Lisa Nicole Carson
Actor · Born July 12, 1969 (57) · 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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 12, 1969 (57)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Actor
- 10 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Lisa Nicole Carson's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 3
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Coretta James in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
- Allyas Renee Raddick in Ally McBeal (1997)
- Threshold guardianas Evie Lincoln in Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Lisa Nicole Carson's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Lisa Nicole Carson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Harry's Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all shows
Life(1999)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Damon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Eve's Bayou(1997)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Ally McBeal(1997)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
White Lies(1997)
Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films
Love Jones(1997)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
The Chris Rock Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Cosby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Devil in a Blue Dress(1995)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Divas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
ER(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Jason's Lyric(1994)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all filmsGirlfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Let's Get Bizzee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Law & Order(1990)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 87th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 17 titles from 1990 to 2011; peak year 1996.
Biggest box office
Jason's Lyric (1994)
Highest rated
Love Jones (1997)
Most popular right now
Ally McBeal (1997)
Film career
Peak 1996 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1994Screen debut· Jason's Lyric
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Lisa Nicole Carson's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 76th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 80/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 87, detractors 64. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Lisa Nicole Carson's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Lisa Nicole Carson work with?
People who share at least 2 of Lisa Nicole Carson's MovieCove titles; Terry Kinney shares the most, 2.
- Terry KinneyShared titles: White Lies (1997), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Terry Kinney
