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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Blue Streak
as Mellisa Green
1999
Boogie Nights
as Becky Barnett
1997
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Lucinda Allen
2008
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
as Evie Roy
1995
200 Cigarettes
as Bridget
1999
35 and Ticking
as Zenobia
2011
Pastor Brown
as Tonya Copeland Brown
2009
Brown Sugar
as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
2002
The End of Violence
as Ade
1997
Repentance
as Sophie
2014
Imagine That
as Tricia Danielson
2009
And Just Like That... The Documentary
as Self
2022
Loving Jezebel
as Frances
1999
Harlem Aria
as Clarisse
1999
Spark
as Nina
1998
We Are Gathered Here Today
as Nancy Stone
2022
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
as Nurse Jenny
1998
Dancing in September
as Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford
2001
Black Dynamite
as Mahogany Black
2009
Divas
as Stephanie
1995
TV Appearances
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lillie Ivers
2000
All of Us
2003
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
106 & Park
2000
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
Second Time Around
as Ryan Muse
2004
The Deep End
as Susan Oppenheim
2010
Revolution
as Justine Allenford
2012
Younger
as Beth
2015
Soul Food
as Teri Joseph
2000
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
Time After Time
as Vanessa Anders
2017