Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker
Nicole Ari Parker

Parker in December 2010
Born October 7, 1970 (1970-10-07) (age 41)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Other names Nikki Kodjoe
Occupation Actress
Years active 1995–present

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970), also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress and a former model. She is perhaps best known for her role as attorney Teri Joseph on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food and her role as Becky Barnett in Boogie Nights.

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Early life

Parker was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the only child of her divorced parents, health care professional Susan Parker and dentist Donald Parker.[1] Parker's ethnic background is African American and Cherokee.[2] At the age of 17, she won best actress in the state of Maryland's high school competition and then moved to the Washington Ballet Company before applying to the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She graduated with an acting degree in 1993.[3]

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 Ciarettes, and the 1999 Sundance Film Festival winner The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. She starred with her husband, model and actor Boris Kodjoe, in UPN's situation comedy Second Time Around.

After a string of odd jobs (including scooping ice cream), bit-roles and low wage work in the theater circuit, Parker was offered her breakthrough role on Soul Food. In Soul Food, she showcased her singing voice in several episodes. Parker also had a guest appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, playing a singer. She played the role of Stephanie in the movie Divas, alongside Khalil Kain. She 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.

Personal life

Parker eloped with actor Joseph Falasca in March 2001. Their marriage lasted only eight months; they divorced later that year. She married her Soul Food co-star Boris Kodjoe on May 21, 2005 in Gundelfingen, Germany. She gave birth to their first child, a girl, Sophie Tei-Naaki Lee Kodjoe, on March 5, 2005. Sophie has spina bifida, which was diagnosed at birth.[4] Parker gave birth to the couple's second child, Nicolas Neruda Kodjoe, a boy, on October 31, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. The family resides in Atlanta.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

  • Image Awards
    • 2001, 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)

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