Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

CountryUnited States United States
GenderFemale
BirthdayOct 7, 1970
BiographyNicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model. She made her screen debut with a leading role in the critically acclaimed independent film The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) and went on to appear in Boogie Nights (1997), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Parker has starred in a number of movies, including Blue Streak (1999), Remember the Titans (2000), Brown Sugar (2002), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Black Dynamite (2009), and Almost Christmas (2016). On television, Parker played the leading role of attorney Teri Joseph (later Carter) in the Showtime drama series Soul Food (2000–04), for which she received five NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series nominations. She also starred in the short-lived UPN romantic comedy Second Time Around (2004–05) and the ABC drama Time After Time (2017). In 2017, she joined the cast of Fox's prime-time soap opera Empire playing Giselle Barker. In 2021, she began starring as Lisa Todd Wexley in the HBO Max comedy-drama series, And Just Like That....

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And Just Like That...
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And Just Like That...

as Lisa Todd Wexley
Empire
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Empire

as Giselle Simms-Barker
Murder in the First
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Murder in the First

as Jacqueline Perez
Real Husbands of Hollywood
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Real Husbands of Hollywood

as Nicole Ari Parker
Second Time Around
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Second Time Around

as Ryan Muse
The Deep End
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The Deep End

as Susan Oppenhiem
Time After Time
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Time After Time

as Vanessa Anders

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