Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 7, 1970
Place of Birth:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Nicole Ari Parker
Biography
Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model.
Early in her career she appeared in several critically-acclaimed independent films including The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995), Boogie Nights (1997), 200 Cigarettes (1999), and the 1999 Sundance Film Festival winner The Adventures of Sebastian Cole.
She has starred in several television shows including Second Time Around, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Deep End; but her breakthrough television role was on Showtime6 drama Soul Food, which she starred in from 2000-2004. Her big screen credits include such popular films as Blue Streak (1999), Brown Sugar (2002) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008).
She is married to fellow model turned actor, Boris Kodjoe, and they have two children.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | A Snowy Day in Oakland | Dr. LaTrice Monroe |
| 2022 | And Just Like That... The Documentary | Self |
| 2022 | We Are Gathered Here Today | Nancy Stone |
| 2022 | Safe Room | Lila Jackson |
| 2018 | How It Ends | Paula Sutherland |
| 2017 | Downsized | Ebony |
| 2016 | Almost Christmas | Sonya |
| 2014 | Repentance | Sophie |
| 2013 | Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives | Paula Cooke |
| 2011 | 35 and Ticking | Zenobia |
| 2009 | Pastor Brown | Tonya Copeland Brown |
| 2009 | Imagine That | Tricia Danielson |
| 2009 | Black Dynamite | Mahogany Black |
| 2008 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Lucinda Allen |
| 2005 | King's Ransom | Angela Drake |
| 2002 | Brown Sugar | Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis |
| 2001 | Dancing in September | Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford |
| 2000 | Remember the Titans | Carol Boone |
| 2000 | The Loretta Claiborne Story | Christine Claiborne |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | Mellisa Green |
| 1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Bridget |
| 1999 | Loving Jezebel | Frances |
| 1999 | Harlem Aria | Clarisse |
| 1999 | A Map of the World | Sherry |
| 1999 | Mind Prey | Weather Karkinnon |
| 1998 | Spark | Nina |
| 1998 | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Nurse Jenny |
| 1998 | Exiled | Georgeanne Taylor |
| 1997 | Boogie Nights | Becky Barnett |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Ade |
| 1997 | Subway Stories | Sharon (segment "Honey-Getter") |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Wanda |
| 1995 | The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | Evie Roy |
| 1995 | Divas | Stephanie |
| 1995 | Stonewall | Female Draft Officer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2021 | And Just Like That… | Lisa Todd Wexley |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs | Cheryl Gowans |
| 2017 | Time After Time | Vanessa Anders |
| 2017 | I'm Dying Up Here | Gloria |
| 2016 | Star | Giselle Simms |
| 2015 | Younger | Beth |
| 2015 | Lip Sync Battle | Self |
| 2015 | Rosewood | Kat |
| 2015 | Empire | Giselle Sims-Barker |
| 2015 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self |
| 2014 | Chicago P.D. | Samantha Miller |
| 2012 | Revolution | Secretary Justine Allenford |
| 2010 | The Deep End | Susan Oppenheim |
| 2010 | The Fran Drescher Show | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show | |
| 2004 | Second Time Around | Ryan Muse |
| 2003 | All of Us | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lillie Ivers |
| 2000 | 106 & Park | |
| 2000 | Soul Food | Teri Joseph |