Early life

Born in 1966 in Chicago, McCoy is the daughter of David Ray McCoy (1935-1988), a Chicago businessman and Katie McCoy, a former professional model. She is the older half-sister of hip hop artist Da Brat. Growing up on the south side of Chicago, McCoy attended Thornridge High School, Kenwood Academy, and Eastern Illinois University before pursuing an acting career.

Career

Acting

She made her acting debut as the lead in Reasons, an independent film directed by Monty Ross. She is perhaps best known for her role as Diamond in The Players Club, directed and written by Ice Cube. She also appeared in The Wood, opposite Omar Epps, Rhapsody, All About You, and Go for Broke. In 2003, McCoy starred as Neesee James in the UPN/ CW sitcom All of Us, where she played Duane Martin's ex-wife. The series ended in 2007.

Modeling

McCoy began her career as a model for fashion, but before that she was married to Archie Amerson. She did shows in churches and high schools in her native Chicago. In addition to acting, McCoy has also appeared in dozens of music videos, including "Know Filter 2" by Shleah, Tugoa, T.Lee, "Download" by Lil' Kim, Changing Faces's "Same Tempo", Ginuwine's "Last Chance", Ludacris' "Number 1 Spot", Calvin Richardson's "True Love," Sisqó's "Incomplete", Lil Jon and Ice Cube's "Roll Call", "I Don't Wanna See" and " I Really Want to Sex Your Body," by Link, Tupac Shakur's "Toss It Up", "Breanda Gots A Baby" "Never Be The Same Again" by Ghostface Killah & Carl Thomas, ""Unpredictable" by Jamie Foxx, Ooohhhwwweee" by Master P, "Slip N' Slide by Danny Boy, and "Are You in the Mood" by Teddy & Dru Down. She also had a cameo in Seven's music video "Girls" & Jaheim's music video "Back Tight Wit You" McCoy also recorded the single "Would You?" with rapper Benzino.

Fashion line

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. In 2011, she launched her jean collection "The LisaRaye Collection" in partnership with PZI Jeans, and a hair line, "LisaRaye Glamour." That same year, she was the Ambassador/Grand Marshal for the 70th Magic City Classic parade and football game in Birmingham, Alabama.

Personal life

McCoy has a daughter named Kai Morae Pace (b. 1989) from a previous relationship with Kenji Pace. In 1992, McCoy married Tony Martin. They divorced in 1994. In April 2006, McCoy married Michael Misick, who had been elected the Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (a position previously known as "Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands") in 2003. They were married in a lavish ceremony before 300 guests, followed by a three-week honeymoon to Jerusalem, Bali and Dubai. During their marriage, McCoy's title was "First Lady of Turks and Caicos." In August 2008, Premier Misick released a statement announcing that he and McCoy were divorcing. Misick resigned from office in March 2009 after an investigation found "clear signs of corruption" involving selling off public land to fund his own investments. He fled Turks and Caicos, and was eventually arrested in Brazil and extradited back to the islands to stand trial.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1995	Martin	Party scene; first girl wearing black dress, later on girl on Tommy's back	TV, 1 episode: Swing Thing
1996	Reasons
	Moesha	Girl in the black cap trying out for cheerleading	TV, 1 episode: Friends
1997	In the House	Delivery Woman	TV, 2 episodes, credited as Lisa Raye
1998	The Parent 'Hood		TV, 1 episode, credited as Lisa Raye
	The Players Club	Diana Armstrong/Diamond	student/night stripper
1999	The Wood	Lisa	Credited as Lisaraye
2000	The Cheapest Movie Ever Made
	Rhapsody	Victoria	Television movie
2001	Date from Hell
	All About You	Lisa
2002	Civil Brand	Frances Shepard
	Go for Broke	Belinda/Star
2003	Love Chronicles	Marie Toursaant
	Gang of Roses	Marie
2003-2007	All of Us	Neesee James	88 episodes
2005	Beauty Shop	Rochelle	Credited as Lisaraye McCoy
	Envy
	The Proud Family Movie	Choreographer (Voice)	Credited as LisaRaye McCoy
2009	Contradictions of the Heart	Kiki
2011	Hawthorne	Chandra	TV, 1 episode: Just Between Friends
2011-2014	Single Ladies	Keisha Greene	41 episodes

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Series
2007	NAACP Image Awards	Nominated	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	All of Us

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