Nicole Ari Parker
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.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Chicago P.D.
2014
Sherri
2022
The Tamron Hall Show
2019
Empire
2015
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Younger
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Steve
2017
Rosewood
2015
Lip Sync Battle
2015
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lillie Ivers · 2000
Chicago P.D.
as Samantha Miller · 2014
Sherri
as Self - Guest · 2022
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest · 2019
Empire
as Giselle Sims-Barker · 2015
The Tyra Banks Show
· 2005
Younger
as Beth · 2015
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self · 2015
Steve
as Self · 2017
Rosewood
as Kat · 2015
Lip Sync Battle
as Self · 2015
And Just Like That…
as Lisa Todd Wexley · 2021
Star
as Giselle Simms · 2016
All of Us
· 2003
Revolution
as Justine Allenford · 2012
Boogie Nights
as Becky Barnett · 1997
Remember the Titans
as Carol Boone · 2000
Blue Streak
as Mellisa Green · 1999
The Romanoffs
as Cheryl Gowans · 2018
I'm Dying Up Here
as Gloria · 2017
The Deep End
as Susan Oppenheim · 2010
Soul Food
as Teri Joseph · 2000
106 & Park
· 2000
Time After Time
as Vanessa Anders · 2017
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
as Lucinda Allen · 2008
Almost Christmas
as Sonya · 2016
How It Ends
as Paula Sutherland · 2018
Imagine That
as Tricia Danielson · 2009
The Fran Drescher Show
· 2010
Second Time Around
as Ryan Muse · 2004
200 Cigarettes
as Bridget · 1999
Black Dynamite
as Mahogany Black · 2009
The End of Violence
as Ade · 1997
Brown Sugar
as Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis · 2002
Misty Green
as Erica · 2026
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
as Evie Roy · 1995
A Map of the World
as Sherry · 1999
And Just Like That... The Documentary
as Self · 2022
Repentance
as Sophie · 2014
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
as Wanda · 1996
Subway Stories
as Sharon (segment "Honey-Getter") · 1997
35 and Ticking
as Zenobia · 2011
A Snowy Day in Oakland
as Dr. LaTrice Monroe · 2023
King's Ransom
as Angela Drake · 2005
Mind Prey
as Weather Karkinnon · 1999
Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
as Paula Cooke · 2013
Safe Room
as Lila Jackson · 2022
We Are Gathered Here Today
as Nancy Stone · 2022
Pastor Brown
as Tonya Copeland Brown · 2009
Exiled
as Georgeanne Taylor · 1998
Dancing in September
as Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford · 2001
Stonewall
as Female Draft Officer · 1995
The Adventures of Sebastian Cole
as Nurse Jenny · 1998
The Loretta Claiborne Story
as Christine Claiborne · 2000
Harlem Aria
as Clarisse · 1999
Divas
as Stephanie · 1995
Loving Jezebel
as Frances · 1999
Downsized
as Ebony · 2017
Spark
as Nina · 1998