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Hello! I’m Gail Nobles & you’re listening to Ebonliner. Today’s topic is Kimberly Elise. Kimberly Elise is a film and television actress. She made her feature film debut in Set It Off (1986) starring Jada Pickett, Vivica Fox, & Queen Latifah. She appeared in John Q, The Great Debaters & Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Now, Cicely Tyson was my favorite actress. I enjoyed watching her in strong black history movies like “A Woman Called Moses” and the “Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman”. No one is quite like Cicely. She portrayed Sojourner truth reading “Ain’t I a Woman”. In the US Capital Visitor Center Emancipation Hall. Cicely Tyson is no longer with us, and I would love to see Kimberly Elise portray Sojourner truth in a biopic.

Kimberly is a strong actress, and she reminds me of Cicely Tyson. I would like to see more of her in at least one Black History film. I think Kimberly has strength in acting like Cicely portraying strong African American Women.

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. She is a four-time NAACP Image Awards winner.

I’m Gail Nobles, and you’re listening to Ebonliner. Today’s topic: Kimberly Elise. Thank you for listening.