LisaRaye McCoy
출생 : 1966-09-23, Chicago, Illinois, USA
약력
LisaRaye McCoy (born September 23, 1967), known as LisaRaye, is an American actress, fashion designer, model, businesswoman, and former first lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands. She was married to Michael Misick, the first Premier of Turks and Caicos, from 2006 until 2008; during which time she served as First Lady of Turks and Caicos.
She is best known for portraying Diana 'Diamond' Armstrong in the film The Players Club (directed and written by Ice Cube), Neesee James on the CW sitcom All of Us (2003-2007), and Keisha Greene in the VH1 romantic comedy series Single Ladies (2011-2015).
She made her acting debut as the lead in Reasons, an independent film directed by Monty Ross. She also was a backup dancer in Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" video. Her film credits include: The Wood opposite Omar Epps, Rhapsody, All About You, and Go for Broke.
In 2005, she launched two fashion lines: Luxe & Romance, a lingerie line that was introduced during New York's Fashion Week, and Xraye, a jeans line for women.
Elsie
The promising career of former Kansas City Royal slugger Willie Mays Aikens quickly turned disastrous because of drug addiction.
After their unprecedented win at the National Stripper Competition in Las Vegas the year before, the Chocolate City team of strippers have had some ups and downs. Michael, their lead dancer suffered a tragic loss when his mother unexpectedly passes. Their Reality show, after their Vegas win, experienced low viewership and was not what they had expected, forcing them to withdraw from the Network production altogether. Now its time to get back to what they do best - dance. With the help and support of Mr. Williams, the Chocolate City Dancers will now prepare for a multi-city tour to regain their mojo, but once again personal challenges and internal beefs threaten to derail their new plan.
Miss Viv
Interior decorator Zuri Maxwell had it all – a career she adored, loving family and friends, and a good man in her life, artist Stephon Gardner. But greed threatens to destroy everything, when Zuri meets handsome benefactor and entrepreneur Godfrey Anderson and his fabulously wealthy aunt Miss Viv. They have everything Zuri thinks she wants. As Godfrey romances her, she compromises the values and morals that should guide her in an effort to be part of the moneyed world she so desperately wants to be part of.
Dalia
When a single mother is pushed to her limit, she turns to the only world she knows, a world she's spent a lifetime running from, to protect her daughter. Gigi Davis is a strong, determined woman who insists on living her life on her terms. So when she got pregnant and walked away from a billion dollar family business to chart her own path, it surprised no one. She went on to build a shockingly unremarkable life for herself and her daughter Ashely. Her days were filled with piano recitals, basketball games and everything else you would expect of a single mom living in the city. Gigi was broke, but happy. Her little girl was healthy. Nothing else mattered. Until shadowy figures make the mistake of threatening her daughter's life and she shows them that gangsters come in all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately for Gigi, it doesn't end there and she finds herself being pulled back into a life she never wanted.
Monique
An unmitigated and sexy conman targets his next mark, the widowed Monique, for his latest swindle. But his routine scam hits a snag when suspicion mounts and his scheme quickly escalate into desperation, betrayal and murder.
Summer St. John
A hopeless romantic is cursed with relationship problems after her chauvinistic father mistreats the wrong woman.
Deloris Quinn
A brokenhearted chef receives hilariously terrible advice from friends.
Sylvia
Story of Miki Howard, an American R&B and Jazz singer, whose hits include "Ain't Nobody Like You" and "Ain't Nuthin' in the World."
Herself
From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences of lighter-skinned women, Light Girls dives deep into the discussion of skin color, preference, privilege, pain and prejudice. The documentary features interviews with Russell Simmons, Soledad O'Brien, Diahann Carroll, India Arie, Iyanla Vanzant, Michaela Angela Davis, Kym Whitley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and more.
Mother
A dark-skinned young woman's insecurity leads her to bleach her skin beyond recognition.
Director
A dark-skinned young woman's insecurity leads her to bleach her skin beyond recognition.
Sugar
An aspiring actress makes a pact with her fiancé to take a job as an exotic dancer to care for her cancer stricken father. Once the pact the couple made is broken, their lives are changed forever.
Patricia
Lorie Walker is a small town girl whose big dreams of becoming a dancer come true when she becomes a star in the Hip-Hop video world. But she soon learns the hard way that life in front of the camera is not as glamorous as it seems.
