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Lisa Nicole Carson
American actress
American actress
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lisa Nicole Carson |
| birth_date | |
| occupation | Actress |
| years_active | 1991–2002 |
| 2012 | |
| 2017 |
2012 2017 Lisa Nicole Carson is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Carla in ER (1996–2001), and Renee Raddick in Ally McBeal (1997–2002). Carson has also starred in films, most notably as Marti in Jason's Lyric (1994), Coretta in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Josie in Love Jones (1997), and Sylvia in Life (1999).
Following her struggles with bipolar disorder, for which she was hospitalized while starring in Ally McBeal, Carson went on hiatus until 2012, when she reprised her role as Renee Raddick in the final episode of Harry's Law. Most recently, Carson starred as Mae Bell in the miniseries The New Edition Story (2017).
Career
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 and Life. 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 Mereaux.
On television, she played the recurring character Carla Reese, 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. She did return to Ally McBeal to reprise her role for the final episode.
After a ten-year hiatus, she returned to acting in 2012, featuring in a guest appearance in the second-season finale of the NBC series Harry's Law reprising her character Renee Raddick from Ally McBeal. In 2017, she starred in the BET miniseries The New Edition Story.
Personal life
In 2000, she was arrested and then committed to a psychiatric hospital after having a mental breakdown at a hotel in Manhattan.
In the July 2015 issue of Essence, Carson gave an interview in which she openly described her struggles with bipolar disorder and how the illness has affected her life and career. After having taken a 10-year hiatus from show business to live and receive treatment in New York, she reported having moved back to Los Angeles with plans to revitalize her acting career.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1995 | 1997 | 1997 | 1997 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let's Get Bizzee | Keisha Carson | film debut | |||||||||
| Jason's Lyric | Marti | ||||||||||
| Devil in a Blue Dress | Coretta James | ||||||||||
| Divas | Jewel | Television film | |||||||||
| Love Jones | Josie Nichols | ||||||||||
| White Lies | Glinda | ||||||||||
| Eve's Bayou | Matty Mereaux | ||||||||||
| Life | Sylvia |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1991 | 1992 | 1992–1993 | 1993 | 1993 | 1995 | 1996–2001 | 1997–2002 | 1998 | 1998 | 1999 | 1999 | 2012 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law & Order | Jasmine | Episode: "Aria" | |||||||||||||||
| The Cosby Show | Lisa (uncredited) | Episode: "And So, We Commence" | |||||||||||||||
| The Apollo Comedy Hour | Herself | Main role | |||||||||||||||
| Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Jenny | Episode: "No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story" | |||||||||||||||
| ABC Afterschool Special | Desiree | Episode: "Girlfriend" | |||||||||||||||
| Divas | Jewel | Television film | |||||||||||||||
| ER | Carla Reese / Carla Simmons | Main role | |||||||||||||||
| Ally McBeal | Renee Raddick | Main role | |||||||||||||||
| Getting Personal | Cleo Coles | Episode: "Sam I Am" | |||||||||||||||
| Damon | Lt. Dana Byrne (uncredited) | Episode: "The Test" | |||||||||||||||
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | Evie Lincoln | Main role | |||||||||||||||
| Ally | Renee Raddick | Main role | |||||||||||||||
| Harry's Law | Renee Raddick | Episode: "Onward and Upward" | |||||||||||||||
| The New Edition Story | Mae Bell | 2 episodes |
References
References
- Vivan, Rhiannon. (2008-02-24). "Calista Flockhart: I have zero ambition". [[Daily Mirror.
- [https://archive.today/20120919084933/http://www.usaweekend.com/98_issues/980517/980517straight_talk_carson.html Lisa Nicole Carson]
- "What Happened to Lisa Nicole Carson?". Clutch Magazine.
- Calvario, Liz. (2016-06-28). "'The New Edition Story' Trailer: 'Empire' Star Bryshere Gray Toplines BET's Dramatic R&B Biopic".
- "Ally McBeal's Lisa Nicole Carson on Her Battle with Bipolar Disorder".
- "THE CURSE OF TV SUCCESS". The Birmingham Post.
- Shangweni, Yolanda. (Jun 8, 2015). "Woman, Interrupted: Lisa Nicole Carson Opens Up About her Struggle With Bipolar Disorder". [[Essence (magazine).
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