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    Lisa Nicole Carson

    1969-07-12 (55 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

    Carson was born in Brooklyn, New York; her father is a journalism professor at the University of Florida, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher in New York. She spent her adolescence in Gainesville, Florida and attended F. W. Buchholz High School. Her parents separated when she was 14, and her mother moved back to New York alone. In 1986, she entered the Regional competition sponsored by the "America's Junior Miss" talent show, taking second place for the region held in Gainesville. After graduating in 1987, Carson returned to New York and decided that she wanted to be an actor. She began her career by appearing in a number of After School Specials and HBO short films. Carson appeared in productions at the famed Negro Ensemble Company. Her first notable credit came in 1991, when she appeared in Law & Order and in 1992 she had a non-speaking, minor role in the comedy series, The Cosby Show. She was a regular on The Apollo Comedy Hour before appearing in film in Let's Get Bizzee (1993), Jason's Lyric (1994) and Devil in a Blue Dress (1995). She has appeared in Love Jones. She also performed as an R&B singer in the 1995 television movie Divas. She had a role in the (1997) movie Eve's Bayou, as Mattie Monroe. On television, she played the recurring character Carla Reece, the on/off girlfriend of Eriq La Salle's Dr Peter Benton in NBC's ER between 1996 and 2001. Between 1997 and 2002 she played prosecutor Renee Raddick in Fox's Ally McBeal, a role for which she received multiple award nominations. Carson was fired from both roles, amid reports about her erratic behavior on and off set, alleged drug use, being arrested and admissions to a mental health facility. In 2012, she was featured in a guest appearance in the second-season finale of the canceled NBC series Harry's Law reprising her character Renee Raddick from Ally McBeal. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    Movies

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    Life
    67 %|Apr 16, 1999
    Comedy, Crime
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    Eve's Bayou
    64 %|Nov 7, 1997
    Drama
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    White Lies
    0 %|Apr 1, 1997
    Comedy, Romance
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    Love Jones
    74 %|Mar 14, 1997
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Devil in a Blue Dress
    64 %|Sep 29, 1995
    Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    Divas
    100 %|Sep 19, 1995
    Drama, Music, TV Movie
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    Jason's Lyric
    68 %|Sep 28, 1994
    Crime, Drama, Romance
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    Let's Get Bizzee
    0 %|Feb 26, 1993
    Comedy

    Series

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    Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
    68.5 %|Nov 14, 1999
    Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Damon
    100 %|Mar 22, 1998
    Comedy
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    Ally McBeal
    66 %|Sep 8, 1997
    Drama, Comedy
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    The Chris Rock Show
    44 %|Feb 7, 1997
    Comedy
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    Cosby
    58.48 %|Sep 16, 1996
    Comedy, Family
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    ER
    78.14 %|Sep 19, 1994
    Drama
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    ER
    78.14 %|Sep 19, 1994
    Drama
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    Law & Order
    74 %|Sep 13, 1990
    Crime, Drama