
Vivica A. Fox
Real Name : Vivica Anjanetta Fox
Born:
30/07/1967
(54 yo)
Birth place: South Bend, Indiana (USA)
Citizenship : USA
Ethnicity : Native American ancestry
Occupation : Actress
Active Years:
1989-present
Summary
Vivica Anjanetta Fox is an American actress and television producer. She is best known for her roles in the films Independence Day, Set It Off, Soul Food, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Kill Bill, Booty Call, and Juwanna Mann.
Biography
Fox was born in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Everlyena (née House), a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a private school administrator. She has African American and Native American ancestry. Her parents relocated to the Indianapolis, Indiana, area soon after her birth. Fox is a graduate of Arlington High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California with an Associate Art degree in Social Sciences.
Career
Fox moved to California to attend Golden West College. While in California she started acting professionally, first on soap operas such as Generations, Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless. She was cast as Emily Franklin in the pilot episode of ABC's Living Dolls, a spin-off of the sitcom Who's the Boss? but was replaced with Halle Berry for the remaining episodes. Another early role saw her as Patti LaBelle's fashion designer daughter, Charisse Chamberlain, on the NBC TV series Out All Night. She also appeared as Jazz's sister on the hit show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and on Beverly Hills, 90210. She got her big break in film in two 1996 movies, Independence Day, and Set It Off.
From 2004 to 2006 Fox starred in and co-produced the Lifetime Network drama series, Missing. Fox was a judge on The WB's talent show The Starlet. Fox participated in the third season of ABC's hit television show, Dancing with the Stars, she was voted off after the fourth week. In September 2007, she appeared in the sixth season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm as a mother of a family displaced by a hurricane and taken in by Larry and Cheryl. Then, on October 1, she appeared in an episode of the show The Game.
In August 2008, she filmed Shark City in Toronto.[5] Fox also hosted her own VH1 reality series entitled Glam God (2008).
In 2009, Fox served as celebrity spokesperson for the newly revamped Psychic Friends Network. After receiving backlash for her involvement with the network, Fox denied any involvement with the company, despite having filmed a commercial and promo video which had already gone to air.
On March 2, 2010, while Fox appeared as a guest on The Wendy Williams Show, Fox announced that she would be starring in a play entitled Cheaper to Keep Her, produced by I'm Ready Productions. Fox was one of TV Guide Network's red carpet correspondents for the 82nd Academy Awards which were held on Sunday, March 7, 2010.
Also in March 2010, Fox appeared on an episode of "Talk Cruze," hosted by Micah Jesse, where she admitted she was starstruck by Tom Selleck.
Fox is currently the host of the lifetime reality show 'Prank My Mom', where kids play pranks on their mothers.
Personal life
In December 1998, Fox married singer Christopher Harvest. The couple divorced in 2002. Fox later dated rapper 50 Cent in 2003.
On March 20, 2007, Fox was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
Websites & Social Networks
www.vivicafox.com
twitter.com/MsVivicaFox
www.facebook.com/VivicaAFox
Carrer (Filmography, Discography, Awards...)
Filmography:
- 1989 Born on the Fourth of July
- 1995 Don't Be a Menace...
- 1996 Independence Day
- 1996 Set It Off
- 1997 Booty Call
- 1997 Batman & Robin
- 1997 Soul Food
- 1998 Why Do Fools Fall in Love
- 1999 Idle Hands
- 1999 A Saintly Switch
- 1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle
- 2001 Double Take
- 2001 Kingdom Come
- 2001 Two Can Play That Game
- 2001 Little Secrets
- 2002 Juwanna Mann
- 2002 Boat Trip
- 2003 Ride or Die
- 2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1
- 2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 2
- 2004 Motives
- 2004 Ella Enchanted
- 2005 The Salon
- 2005 Getting Played
- 2006 The Hard Corps
- 2006 Citizen Duane
- 2007 Kickin' It Old Skool
- 2007 Father of Lies
- 2008 Three Can Play That Game
- 2008 Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
- 2008 Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
- 2008 Cover
- 2009 The Slammin' Salmon
- 2009 Hollywood & Wine
- 2009 Shark City
- 2010 Cleopatra Smiles
- 2010 Trapped: Haitian Nights
- 2013 Home Run
- 2013 Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
Serive TV:
- 1988 China Beach
- 1988 Days of our Lives
- 1989 Who's the Boss?
- 1989 Living Dolls
- 1989-90 Generations
- 1991 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- 1991 Beverly Hills, 90210
- 1992 Family Matters
- 1992–93 Out All Night
- 1993 Matlock
- 1995 Martin
- 1995 The Watcher
- 1995 The Tuskegee Airmen
- 1995 The Young and the Restless
- 1996 Living Single
- 1997 Arsenio
- 1998 Getting Personal
- 1999 A Saintly Switch
- 1999 Cosby
- 1999 The Hughleys
- 2000 City of Angels
- 2000 Hendrix
- 2001 The Proud Family
- 2002 My Wife and Kids
- 2003 Ozzy & Drix
- 2003 The Twilight Zone
- 2003 Tremors
- 2003 The Parkers
- 2003 Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
- 2004 Alias
- 2004–06 1-800-Missing
- 2005 Loonatics Unleashed
- 2006 All of Us
- 2006 Icons
- 2007–09 Curb Your Enthusiasm
- 2008 Little Britain USA
- 2008 Law & Order
- 2008 Glam God with Vivica A. Fox
- 2009 'da Kink In My Hair
- 2009–10 True Jackson, VP
- 2010–13 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- 2011 A Holiday Heist
- 2012 Raising Hope