Kimberly Elise

Biography: Kimberly may be best known for her role as Denzel Washington's wife in the drama John Q, in which she was nominated for a NAACP Image Award. Her next film project is Manchurian Candidate, starring Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep. Elise's other film credits include Bait, Beloved where she won a Golden Satellite Award and CFCA Award and was nominated for a Cable Ace Award and NAACP Image Award, and Set It Off in which she made her feature film debut opposite Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Vivica A. Fox. In television, Elise has had recurring roles on the UPN-TV sitcom Girlfriends and Showtime Network drama Soul Food. Her other television credits include the Showtime Special Bojangles where she starred opposite the late Gregory Hines and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, the ABC-TV movie of the week The Loretta Claiborne Story, and The Ditchdigger's Daughter, for which she won a Cable Ace Award. Filmography: Set it Off (1996) Beloved (1998) Bait (2000) John Q (2002) The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) … Expand