

People Weekly, October 26, 1998, p. 127; December 28, 1998, p. 114.

USA Today, October, 1998.

USA Weekend, February 17, 2001.