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      Cassi Davis

      Cassi Davis

      Highest Rated: 38% Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)

      Lowest Rated: 4% Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)

      Birthday: Jul 31, 1964

      Birthplace: Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA

      An integral member of Tyler Perry's regular ensemble, actress Cassi Davis was best known for playing Aunt Bam in the hugely popular Madea franchise and matriarch Ella on family sitcom "House of Payne" (TBS, 2006-2012). Born in Holly Springs, MS in 1964, Davis studied Music at Atlanta's Spelman College and first began performing in church and her local theatre scene before making her screen debut as Paula in Spike Lee's seminal "School Daze" (1988). Following one-off appearances on "Living Single" (Fox, 1993-98), "Married with Children" (Fox, 1987-1997) and "Kenan & Kel" (Nickelodeon, 1996-2000), Davis landed the voice role of the bureaucratic receptionist known as HUD woman in claymation "The PJs" (Fox, 1999-2002) and enjoyed supporting parts in Christian drama "He Say She Say But What Does GOD Say?" (2004) and romantic comedy "Love on Layaway" (2005). Her enduring and prolific working relationship with Tyler Perry began in 2005 when she was cast in the stage production of "Madea Goes to Jail." A year later she joined him on screen as Aunt Sarah in "Madea's Family Reunion" (2006) and was given the role of voice-of-reason matriarch Ella Payne in his inter-generational sitcom, "Tyler Perry's House of Payne" (TBS, 2006-2012). During her six-year stint on the show, Davis also played the same character on "Meet the Browns" (TBS, 2009-2011) and appeared as Rita in Perry's romantic comedy "Daddy's Little Girls" (2007). But it was as Madea's sidekick Aunt Bam that Davis truly became a star player in the Tyler Perry team. She first played the no-nonsense know-it-all on the big screen in "Madea's Big Happy Family" (2011) and went on to reprise the role in "Boo! A Madea Halloween" (2016) and its 2017 sequel, the animated movie "Madea's Tough Love" and the filmed plays "A Madea Christmas" (2011), "Madea's Neighbors from Hell" (2014) and "Madea on the Run" (2017), as well as her very own star vehicle, "Aunt Bam's Place" (2012). After appearing in diner comedy "Act of Faith" (2014) and Burt Reynolds-starring family film "Hamlet & Hutch" (2017), Davis reprised the role of Ella Payne for sitcom spin-off "The Paynes" (OWN, 2018-).

      Highest rated movies

      Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
      Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming
      Daddy's Little Girls
      Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween

      Photos

      Cassi Davis BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, from left, Cassi Davis, Tyler Perry, Patrice Lovely, 2016. © Lionsgate BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, from left: Cassi Davis, Tyler Perry as Madea, 2016. ph: Daniel McFadden/© Lionsgate A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, (AKA TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL), FROM LEFT: PATRICE LOVELY, ROME FLYNN, CIERA PAYTON, CASSI DAVIS, TYLER PERRY, 2019. PHOTO: CHIP BERGMAN/© LIONSGATE BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, (AKA TYLER PERRY'S BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN), CASSI DAVIS, 2017. PH: CHIP BERGMAN. ©LIONSGATE BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, (AKA TYLER PERRY'S BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN), FROM LEFT: CASSI DAVIS, PATRICE LOVELY, TYLER PERRY, 2017. PH: CHIP BERGMAN/© LIONSGATE TYLER PERRY'S BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN, (AKA BOO 2! A MADEA HALLOWEEN), FROM LEFT: TYLER PERRY, CASSI DAVIS, PATRICE LOVELY, 2017. PH: CHIP BERGMAN/© LIONSGATE A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, (AKA TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL), FROM LEFT: PATRICE LOVELY, CASSI DAVIS, 2019. PHOTO: CHIP BERGMAN/© LIONSGATE MADEAS BIG HAPPY FAMILY, from left: Cassi Davis, Bow Wow, Shannon Kane, Isaiah Mustafa, 2011. ©Lionsgate A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL, (AKA TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL), FROM LEFT: JEN HARPER, CASSI DAVIS, TYLER PERRY, PATRICE LOVELY, 2019. PHOTO: CHIP BERGMAN/© LIONSGATE MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, l-r: Loretta Devine, Cassi Davis, Natalie Desselle Reid, Shannon Kane, 2011, ph: Quantrell Colbert/©Lions Gate Films MADEA'S BIG HAPPY FAMILY, l-r: Loretta Devine, Cassi Davis, 2011, ph: Quantrell Colbert/©Lions Gate Films MADEA ON THE RUN, L-R: TYLER PERRY (AS MADEA), CLAUDETTE ORTIZ, RHONDA DAVIS, TONY HIGHTOWER, LATOYA LONDON, DORSEY LEVENS (BACK CENTER), MAURICE LAUCHNER, DAVID STEWART, TASHA PAGE-LOCKHART, CASSI DAVIS (FAR RIGHT), 2017. ©LIONSGATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT Cassi Davis at arrivals for A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL Premiere, School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre, New York, NY February 25, 2019. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Cassi Davis at arrivals for A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL Premiere, School of Visual Arts (SVA) Theatre, New York, NY February 25, 2019. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      36% 77% Tyler Perry's A Madea Homecoming Bam (Character) - 2022
      11% 31% Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral Aunt Bam (Character) $73.2M 2019
      4% 40% Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween Aunt Bam (Character) $47.3M 2017
      19% 53% Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween Aunt Bam (Character) $73.1M 2016
      No Score Yet 84% Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love Aunt Bam (Voice) - 2015
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Act of Faith Unknown (Character) - 2014
      No Score Yet 44% Hamlet & Hutch Jenice (Character) - 2014
      38% 74% Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family Aunt Bam (Character) $53.3M 2011
      26% 81% Daddy's Little Girls Rita (Character) $31.3M 2007

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tyler Perry's House of Payne Ella Payne (Character) 2006-2012 2020-2023
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Paynes Ella Payne (Character) 2018
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The PJs Unknown (Voice) 1999-2000
      No Score Yet 99% Married ... With Children Patty (Guest Star) 1996