Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an American actress and model. She gained recognition for her leading role in the critically acclaimed independent film The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) and later appeared in Boogie Nights (1997). Parker has a diverse filmography including Blue Streak (1999), Remember the Titans (2000), Brown Sugar (2002), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Black Dynamite (2009), and Almost Christmas (2016). On television, she starred as attorney Teri Joseph in the Showtime drama series Soul Food (2000–04), earning multiple NAACP Image Award nominations. Parker also appeared in Second Time Around (2004–05), Time After Time (2017), and joined the cast of Empire in 2017 as Giselle Barker.