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Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker

Highest Rated: 100% We Are Gathered Here Today (2022)

Lowest Rated: 2% King's Ransom (2005)

Birthday: Oct 7, 1970

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Often seen portraying level-headed professionals or the calming counterpart to energetic comedic leading men, Nicole Ari Parker made her show business breakthrough as one of the star's of the Showtime series "Soul Food" (Showtime, 2000-04). Parker enjoyed five seasons portraying a lawyer on the show, which was one of the few and most successful African-American dramas on television, and made several big screen supporting appearances in such dramas as "Remember the Titans" (2000) and "Brown Sugar" (2002). While her foray into TV sitcoms with "Second Time Around" (UPN, 2004-05) was short-lived, it did launch a new era of the actress' career and she went on to co-star as the sincere counterpart of comic actors Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy in "Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" (2008) and "Imagine That" (2009) - a shift that nonetheless continued to fulfill the actress' desire to make positive entertainment for the African-American community.

Highest rated movies

100% We Are Gathered Here Today
80% 35 & Ticking
79% The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
71% Remember the Titans
67% Brown Sugar
49% Almost Christmas 41% Imagine That 35% Blue Streak

Photos

Nicole Ari Parker The Chew, Nicole Ari Parker, 09/26/2011, ©ABC IMAGINE THAT, from left: Nicole Ari Parker, Yara Shahidi, 2009. ph: Bruce McBroom/©Paramount SPARK, Nicole Ari Parker, 1998, © Rosefunk Pictures BROWN SUGAR, Taye Diggs, Nicole Ari Parker, 2002, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. BROWN SUGAR, Boris Kodjoe, Nicole Ari Parker, Reggi Wyns, Erik Weiner, Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, 2002, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. The Chew, Mario Batali (L), Nicole Ari Parker (C), Carla Hall (R), 09/26/2011, ©ABC BOOGIE NIGHTS, Jack Wallace, Ricky Jay,Nicole Ari Parker, Burt Reynolds, W.H. Macy, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1997 DISASTER MOVIE, from left: Nicole Parker, Matt Lanter, Garry 'G. Thang' Johnson (wearing argyle sweater vest), Crista Flanagan, 2008. ©LionsGate Mad TV, from left: Arden Myrin, Keegan-Michael Key, Nicole Parker, Crista Flanagan, Bobby Lee, Audrina Patridge, 'Episode 1402', Season 14, Ep. #2, 09/20/2008, ©FOX Mad TV, Arden Myrin (L), Audrina Patridge (C), Nicole Parker (R), 'Episode 1402', Season 14, Ep. #2, 09/20/2008, ©FOX Rosewood, Nicole Ari Parker (L), Morris Chestnut (R), 'Fireflies and Fidelity', Season 1, Ep. #2, 09/30/2015, ©FOX KING'S RANSOM, Brooke D'Orsay, Leila Arcieri, Nicole Parker, 2005, (c) New Line Revolution, Nicole Ari Parker, 'Dreamcatcher', Season 2, Ep. #15, 03/05/2014, ©NBC Revolution, Nicole Ari Parker, 'Patriot Games', Season 2, Ep. #4, 10/16/2013, ©NBC Revolution, Nicole Ari Parker (L), Giancarlo Esposito (R), 'One Riot, One Ranger', Season 2, Ep. #5, 10/23/2013, ©NBC Revolution, Nicole Ari Parker (L), Giancarlo Esposito (R), 'One Riot, One Ranger', Season 2, Ep. #5, 10/23/2013, ©WB Revolution, Nicole Ari Parker, 'One Riot, One Ranger', Season 2, Ep. #5, 10/23/2013, ©NBC Revolution, Nicole Ari Parker (L), Giancarlo Esposito (R), 'One Riot, One Ranger', Season 2, Ep. #5, 10/23/2013, ©NBC Revolution, Giancarlo Esposito (L), Nicole Ari Parker (R), 'One Riot, One Ranger', Season 2, Ep. #5, 10/23/2013, ©NBC
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 86% A Snowy Day in Oakland LaTrice (Character) - 2023
100% 60% We Are Gathered Here Today Nancy Stone (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 40% Safe Room Lila Jackson (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 56% Downsized Ebony (Character),
Executive Producer 		- 2017
49% 64% Almost Christmas Sonya (Character) $42.0M 2016
33% 42% Repentance Sophie (Character) $1.2M 2013
80% 55% 35 & Ticking Zenobia (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 55% Pastor Brown Tonya Copeland Brown (Character) - 2009
41% 40% Imagine That Trish (Character) $16.1M 2009
23% 63% Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Lucinda (Character) $42.2M 2008
2% 32% King's Ransom Angela (Character) $4.0M 2005
67% 90% Brown Sugar Reese (Character) $27.4M 2002
No Score Yet 73% Dancing in September Tomasina `'Tommy'` Crawford (Character) - 2000
71% 93% Remember the Titans Carol Boone (Character) $115.8M 2000
No Score Yet 85% The Loretta Claiborne Story Christine Claiborne (Character) - 2000
33% 47% Loving Jezebel Frances (Character) $69.5K 1999
10% 50% Harlem Aria Clarisse (Character) - 1999
30% 59% 200 Cigarettes Bridget (Character) $6.9M 1999
No Score Yet 27% Spark Nina (Character) - 1999
35% 64% Blue Streak Melissa Green (Character) $68.2M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mind Prey Weather Karkinnon (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mute Love Mavis (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 61% Subway Stories Sharon (Character) - 1997
29% 43% The End of Violence Ade (Character) $283.0K 1997
No Score Yet 94% Rebound -- The Legend of Earl The Goat Manigault Wanda (Character) - 1996
79% 69% The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Evie Roy (Character) $2.0M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Divas Stephanie (Character) - 1995

TV

Credit
56% 33% And Just Like That... Lisa Todd Wexley (Character) 2021-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2022
No Score Yet 24% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nick Cannon Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2022
No Score Yet 90% Chicago P.D. Samantha Miller (Guest Star) 2021
84% 48% Empire Giselle (Character),
Giselle Sims-Barker (Guest Star) 		2017-2020
97% 78% Younger Beth (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Family Feud Guest 2019
No Score Yet 75% Lee Daniel's Star Giselle Simms (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home & Family Guest 2018-2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lip Sync Battle Contestant 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wendy Williams Show Guest 2010 2012 2014-2015 2018
49% 63% The Romanoffs Cheryl Gowans (Character) 2018
67% 68% Time After Time Vanessa Anders (Character) 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2014-2016
9% 76% Rosewood Unknown (Guest Star) 2015-2016
No Score Yet 81% Murder in the First Jacqueline Perez (Character) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet 106 & Park Unknown (Character),
Guest 		2012 2014
67% 67% Revolution Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
16% No Score Yet The Deep End Susan Oppenheim (Character) 2010
55% No Score Yet Second Time Around Ryan Muse (Character) 2004-2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soul Food Teri Joseph (Character) 2000-2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet All of Us Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lillie Ivers (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cosby Unknown (Guest Star) 1999-2000