Cassi Davis

thumb ​Cassi Davis-Patton (born July 31, 1964) is an American actress best known for her role as Ella Payne on Tyler Perry's House of Payne and its spin-off series The Paynes. Quotes That’s basically where people can find me is with a Tyler Perry Production. I started my onscreen acting career in the Spike Lee film School Daze back in the 1980s. I’ve done the The PJs with Eddie Murphy and a few small parts in shows like The Parkers, Moesha and Living Single. I was in Spellman College doing a play. Someone from Morehouse College really liked the play and invited me to come up and do the play there. It just so happened that Spike Lee came down to Morehouse during homecoming and was in attendance during one of my plays and he really liked me so he cast me in his film School Daze. I fell in love with acting and knew that’s what I wanted to do. I love being able to bring a script, especially my characters to life. I was doing a play for a friend in California, Tyler Perry came to that play and he liked me in it so he wanted me to be in his play back in 2004. For a while I was hesitant to do it because the whole man in a dress thing, (Madea) but I did it and it became a success. Then he came up with a television show (House Of Payne) and he wanted me to be a part of that as well. It’s Tyler Perry first animated movie starring Tyler Perry as Madea, I do the voice of Aunt Bam. In this movie, Madea has a hilarious run in with the law and is sentenced to community service at a community center with a bunch of troubled kids in the projects who’ve been through so much in life already. Madea shows them a different type of love, a tough love so that they not only come to love her but themselves as well. To me tough love is the type of love that’s so unspoken of but so needed especially in these trying times of ours. I know a lot about it because I’ve spent a good majority of my career and time working with children who are in need of guidance and love. I’ve been able to meet so many people and they’ve told me about how I’ve changed their lives and it’s so inspiring. I’m always giving back because I have been blessed to have so much. This particular concept came about with the idea that we could all eat off one plate if we were all willing to share and give back. No matter who you are and what you’ve been through or are going through, we are of one mind and body. "Actress Cassi Davis Discusses Tyler Perry Connection & Role In Madea’s Animated Film", February 3, 2015 External links 204322 Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Mississippi Category:Women from the United States