Nicole Ari Parker

Nicole Ari Parker Kodjoe (born October 7, 1970) is an actress and model from the United States. She made her screen debut in the critically praised independent film The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995) and then starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Boogie Nights (1997).

Parker’s filmography includes Blue Streak (1999), Remember the Titans (2000), Brown Sugar (2002), Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Black Dynamite (2009), and Almost Christmas (2016). Parker rose to prominence on television as attorney Teri Joseph (later Carter) in the Showtime drama series Soul Food (2000–04). She got five NAACP Image Award nominations for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. She also appeared in the ABC drama Time After Time and the UPN romantic comedy Second Time Around (2004–05). (2017). In 2017, she was cast as Giselle Barker in Fox’s primetime serial drama Empire. Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller is currently a recurring character on Chicago P.D.