
Nicole Ari Parker
Known For
Acting
Born
1970-10-07 in 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.
Most Known For

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lillie Ivers

Chicago P.D.
as Samantha Miller

Younger
as Beth

Empire
as Giselle Sims-Barker

Sherri
as Self - Guest

Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest

And Just Like That…
as Lisa Todd Wexley

Rosewood
as Kat

The Tyra Banks Show

Lip Sync Battle
as Self

Star
as Giselle Simms

Celebrity Family Feud
as Self

All of Us

Boogie Nights
as Becky Barnett

Revolution
as Justine Allenford

The Romanoffs
as Cheryl Gowans

Time After Time
as Vanessa Anders

Imagine That
as Tricia Danielson

Remember the Titans
as Carol Boone