Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actor and model. Parker is best known for her film and television roles, most notably as Becky Barnett in the film Boogie Nights and Teri Joseph in the television Sequel Series to the film Soul Food. In 2021, she became part of the Sex and the City sequel series And Just Like That....
She is married to fellow actor Boris Kodjoe and they have two children.
Selected Filmography
Film
- The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) - Evie Roy
- Boogie Nights (1997) - Becky Barnett
- 200 Cigarettes (1999) - Bridget
- Blue Streak (1999) - Melissa Green
- Remember the Titans (2000) - Carol Boone
- Brown Sugar (2002) - Reese Marie Wiggam Ellis
- Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) - Lucinda Allen
- Black Dynamite (2009) - Mahogany Black
- Imagine That (2009) - Trish
- Almost Christmas (2016) - Sonya Meyers
- How It Ends (2018) - Paula Sutherland
Live-Action Television
- Cosby (1999-2000) - Rebecca, 3 episodes
- The System (2003) - Linda Evans, series regular (9 episodes)
- Soul Food (2000–2004) - Teri Joseph, series regular (74 episodes)
- Second Time Around (2004–2005) - Ryan Muse, series regular (13 episodes)
- The Deep End (2010) - Susan Oppenheim, series regular (6 episodes)
- Real Husbands Of Hollywood (2013) - Herself, 5 episodes
- Revolution (2013) - Justine Allenford, 8 episodes
- Murder in the First (2014) - Jacqueline Perez, series regular (9 episodes)
- Rosewood (2015-2016) - Kat Crawford, recurring role
- Time After Time (2017) - Vanessa Anders, recurring role
- Empire (2017-2020) - Giselle Barker, recurring role (Season 4), main role (Season 5-6)
- The Romanoffs (2018) - Cheryl Gowans
- Im Dying Up Here (2018) - Gloria, 5 episodes
- Chicago P.D. (2020) - Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller, recurring role (Season 8-current)
- And Just Like That... (2021) - Lisa Todd Wexley, series regular
