Lisa Raye
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Breakthrough Role and Television Success
LisaRaye McCoy-Misick is best known for her breakout role as Diana "Diamond" Armstrong in the 1998 American comedy-drama film The Players Club. In the film, she plays a college student striving for a better life while working at a strip club, attempting to balance her ambitions with the challenges brought on by her cousin's arrival.
Quick Facts
- Birth Date
- 23 Sep, 1967
- Age
- 52 yrs
- Occupations
- Television actor
Model
Film actor
Fashion designer
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- Citizenship
- United States of America
- Birth Place
- Chicago
- Education
- Thornridge High School
Eastern Illinois University - Gender
- Female
- Description
- American actress and designer
- Spouse
- Michael Misick[2006-2008]
Tony Martin[1992-1994] - Net Worth 2021
- 10 million
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She also gained widespread recognition for her performances in popular television sitcoms. From 2011 to 2015, McCoy starred in Single Ladies as Keisha Green, a video model turned semi-professional poker player who approaches relationships through intellect and strategy. Earlier, she was cast as Neesee James in All of Us, where she portrayed the ex-wife of a television entertainment reporter navigating co-parenting. The show was loosely inspired by the blended family experiences of creators Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
In addition to these roles, McCoy starred in her own reality television show, LisaRaye: The Real McCoy, which explored her life behind the cameras.
First Lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands
In 2006, LisaRaye married Michael Misick, then Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Upon their marriage, she paused her acting engagements and moved to the islands to fulfill her duties as First Lady. However, the marriage ended in divorce by 2008.
In a widely viewed interview with Oprah Winfrey, McCoy revealed that the marriage deteriorated due to infidelity and allegations of corruption involving her husband. She emphasized that her values, shaped by her own success and upbringing, conflicted with Michael's alleged misconduct. When she was expected to testify in the corruption investigations, the already-strained relationship ended conclusively.
Michael Misick later faced legal consequences in connection with corruption charges during his tenure as Premier.
