Nicole Ari Parker
Birthdate
October 7, 1970 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
October 7, 1970 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Known For
Acting
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.
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.
Nicole Ari Parker's LGBTQ+ Titles
Boogie Nights
Becky Barnett
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Evie Roy
Stonewall
Female Draft Officer
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
Nurse Jenny
Acting (57)
2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland as Dr. LaTrice Monroe
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2022
We Are Gathered Here Today as Nancy Stone
2022
And Just Like That… The Documentary as Self
2022
Safe Room as Lila Jackson
2021
And Just Like That… as Lisa Todd Wexley (18 episodes)
2019
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2018
The Romanoffs as Cheryl Gowans (1 episode)
2018
How It Ends as Paula Sutherland
2017
Downsized as Ebony
2017
Time After Time as Vanessa Anders (5 episodes)
2016
Almost Christmas as Sonya
2015
Rosewood as Kat (6 episodes)
2015
Celebrity Family Feud as Herself (1 episode)
2015
Lip Sync Battle as Self (1 episode)
2015
Younger as Beth (2 episodes)
2015
Empire as Giselle Sims-Barker (18 episodes)
2014
Repentance as Sophie
2014
Chicago P.D. as Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller (8 episodes)
2013
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives as Paula Cooke
2012
Revolution as Secretary Justine Allenford (8 episodes)
2011
35 and Ticking as Zenobia
2010
The Fran Drescher Show (1 episode)
2010
MasterChef as Self (1 episode)
2010
The Deep End as Susan Oppenheim (6 episodes)
2009
Black Dynamite as Mahogany Black
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2009
Pastor Brown as Tonya Copeland Brown
2009
Imagine That as Tricia Danielson
2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Lucinda Allen
2005
The Tyra Banks Show (1 episode)
2005
King's Ransom as Angela Drake
2004
Second Time Around as Ryan Muse (13 episodes)
2003
All of Us (1 episode)
2002
Brown Sugar as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
2001
Dancing in September as Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lillie Ivers (1 episode)
2000
Remember the Titans as Carol Boone
2000
106 & Park (1 episode)
2000
Soul Food as Teri Joseph (74 episodes)
2000
The Loretta Claiborne Story as Christine Claiborne
1999
Blue Streak as Mellisa Green
1999
A Map of the World as Sherry
1999
Loving Jezebel as Frances
1999
Mind Prey as Weather Karkinnon
1999
Harlem Aria as Clarisse
1999
200 Cigarettes as Bridget
1998
Exiled as Georgeanne Taylor
1998
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole as Nurse Jenny
1998
Spark as Nina
1997
Boogie Nights as Becky Barnett
1997
Subway Stories as Sharon (segment "Honey-Getter")
1997
The End of Violence as Ade
1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Wanda
1995
Stonewall as Female Draft Officer
1995
Divas as Stephanie
1995