Nicole Ari Parker
Nicole Ari Parker | |
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![]() Parker in December 2010 | |
Born | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | October 7, 1970
Alma mater | New York University |
Occupation | Actress, model |
Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse(s) | Boris Kodjoe (m. 2005) |
Children | 2 |
Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model. She made her screen debut with a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent film The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) and went on to appear in Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Parker has starred in a number of movies, including Blue Streak (1999), Remember the Titans (2000), Brown Sugar (2002), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Black Dynamite (2009), and Almost Christmas (2016). On television, Parker played the leading role of attorney Teri Joseph (later Carter) in the Showtime drama series Soul Food (2000–04), for which she received five NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations. She also starred in the short-lived UPN romantic comedy Second Time Around (2004–05) and the ABC drama Time After Time (2017). In 2017, she joined the cast of Fox's prime-time soap opera Empire playing Giselle Barker. She currently appears as a recurring character in Chicago P.D. as Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller.
Early years[]
Parker was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the only child of her divorced parents, health care professional Susan Parker and dentist Donald Parker.[1] After briefly attending a Montessori school, Parker entered Roland Park Country School, where she stayed through high school.[2] At the age of 17, she won Best Actress in the state of Maryland's high school theater competition. She became a member of The Washington Ballet Company before earning an acting degree in 1993 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[3]
Career[]
Early in her career she appeared in several critically acclaimed independent films, including The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, Boogie Nights, 200 Cigarettes, and the 1999 Sundance Film Festival winner The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. She starred with her husband, model and actor Boris Kodjoe, in UPN's situation comedy Second Time Around.
After a string of odd jobs (including scooping ice cream), bit roles, and low-wage theater work, Parker was offered her breakthrough role on Soul Food. In several episodes of the series, she was able to show her singing abilities, which also served her well in roles as singers on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and in the movie Divas.
Parker also had a lead role in the 1998 film Exiled: A Law & Order Movie. She worked alongside Martin Lawrence in two of his films: Blue Streak and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins. On Broadway she played Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.
Parker was lead actress in the 2013 NBC drama pilot Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, and later had a recurring role on Revolution. In 2014, she starred as a series regular in the first season of the TNT crime drama Murder in the First, opposite Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson.[4]
In 2017, she joined the popular and award-winning Fox series Empire, playing Giselle Barker in a recurring role during the fourth season. She has been promoted to a series regular for the fifth season.[5][6]
Personal life[]
Parker eloped with actor Joseph Falasca in March 2001. Their marriage lasted only eight months; they divorced later that year.[citation needed] She married her Soul Food co-star Boris Kodjoe on May 21, 2005, in Gundelfingen, Germany. She gave birth to their first child, Sophie, on March 5, 2005. Sophie has spina bifida, which was diagnosed at birth.[7] Parker gave birth to the couple's second child, a son, in October 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The family attends the Cascade United Methodist Church when in Atlanta.[8]
Parker is an active member of the Democratic Party.[9]
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Other Women's Children | Marcelle | |
1995 | Stonewall | Female Draft Officer | |
1995 | The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | Evie Roy | |
1995 | Divas | Stephanie | |
1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault | Wanda | |
1997 | The End of Violence | Ade | |
1997 | Subway Stories | Sharon | Segment: "Honey-Getter" |
1997 | Boogie Nights | Becky Barnett | |
1998 | Spark | Nina | |
1998 | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Jenny | |
1998 | Exiled: A Law & Order Movie | Georgeanne Taylor | TV movie |
1999 | 200 Cigarettes | Bridget | |
1999 | Mute Love | Mavis | |
