
Actor
Nicole Ari Parker
Born 1970 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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.
Acting

Chicago P.D.
Samantha Miller · 2014

Boogie Nights
Becky Barnett · 1997

Remember the Titans
Carol Boone · 2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Lillie Ivers · 2000

Blue Streak
Mellisa Green · 1999

Empire
Giselle Sims-Barker · 2015

Black Dynamite
Mahogany Black · 2009

And Just Like That…
Lisa Todd Wexley · 2021

Revolution
Justine Allenford · 2012

How It Ends
Paula Sutherland · 2018

Star
Giselle Simms · 2016

Imagine That
Tricia Danielson · 2009

Younger
Beth · 2015

Almost Christmas
Sonya · 2016

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
Lucinda Allen · 2008

Rosewood
Kat · 2015

Brown Sugar
Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis · 2002

Lip Sync Battle
Self · 2015

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
Wanda · 1996

200 Cigarettes
Bridget · 1999

Celebrity Family Feud
Self · 2015

Time After Time
Vanessa Anders · 2017

The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
Evie Roy · 1995

The Romanoffs
Cheryl Gowans · 2018