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

Boogie Nights

as Becky Barnett

Remember the Titans

as Carol Boone

Chicago P.D.

as Samantha Miller

How It Ends

as Paula Sutherland

Blue Streak

as Mellisa Green

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Lillie Ivers

Empire

as Giselle Sims-Barker

Black Dynamite

as Mahogany Black

Imagine That

as Tricia Danielson

Revolution

as Secretary Justine Allenford