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What Is Kimberly Elise's Net Worth?
Kimberly Elise is an American actress who has a net worth of $2 million. Kimberly Elise played Maureen Scofield on the CBS crime drama "Close to Home" (2005–2007) and Sloane Hayes on the VH1/BET sports drama "Hit the Floor" (2013–2016), and she had recurring roles as Dr. Swender on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" (2009), Dianne Brooks on the Fox musical drama "Star" (2019), and Estelle Jones on the Apple TV+ series "The Mosquito Coast" (2021). Kimberly made her big screen debut in 1996's "Set It Off," and since then she has turned in a steady string of critically-acclaimed performances in films such as "Beloved" (1998), "John Q" (2002), "Woman Thou Art Loosed" (2004), "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004), "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" (2005), "For Colored Girls" (2010), and "Ties That Bind" (2011) as well as the TV movies "The Ditchdigger's Daughters" (1997), "Bojangles" (2001), and "Gifted Hands: TheBen CarsonStory" (2009).
Early Life
Kimberly Elise was born Kimberly Elise Trammel on April 17, 1967, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kimberly has three siblings and is the daughter of Marvin Trammel, the owner of an executive search firm, and elementary school teacher Erma Jean Johnson. Elise earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications from the University of Minnesota, and she was a Directing Fellow at The American Film Institute.
Career
In the mid-1990s, Kimberly guest-starred on "Newton's Apple" (1995), "In the House" (1995), and "The Sentinel" (1996), and her first film was 1996's "Set It Off." She won a CableACE Award for the 1997 TV movie "The Ditchdigger's Daughters," then she co-starred withOprah Winfrey,Danny Glover, and Thandiwe Newton in the 2008Jonathan Demme-directed film "Beloved," which earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination. Elise appeared in the films "Bait" (2000), "Woman Thou Art Loosed" (2004), "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" (2005), and "Pride" (2007) and the TV movies "Bojangles" (2001) and "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story" (2009), and she co-starred withDenzel Washingtonin "John Q" (2002), "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004), and "The Great Debaters" (2007). Kimberly guest-starred on "The Wonderful World of Disney" (2000), "The Twilight Zone" (2002), "Soul Food" (2002–2003), "Girlfriends" (2003), "Private Practice" (2007), and "Masters of Science Fiction" (2007), and from 2005 to 2007, she played Maureen Scofield on the CBS series "Close to Home," which aired 44 episodes over two seasons and earned her an NAACP Image Award. In 2009, she had a recurring role as Dr. Swender on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy."
Elise won several awards for the 2010 drama "For Colored Girls," then she appeared in the films "Ties That Bind" (2011), "Highland Park" (2013), "Event 15" (2013), "Dope" (2015), "Back to School Mom" (2015), and "Almost Christmas" (2016) and the TV movies "A Day Late and a Dollar Short" (2014) and "Confirmation" (2016). From 2013 to 2016, she starred as Sloane Hayes on the VH1/BET series "Hit the Floor," which ran for four seasons, then she had recurring roles as Dianne Brooks on Fox's "Star" (2019) and Estelle Jones on Apple TV+'s "The Mosquito Coast" (2021). In 2018, Kimberly appeared in the remake of the 1974 film "Death Wish," and the following year, she co-starred withBrad PittandTommy Lee Jonesin the science-fiction film "Ad Astra" and played the title role in the TV movie "Carole's Christmas." In 2021, she guest-starred on the HBO Max anthology series "Love Life," and in 2023, she appeared in the comedy "A Snowy Day in Oakland."
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