Nicole Ari Parker
Born: 1970-10-07 in 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.
Filmography
2023
- A Snowy Day in Oakland as Dr. LaTrice Monroe
2022
- Sherri as Self - Guest
- Safe Room as Lila Jackson
- And Just Like That... The Documentary as Self
- We Are Gathered Here Today as Nancy Stone
2021
- And Just Like That… as Lisa Todd Wexley
2019
- Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2018
- The Romanoffs as Cheryl Gowans
- How It Ends as Paula Sutherland
2017
- I'm Dying Up Here as Gloria
- Steve as Self
- Time After Time as Vanessa Anders
- Downsized as Ebony
2016
- Star as Giselle Simms
- Almost Christmas as Sonya
2015
- Younger as Beth
- Empire as Giselle Sims-Barker
- Rosewood as Kat
- Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- Lip Sync Battle as Self
2014
- Chicago P.D. as Samantha Miller
- Repentance as Sophie
2013
- Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives as Paula Cooke
2012
- Revolution as Justine Allenford
2011
- 35 and Ticking as Zenobia
2010
- The Deep End as Susan Oppenheim
- The Fran Drescher Show
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- Imagine That as Tricia Danielson
- Black Dynamite as Mahogany Black
- Pastor Brown as Tonya Copeland Brown
2008
- Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins as Lucinda Allen
2005
- The Tyra Banks Show
- King's Ransom as Angela Drake
2004
- Second Time Around as Ryan Muse
2003
2002
- Brown Sugar as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
2001
- Dancing in September as Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lillie Ivers
- Remember the Titans as Carol Boone
- Soul Food as Teri Joseph
- 106 & Park
- The Loretta Claiborne Story as Christine Claiborne
1999
- Blue Streak as Mellisa Green
- 200 Cigarettes as Bridget
- A Map of the World as Sherry
- Mind Prey as Weather Karkinnon
- Harlem Aria as Clarisse
- Loving Jezebel as Frances
1998
- Exiled as Georgeanne Taylor
- The Adventures of Sebastian Cole as Nurse Jenny
- Spark as Nina
1997
- Boogie Nights as Becky Barnett
- The End of Violence as Ade
- Subway Stories as Sharon (segment "Honey-Getter")
1996
1995
- The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love as Evie Roy
- Stonewall as Female Draft Officer
- Divas as Stephanie