Nicole Ari Parker Biography

Fast Facts

• In 2008, she founded the Sophie's Voice Foundation in an effort to help those who suffer from spina bifida
• Won an award at the 1999 Urbanworld Film Festival
• In 1998, she won a Florida Film Critics Circle Award for her work on "Boogie Nights․"
• Earned a degree in acting from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts
• In 2005, she got married to fellow actor Boris Kodjoe
• Worked as an ice cream scooper before getting her big break with a role on "Soul Food․"
• Quote: "I don't believe in 'insecurities․' They are a waste of time․ God loves you and everything about you, so why beat up on your precious self?"
• Was a member of the Washington Ballet Company