Nicole Ari Parker has an enviable life. Not only is she married to gorgeous fellow actor Boris Kodjoe – who we all saw fall in love with her on the hit series “Soul Food” – but she has two beautiful children with him and her own career.
The Baltimore-born beauty is heading to Atlanta to appear at a special free screening of “Remember The Titans” at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, a supporter of the Atlanta Football Classic, which takes place this weekend. Parker appeared in the 2000 movie, which explored the struggles of the first black coach of a high school football team in Virginia.
Parker has several projects coming up – she’s hosting the Bronze Lens film festival in Atlanta in November – but she’s most excited about her Broadway debut. Next spring, she, Blair Underwood and Wood Harris of “The Wire” will star in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” the latest adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play. She says it’s her dream role.
In the midst of her busy life, Parker took time to talk while driving to acting class on an L.A. freeway. Here’s what she had to say.
