Nicole Ari Parker
Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe ( born October 7, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland ) is an American actress.
Life and achievements
The actress African-American and Native American roots grew up as an only child. It included studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Parker made his debut in a major role in the comedy Two Girls in Love from 1995. Their role in the film drama Boogie Nights (1997) brought her in 1998 as an ensemble member of the Florida Film Critics Circle Award and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 1999 she received a special award of the Urban World Film Festival.
For the role opposite Denzel Washington in the sports drama Remember the Titans (2000) Parker was nominated in 2001 for the Image Award. The main role in the film drama Dancing in September of the same year brought her a nomination for the 2002 Black Reel Award. For her role in the television series Soul Food, which she played in the years 2000 to 2004, she was nominated in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 for the Image Award. Another nomination for the same price in 2003 brought her her role in the musical comedy Brown Sugar ( 2002). In the comedy Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) she played a woman who courted the Roscoe Jenkins ( Martin Lawrence) in the past.
Parker married in March 2001 for the first time and were divorced in November 2001. In 2005, she married actor Boris Kodjoe, with whom she has two children.