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Nicole Ari Parker : biography

07 October 1970 –

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970), also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress and a former model. Parker is best known for her role as Becky Barnett in the 1997 film Boogie Nights and as the attorney Teri Joseph on the Showtime series Soul Food, which ran from 2000 to 2004.

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 Cigarettes, 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.

Parker recently opened on Broadway in the play A Streetcar Named Desire, in the role of Blanche DuBois.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Other Women’s Children Marcelle
1995 Stonewall Female Draft Officer
1995 The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Evie Roy
1995 Divas Stephanie
1996 Rebound: The Legend of Earl "The Goat" Manigault Wanda
1997 The End of Violence Ade
1997 Subway Stories Sharon Segment "Honey-Getter"
1997 Boogie Nights Becky Barnett
1998 Spark Nina
1998 The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Jenny
1998 Exiled Georgeanne Taylor
1999 200 Cigarettes Bridget
1999 Mute Love Mavis
1999 Mind Prey Weather Karkinnon
1999 Mirar Mirror Denise Scott
1999 Loving Jezebel Frances
1999 Harlem Aria Clarisse
1999 A Map of the World Sherry
1999 Blue Streak Melissa Green
2000 The Loretta Claiborne Story Christine Claiborne
2000 Dancing in September Tomasina ‘Tommy’ Crawford
2000 Remember the Titans Carol Boone
2002 Brown Sugar Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
2005 King’s Ransom Angela Drake
2008 Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins Lucinda
2009 Black Dynamite Mahogany Black
2009 Imagine That Trish
2009 Pastor Brown Tonya Copeland Brown
2011 35 and Ticking Zenobia
2012 Vipaka Sophie