LisaRaye McCoy

LisaRaye McCoy: Biography in Details

Who is LisaRaye McCoy?

LisaRaye McCoy is an actress, model, and entrepreneur. LisaRaye McCoy is also the former first lady of Turks and Caicos. McCoy is renowned Diamond of The Players Club and Neesee James of All of Us.

Last, in 2020, she appeared in the TV series, A House Divided as Alexis. Currently, she is the global ambassador of The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. 

Upcoming Projects

Next, in 2021, she will be appearing in The Royal as Elsie. Currently, the movie is in the stage of being post-produced. Whereas her upcoming movie, Holiday Heartbreak is in the stage of pre-production.

LisaRaye McCoy- Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings, Education

LisaRaye McCoy was born on the 23rd of September 1967 in Chicago, Illinois to a business class family. She is of Irish ethnicity.

Her father, Lt. David Ray McCoy was a multi-millionaire businessman. He used to own several hotels and nightclubs. In 1988, David was brutally killed in his car South Side Alley. Still, the murder mystery has not been solved against his so-called girlfriend, Sheila Daniels.

LisaRaye’s mother, Katie McCoy used to be a professional model. She has an elder step-sister, Shawntae Harris (aka. Da Brat) from his father’s side. Shawntae is a rapper and actress by profession.

Talking about her educational background, LisaRaye McCoy is an alumna of Eastern Illinois University. Before that, in 1986, she graduated from Thornrigde High School.

Prior to that, she was enrolled in St. James College Prep and Kenwood Academy in the Southern part of Chicago.

LisaRaye McCoy- Professional Career

Acting Career

After university, LisaRaye McCoy started her career as an actress. In 1996, she made her debut with the movie, Reasons. In the movie, she appeared in a lead character as Lisa Ray McCoy. Later, in 1998, she appeared in the comedy-drama, The Players Club as Diamond. The character, Diamond became her starting milestone in her career.

Following the success of the movie, she featured the movies like Civil Brand, Ganges of Roses, and Beauty Shop. Also, she is popular in her TV series, All of Us.

LisaRaye McCoy was cast in the series in 2003 and appeared till 2007 as Neesee James. Some of her other TV series include Single Ladies, Face Value, and Truth to Power.

Modeling & Business Career

In 2007, she expanded her career as a model. As a model, she appeared in numerous high schools and churches show. Also, she featured the various music videos; Same Tempo, Last Chance, Truc Love, Roll Call, and many more.

Besides that, she is faced with various ad campaigns of the TCI Board of Tourism.

Apart from being a model and actress, she is also a businesswoman too. In 2005, she launched her two fashion lines; Luxe & Romance and Xraye. Luxe & Romance is a lingerie brand whereas Xraye is a jeans line, especially for women.

In the summer of 2011, she launched her jean collection with the name The LisaRaye Collection. Also, she has her own hairline with the name, LisaRaye Glamour.

What is LisaRaye McCoy’s net worth?

As of 2022, LisaRaye McCoy has an estimated net worth of $10 million. As an actress, her earnings are in the range of $21k to $215k. Besides that, her earnings as a model range from $21k to $204k.

Apart from that, her business ventures are also a primary source of her income too.

Body Measurements- Height & Weight

LisaRaye McCoy has brown eyes with black hair. Her height is 5 feet 6 inches and weighs around 54 kg. Also, her body stats are 34-24-36 inches.

Is LisaRaye McCoy involved in any rumors and controversies?

On multiple occasions, LisaRaye McCoy claimed herself as the Queen’s mother of Ghana. However, the citizen of Ghana has always denied her claims. Also, the nation doesn’t have any monarchy.

However, the national has multiple ethnic groups with having their own chieftaincy systems. From one of the small villages, Agona Kwanyako, McCoy was given an honorary and ceremonial title as development chief.

Social Media

LisaRaye McCoy has over 687.4k followers on Twitter, over 2.2m followers on Instagram, and over 4.5m followers on Facebook.

On Instagram, she is following the personalities like Adrian Rae, Tabitha Brown, and Jessica Fyre.

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