Nicole Ari Parker : biography
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 |
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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 |