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Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an African-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.

Nicole Ari Parker
Parker in December 2010
Born	(1970-10-07) October 7, 1970 (age 52) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Boris Kodjoe ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	2

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 and in And Just Like That... as Lisa Todd Wexley.

Early years

Parker was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 7, 1970.[1] She is the only child of her divorced parents, health care professional Susan Parker and dentist Donald Parker.[2] After briefly attending a Montessori school, Parker entered Roland Park Country School, where she stayed through high school.[3] 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.[4]

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.

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.[5]

In 2017, she joined the popular and award-winning Fox series Empire, playing Giselle Barker in a recurring role during the fourth season. She was promoted to a series regular for the fifth season.[6][7]

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.[8] Parker gave birth to their son Nicolas in October 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The family attends the Cascade United Methodist Church when in Atlanta.[9]

Parker is an active member of the Democratic Party.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Other Women's Children	Marcelle	TV Movie
1995	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love	Evie Roy
	Stonewall	Female Draft Officer
	Divas	Stephanie	TV Movie
1996	Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault	Wanda	TV Movie
1997	The End of Violence	Ade
	Boogie Nights	Becky Barnett
1998	Spark	Nina
	The Adventures of Sebastian Cole	Jenny
	Exiled: A Law & Order Movie	Georgeanne Taylor	TV Movie
1999	200 Cigarettes	Bridget
	Mute Love	Mavis
	Mind Prey	Weather Karkinnon	TV Movie
	Mirar Mirror	Denise Scott	Short
	Loving Jezebel	Frances
	Harlem Aria	Clarisse
	A Map of the World	Sherry
	Blue Streak	Melissa Green
2000	Dancing in September	Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford
	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
	Never Better	Allison	TV Movie
2009	Black Dynamite	Mahogany Black
	Imagine That	Trish
	Pastor Brown	Tonya Copeland Brown
2011	35 and Ticking	Zenobia
	Big Mike	Grace Peterson	TV Movie
2013	Repentance	Sophie Sanchez
	Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives	Paula	TV Movie
2016	Almost Christmas	Sonya Meyers
2017	Downsized	Ebony	TV Movie
2018	How It Ends	Paula Sutherland
TBA	HeadShop	Dr. Latrice Monroe

Key

	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Subway Stories	Sharon	Episode: "Honey-Getter"
1999–2000	Cosby	Rebecca	Recurring Cast: Season 4
2000	The Wonderful World of Disney	Christine Claiborne	Episode: "The Loretta Claiborne Story"
2000–2004	Soul Food	Teri Joseph	Main Cast
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lillie Ivers	Episode: "Primum Non Nocere"
2003	The System	Linda Evans	Main Cast
2004	All of Us	Traci Garrison	Episode: "Playdate"
2004–2005	Second Time Around	Ryan Muse	Main Cast
2010	The Deep End	Susan Oppenheim	Main Cast
2013	Revolution	Secretary Justine Allenford	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2013–2015	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Herself	Recurring Cast: Season 1–4
2014	Murder in the First	District Attorney Jacqueline Perez	Recurring Cast: Season 1
2015	The Boris & Nicole Show	Herself/Co-host	TV Series
2015–2016	Rosewood	Kat Crawford	Recurring Cast: Season 1[11]
2017	Time After Time	Vanessa Anders	Main Cast
2017–2020	Empire	Giselle Barker	Recurring Cast: Season 4, Main Cast: Season 5–6
2018	I'm Dying Up Here	Gloria	Recurring Cast: Season 2
	The Romanoffs	Cheryl Gowans	Episode: "Bright and High Circle"
2019	Lip Sync Battle	Herself	Episode: "Boris Kodjoe vs. Nicole Ari Parker"
2020–2021	Chicago P.D.	Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller	Recurring Cast: Season 8–9[12]
2021–present	And Just Like That...	Lisa Todd Wexley	Main Cast; 7 Episodes
TBA	The Best Man: The Final Chapters	Xiomara Amani	Recurring Cast: Season 1

Accolades

Awards and nominations for acting

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
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

External links

• Nicole Ari Parker at IMDb
• Nicole Ari Parker on Twitter

На других языках

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[de] Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (* 7. Oktober 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Nicole Ari Parker

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[ru] Паркер, Николь Ари

Николь Ари Паркер Коджо (англ. Nicole Ari Parker, род. 7 октября 1970 (1970-10-07)) — американская актриса и бывшая модель.

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