Nicole Ari Parker
Nicole Ari Parker
Nicole Ari Parker-Kodjoe, also known as Nikki Kodjoe, is an American actress. Parker is 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. Additionally, Nicole co-starred on the short-lived UPN romantic comedy Second Time Around that lasted for one season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth7 October 1970
CountryUnited States of America
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I had a brilliant drama teacher while I was at Roland Park: Ann Mainolfi. But the school was mostly rich in academics. It wasn't like I was prepping myself for a life in acting. There, you prepped yourself to have a stable future. The school's piece de resistance is college prep - it didn't teach you how to audition for a TV show.
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Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.
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I have one little pooch-y stomach in a picture, and all of a sudden I'm pregnant.
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We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.
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We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab frozen dinners and McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.
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It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job.
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If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.
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I'm really into nutrition from the inside out.
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I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse.
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I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.
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I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director.
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I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.
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I enjoy using coconut oil - not only for my skin and hair, but I'll digest it.
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I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'