Rochelle
Far from Chicago, hairdresser Gina Norris has relocated to Atlanta with her daughter and has quickly established herself as a rare talent in her profession. But after repeatedly butting heads with her shady, over-the-top boss, Jorge, Norris sets out to create her own salon -- even snagging a few of Jorge's employees and clients. Now, Jorge will do anything to shut her down.
Maria
Set in the 1800's, the town of Flat ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for dominance, the outlaws kill Sally, a whore who happens to be the sister of Rachel and a 1/5 member of the Roses Gang. With the weight of grief on her heart, Rachel decides to shed her new found religious faith to bring vengeance upon her sister's killers. After placing Sally to rest, she goes in search of her former posse to assist her in the reckoning of the outlaws wrong doing.
Francis Shepard
Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead Correctional, try to take over the institution. At the core of the story is Frances, who finds herself in prison after being falsely convicted of murder, and who is told that her baby has been murdered, sparking her to lead her fellow inmates in the protest
Marie Toursaant
A disc jockey invites a relationship therapist as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles through three different callers' unbelievable stories, and in the process the DJ discovers his own love issues.
CIA Lady
In this urban comedy, an aspiring young filmmaker named Sherlock heads off to Hollywood in hopes of making a blockbuster action movie and becoming famous. Everything seems to be going as planned, with filming underway, until the cameras record something accidentally. What ends up on film will be something that all involved wish they'd never been associated with. Stars A.J. Jamal.
Belinda / Star
Two men (Pras, Michael Goorjian) in drag purposely get arrested in order to recover their winning lottery-ticket from an inmate at a women's prison.
Diane Armstrong / Diamond (The Players Club) (archive footage)
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix takes you into the history of action movies from Hollywood to Hong Kong cinema that spans a 20-year period. This one features action scenes from 16 action-packed movies featuring action gurus, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme and many more.
Two people run from the pain of their broken past. When they discover each other, they find themselves at a crossroad where the only thing that stands between them and a second chance is each other.
Victoria
When an old flame turns up again, a succesful singer is determined to rekindle their relationship.
(as LisaRaye)
2000 action comedy
Lisa
흑인 중산층 밀접지역인 LA외곽 잉글우드에서 어린 시절을 보낸 마이크(오마 엡스 분), 슬림(테이 딕스 분), 로랜드(리처드 T.존스 분)는 고등학교시절 단짝친구였다. 시간이 흘러 세 친구는 모두 성인이 되고 마침내 로랜드는 결혼을 하게 된다. 로랜드의 결혼식 날. 그러나 예식이 시작되기 3시간 전에 갑자기 로랜드가 사라진다. 이때 절친한 친구인 마이크와 슬림이 로랜드를 찾아 나서고 결국 로랜드가 있는 곳을 알게된다. 그러나 그는 이미 술에 취해있는 상태. 이에 마이크와 슬림은 로랜드를 찾아 결혼식장으로 가는 도중 그들의 아름다운 추억이 담긴 곳에 들러 그 동안 잊고 지냈던 유년시절의 기억과 첫사랑을 다시 떠올리게 되는데... 어느 날 마이크는 새로운 학교로 전학을 오게되어 세 사람은 우연히 같은 반 친구가 되고 이때 마이크는 그 반에서 가장 아름다운 리사의 외모에 홀딱 반해버린다. 마이크는 원래부터 수줍음 많고 어리숙한 성격 아이로 장난스러운 두 사람은 이런 마이크에게 다가온다. 세 사람은 어느새 단짝이 되어 즐거운 학창시절을 보내게 된다. 교내 댄스파티 날, 이성에 대한 호기심과 댄스파티에 대한 환상에 젖어있는 세 사람은 신나게 춤을 추기 시작한다. 파티의 열기는 점점 뜨거워지고 슬림과 로랜드는 각자의 파트너와 춤을 추지만 마이크는 자리에서 리사만을 바라보는데, 이때 마이크는 용기를 내어 리사에게 다가가고 사랑하는 리사와 꿈같은 춤을 추게 된다. 그리고 뜻밖에 리사의 전화번호까지 받게 되어 두 사람은 점점 가까워지는데...
Diana "Diamond" Armstrong
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, Diana's convinced there's fast money to be made stripping.
Bridget St. John
No More Mr Nice Guy
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