Nicole Ari Parker

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

58

Gender

Female

Birthday

1970-10-07 (55 years old)

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Chicago P.D.

    Chicago P.D.

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Sherri

    Sherri

  • The Tyra Banks Show

    The Tyra Banks Show

  • Tamron Hall

    Tamron Hall

  • Rosewood

    Rosewood

  • Younger

    Younger

  • Empire

    Empire

  • And Just Like That…

    And Just Like That…

  • Lip Sync Battle

    Lip Sync Battle

  • Boogie Nights

    Boogie Nights

  • Celebrity Family Feud

    Celebrity Family Feud

  • Star

    Star

  • Remember the Titans

    Remember the Titans

  • All of Us

    All of Us

  • Blue Streak

    Blue Streak

  • Revolution

    Revolution

  • 106 & Park

    106 & Park

  • The Romanoffs

    The Romanoffs

  • Brown Sugar

    Brown Sugar

  • I'm Dying Up Here

    I'm Dying Up Here

  • The Loretta Claiborne Story

    The Loretta Claiborne Story

  • Soul Food

    Soul Food

  • Safe Room

    Safe Room

  • A Snowy Day in Oakland

    A Snowy Day in Oakland

  • Loving Jezebel

    Loving Jezebel

  • And Just Like That... The Documentary

    And Just Like That... The Documentary

  • Harlem Aria

    Harlem Aria

  • Second Time Around

    Second Time Around

  • Repentance

    Repentance

  • Stonewall

    Stonewall

  • Spark

    Spark

  • Time After Time

    Time After Time

  • Subway Stories

    Subway Stories

  • How It Ends

    How It Ends

  • The Fran Drescher Show

    The Fran Drescher Show

  • The Deep End

    The Deep End

  • 200 Cigarettes

    200 Cigarettes

  • Divas

    Divas

  • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

    Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins

  • Almost Christmas

    Almost Christmas

  • A Map of the World

    A Map of the World

  • Black Dynamite

    Black Dynamite

  • 35 and Ticking

    35 and Ticking

  • Imagine That

    Imagine That

  • King's Ransom

    King's Ransom

  • The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

    The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

  • Dancing in September

    Dancing in September

  • The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

    The Adventures of Sebastian Cole

  • Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

    Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

  • Exiled

    Exiled

  • Pastor Brown

    Pastor Brown

  • We Are Gathered Here Today

    We Are Gathered Here Today

  • The End of Violence

    The End of Violence

  • Mind Prey

    Mind Prey

  • Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives

    Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives

  • Downsized

    Downsized