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
Prominent works featuring Nicole Ari Parker
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Boogie Nights
Chicago P.D.
Remember the Titans
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
How It Ends
Blue Streak
Empire
Black Dynamite
Revolution
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (59 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Snowy Day in Oakland | Dr. LaTrice Monroe | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Sherri Shepherd Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2022 |
 | We Are Gathered Here Today | Nancy Stone | Movie | 2022 |
 | And Just Like That... The Documentary | Self | Movie | 2022 |
 | Safe Room | Lila Jackson | Movie | 2022 |
 | And Just Like That… | Lisa Todd Wexley | TV Series | 2021 |
 | Tamron Hall | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2019 |
 | The Romanoffs | Cheryl Gowans | TV Series | 2018 |
 | How It Ends | Paula Sutherland | Movie | 2018 |
 | Steve | Self | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Downsized | Ebony | Movie | 2017 |
 | I'm Dying Up Here | Gloria | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Time After Time | Vanessa Anders | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Star | Giselle Simms | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Almost Christmas | Sonya | Movie | 2016 |
 | Rosewood | Kat | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Lip Sync Battle | Self | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Younger | Beth | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Empire | Giselle Sims-Barker | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Repentance | Sophie | Movie | 2014 |
 | Chicago P.D. | Samantha Miller | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives | Paula Cooke | Movie | 2013 |
 | Revolution | Justine Allenford | TV Series | 2012 |
 | 35 and Ticking | Zenobia | Movie | 2011 |
 | The Fran Drescher Show | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2010 |
 | The Deep End | Susan Oppenheim | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Black Dynamite | Mahogany Black | Movie | 2009 |
 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Pastor Brown | Tonya Copeland Brown | Movie | 2009 |
 | Imagine That | Tricia Danielson | Movie | 2009 |
 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Lucinda Allen | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Tyra Banks Show | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2005 |
 | King's Ransom | Angela Drake | Movie | 2005 |
| Second Time Around | Ryan Muse | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | All of Us | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Brown Sugar | Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis | Movie | 2002 |
 | Dancing in September | Tomasina 'Tommy' Crawford | Movie | 2001 |
 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lillie Ivers | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Remember the Titans | Carol Boone | Movie | 2000 |
 | 106 & Park | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2000 |
 | Soul Food | Teri Joseph | TV Series | 2000 |
 | The Loretta Claiborne Story | Christine Claiborne | Movie | 2000 |
 | Blue Streak | Mellisa Green | Movie | 1999 |
 | A Map of the World | Sherry | Movie | 1999 |
 | Loving Jezebel | Frances | Movie | 1999 |
 | Mind Prey | Weather Karkinnon | Movie | 1999 |
 | Harlem Aria | Clarisse | Movie | 1999 |
 | 200 Cigarettes | Bridget | Movie | 1999 |
 | Exiled | Georgeanne Taylor | Movie | 1998 |
 | The Adventures of Sebastian Cole | Nurse Jenny | Movie | 1998 |
 | Spark | Nina | Movie | 1998 |
 | Boogie Nights | Becky Barnett | Movie | 1997 |
 | The End of Violence | Ade | Movie | 1997 |
 | Subway Stories | Sharon (segment "Honey-Getter") | Movie | 1997 |
 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Wanda | Movie | 1996 |
 | Stonewall | Female Draft Officer | Movie | 1995 |
 | Divas | Stephanie | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love | Evie Roy | Movie | 1995 |