1999 | Mind Prey | Weather Karkinnon | |
1999 | Mirar Mirror | Denise Scott | |
1999 | Loving Jezebel | Frances | |
1999 | Harlem Aria | Clarisse | |
1999 | A Map of the World | Sherry | |
1999 | Blue Streak | Melissa Green | |
2000 | The Loretta Claiborne Story | Christine Claiborne | |
2000 | Dancing in September | Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford | |
2000 | Remember the Titans | Carol Boone | |
2002 | Brown Sugar | Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis | |
2005 | King's Ransom | Angela Drake | |
2008 | Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins | Lucinda Allen | |
2009 | Black Dynamite | Mahogany Black | |
2009 | Imagine That | Trish | |
2009 | Pastor Brown | Tonya Copeland Brown | |
2011 | 35 and Ticking | Zenobia | |
2012 | Vipaka | Sophie | |
2014 | Repentance | Sophie Sanchez | |
2016 | Almost Christmas | Sonya Meyers | |
2018 | How It Ends | Paula Sutherland |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999–2000 | Cosby | Rebecca | 3 episodes |
2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lillie Iv | Episode: "Primum Non Nocere" |
2003 | The System | Linda Evans | Series regular (9 episodes) |
2004 | All of Us | Traci Garrison | Episode: "Playdate" |
2000–2004 | Soul Food | Teri Joseph | Series regular (74 episodes) |
2004–2005 | Second Time Around | Ryan Muse | Series regular (13 episodes) |
2008 | Never Better | Allison | Pilot |
2010 | The Deep End | Susan Oppenheim | Series regular (6 episodes) |
2011 | Big Mike | Grace Peterson | Pilot |
2013 | Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives | Paula | Pilot |
2013 | Real Husbands of Hollywood | Herself | 5 episodes |
2013 | Revolution | Justine Allenford | 8 episodes |
2014 | Murder in the First | Jacqueline Perez | Series regular (9 episodes) |
2015 | The Boris & Nicole Show | Herself/Co-host | 25 episodes |
2015–2016 | Rosewood | Kat Crawford[10] | Recurring role |
2017 | Time After Time | Vanessa Anders | Recurring role |
2017-2020 | Empire | Giselle Barker | Recurring role (Season 4) Main role (Season 5-6) |
2018 | The Romanoffs | Cheryl Gowans | |
2018 | I'm Dying Up Here | Gloria | 5 episodes |
2019 | Lip Sync Battle | Herself | Episode: "Boris Kodjoe vs. Nicole Ari Parker" |
2020 | Chicago P.D. | Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller [11] | Recurring role (Season 8) |
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Accolades[]
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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1998 | Screen Actors Guild | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Boogie Nights | Nominated |
2001 | Image Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Remember the Titans | Nominated |
2001 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Soul Food | Nominated | |
2002 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Soul Food | Nominated | |
2003 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture | Brown Sugar | Nominated | |
2003 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Soul Food | Nominated | |
2004 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Soul Food | Nominated | |
2005 | Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Soul Food | Nominated |
References[]
- ^ Kam Williams (2004). "Nicole Reflects on Real Life Role As Mommy-to-Be". DallasBlack.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ Sragow, Michael (12 June 2009). "City-bred Actress' Role In Kids' Film Reflects Grown-up Realities". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Sragow, Michael (12 June 2009). "Nicole Ari Parker's role in kids' movie reflects grown-up realities". The Baltimore Sun.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lesley Goldberg (January 22, 2014). "TNT's 'Murder in the First' Adds 'Revolution' Alum". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (25 June 2018). "'Empire': Nicole Ari Parker Upped To Series Regular For Season 5 Of Fox Drama". Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Swift, Andy (25 June 2018). "Empire Promotes Nicole Ari Parker to Series Regular for Season 5". Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ Boris and Nicole Open Up About Sophie's Spina Bifida, Celebrity Babies Blog, 15 January 2009.
- ^ Rhone, Nedra; and Gracie Bonds Staples. "In Atlanta’s churches, prayers for president-elect", The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 9 November 2008.
- ^ Hawkins, B. Denise (September 6, 2012). "Youth Summit Brings Democratic National Convention Spirit to Johnson C. Smith". Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (July 20, 2015). "Nicole Ari Parker To Recur On Fox's Rosewood". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ https://www.tvguide.com/news/chicago-pd-season-8-premiere-date-spoilers-everything-we-know/
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