Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Known for
Acting
Born
October 7, 1970 (age 56)
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

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Filmography

2026
Misty Green poster

Misty Green

Movie · as Erica

2025
Celebrity Weakest Link poster

Celebrity Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2023
A Snowy Day in Oakland poster

A Snowy Day in Oakland

Movie · as Dr. LaTrice Monroe

2022
And Just Like That... The Documentary poster

And Just Like That... The Documentary

Movie · as Self

2022
We Are Gathered Here Today poster

We Are Gathered Here Today

Movie · as Nancy Stone

2022
Safe Room poster

Safe Room

Movie · as Lila Jackson

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
And Just Like That… poster

And Just Like That…

TV · as Lisa Todd Wexley · 33 eps

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2018
How It Ends poster

How It Ends

Movie · as Paula Sutherland

2018
The Romanoffs poster

The Romanoffs

TV · as Cheryl Gowans · 1 ep

2017
Downsized poster

Downsized

Movie · as Ebony

2017
Time After Time poster

Time After Time

TV · as Vanessa Anders · 5 eps

2017
I'm Dying Up Here poster

I'm Dying Up Here

TV · as Gloria · 1 ep

2017
Steve poster

Steve

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2016
Almost Christmas poster

Almost Christmas

Movie · as Sonya

2016
Star poster

Star

TV · as Giselle Simms · 1 ep

2015
Younger poster

Younger

TV · as Beth · 2 eps

2015
Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Rosewood poster

Rosewood

TV · as Kat · 6 eps

2015
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Giselle Sims-Barker · 41 eps

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Repentance poster

Repentance

Movie · as Sophie

2014
Chicago P.D. poster

Chicago P.D.

TV · as Samantha Miller · 8 eps

2013
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives poster

Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives

Movie · as Paula Cooke

2012
Revolution poster

Revolution

TV · as Justine Allenford · 8 eps

2011
35 and Ticking poster

35 and Ticking

Movie · as Zenobia

2010
The Deep End poster

The Deep End

TV · as Susan Oppenheim · 6 eps

2010
The Fran Drescher Show poster

The Fran Drescher Show

TV · 1 ep

2009
Pastor Brown poster

Pastor Brown

Movie · as Tonya Copeland Brown

2009
Imagine That poster

Imagine That

Movie · as Tricia Danielson

2009
Black Dynamite poster

Black Dynamite

Movie · as Mahogany Black

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2008
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins poster

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

Movie · as Lucinda Allen

2005
King's Ransom poster

King's Ransom

Movie · as Angela Drake

2005
The Tyra Banks Show poster

The Tyra Banks Show

TV · 1 ep

2004
Second Time Around

Second Time Around

TV · as Ryan Muse · 13 eps

2003
All of Us poster

All of Us

TV · 1 ep

2002
Brown Sugar poster

Brown Sugar

Movie · as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis

2001
Dancing in September poster

Dancing in September

Movie · as Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford

2000
Remember the Titans poster

Remember the Titans

Movie · as Carol Boone

2000
The Loretta Claiborne Story poster

The Loretta Claiborne Story

Movie · as Christine Claiborne

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Lillie Ivers · 1 ep

2000
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106 & Park

TV · 1 ep

2000
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

TV · as Teri Joseph · 74 eps

1999
Blue Streak poster

Blue Streak

Movie · as Mellisa Green

1999
200 Cigarettes poster

200 Cigarettes

Movie · as Bridget

1999
Loving Jezebel poster

Loving Jezebel

Movie · as Frances

1999
Harlem Aria poster

Harlem Aria

Movie · as Clarisse

1999
A Map of the World poster

A Map of the World

Movie · as Sherry

1999
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Mind Prey

Movie · as Weather Karkinnon

1998
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Spark

Movie · as Nina

1998
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole poster

The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

Movie · as Nurse Jenny

1998
Exiled poster

Exiled

Movie · as Georgeanne Taylor

1997
Boogie Nights poster

Boogie Nights

Movie · as Becky Barnett

1997
The End of Violence poster

The End of Violence

Movie · as Ade

1997
Subway Stories poster

Subway Stories

Movie · as Sharon (segment "Honey-Getter")

1996
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault poster

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Movie · as Wanda

1995
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love poster

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

Movie · as Evie Roy

1995
Divas poster

Divas

Movie · as Stephanie

1995
Stonewall poster

Stonewall

Movie · as Female Draft Officer