- Raised in Chicago, LisaRaye McCoy grew up with her mother and father in a life of seeming luxury. It wasn't until her father was murdered and she left Chicago that she saw what hardships her mother had to endure. Struggling with depression and his loss after his murder she attempted to take her own life. Knowing that something had to change and not believing that Chicago had anything to offer her anymore, LisaRaye took her newborn daughter to LA to make it as an actress. It wasn't long before she had established herself as one of the top booked music video girls and landed her first movie with Ice Cube making her a household name - Players Club. Today she is focusing on her businesses - following in her fathers footsteps and establishing that we haven't seen the last of LisaRaye McCoy just yet.—Kristen Walter
- Raised in Chicago, LisaRaye McCoy grew up with her mother and father in a life of seeming luxury. It wasn't until her father was murdered and she left Chicago that she saw what hardships her mother had to endure.
As an infant her father was injured during a home invasion, leaving him wheelchair bound - something that took LisaRaye years to realize that she would never be able to teach her father to walk. As a businessman she studied his every move and found herself working with him in her early teens, overlooking the outside women and girlfriends who came in and out of his life. Struggling with depression and his loss after his murder she attempted to take her own life. Knowing that something had to change and not believing that Chicago had anything to offer her anymore, LisaRaye took her newborn daughter to LA to make it as an actress.
It wasn't long before she had established herself as one of the top booked music video girls and landed her first movie with Ice Cube making her a household name - Players Club. Always authentic to who she is - LisaRaye landed All of Us with Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, meeting co-star Duane Martin who would become a close friend and later integral player in the demise and downfall of her marriage to the Chief Minister of Turks and Caicos, Dr. Martin Misick. Misick and LisaRaye met at an award show and had a whirlwind courtship - marrying months later and divorcing two years following a string of infidelities.
After her divorce LisaRaye regrouped and focused on herself, finding religion as a centering source of strength she began acting again. Starring in her own reality show was followed by starring in the VH1 hit Single Ladies she avoided drama with cast mates by taking the higher road. Today she is focusing on her businesses - following in her fathers footsteps and establishing that we haven't seen the last of LisaRaye McCoy just yet.
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