<P> Lisa Breaux ( Rochelle Aytes ) , one of Madea 's nieces , is engaged to Carlos Armstrong ( Blair Underwood ) , an abusive and controlling investment banker . While she desperately wants to get out of the engagement , her mother , Victoria ( Lynn Whitfield ) , urges her to go through with the wedding , telling Lisa to avoid doing things that make Carlos angry , because Victoria is a conniving gold digger . Vanessa ( Lisa Arrindell Anderson ) , the other of Madea 's nieces , who lives with her , has two children fathered by two different men , neither of whom is involved in their children 's lives ; Victoria regularly degrades Vanessa for this , even referring to her grandchildren as `` bastards '' . Vanessa is successfully , though through some struggle , wooed by poetry - spouting bus driver Frankie Henderson ( Boris Kodjoe ) , who is the single father of a young son , and has a passion for painting . As much as Vanessa likes Frankie , she is emotionally closed off and has a difficult time trusting him . </P>
<P> Lisa Breaux ( Rochelle Aytes ) , one of Madea 's nieces , is engaged to Carlos Armstrong ( Blair Underwood ) , an abusive and controlling investment banker . While she desperately wants to get out of the engagement , her mother , Victoria ( Lynn Whitfield ) , urges her to go through with the wedding , telling Lisa to avoid doing things that make Carlos angry , because Victoria is a conniving gold digger . Vanessa ( Lisa Arrindell Anderson ) , the other of Madea 's nieces , who lives with her , has two children fathered by two different men , neither of whom is involved in their children 's lives ; Victoria regularly degrades Vanessa for this , even referring to her grandchildren as `` bastards '' . Vanessa is successfully , though through some struggle , wooed by poetry - spouting bus driver Frankie Henderson ( Boris Kodjoe ) , who is the single father of a young son , and has a passion for painting . As much as Vanessa likes Frankie , she is emotionally closed off and has a difficult time trusting him . </P>
who played lisa in madea 's family reunions
who played lisa in madea 's family reunions
Rochelle Aytes
Rochelle Aytes