Nicole Ari Parker AND Nazneen Contractor Feet And Legs

Nicole Ari Parker, an American actor, who has appeared in film and television in addition to in stage productions, is known for playing Teri Joseph, a flamboyant attorney featured in the show on Showtime called Soul Food. Nikki Kodjoe is her new name since she got married. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland she showed an aptitude for acting in her childhood and received the Best Actress award at the Maryland high-school competition. The path to acting began when she joined the Washington Ballet Company and the theater. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love earned her a top-quality role. The film was followed by films including 'Boogie nights Spark' as well as Blue Streak. Soul Food received a lot of praise for her performance. She appeared in TV shows like Second Time Around, and Empire. She appeared on stage for a number of shows early on in her career. Parker is a political activist who has an seriously her involvement in politics, is married to actor-model Boris Kodjoe. Their two children are born.

Contractor, a Mumbai-born Indian and who was a resident of Nigeria from the time she was seven years old, knew a great deal about world cultures and traveling at such a young stage. When she was seven through nine, she was a student at boarding schools in London. Her family relocated to Toronto which she stayed in throughout her early years. Then, in Toronto, Contractor excelled in academics and trained as an classical ballerina. In the Etobicoke School of the Arts (a public high school that specializes in arts) the student studied the theatre and dance. Contractor was dancing for over 10 years when she started and decided to concentrate on acting. After she completed high school with a full tuition scholarship to University of Toronto where she was a theatre student with a dual diploma in sociology and psychology. After one year at University, Contractor went to an audition on a call-to-action basis for the play Pericles at the world-class famous, world-class Stratford Shakespeare Festival [Ontario, Canada and landed the leading role. The year 2002 was a great one for her. Canadian reviewers praised her performance during 92 performances of Pericles. She was invited to join Stratford's conservatory, a program which allows just four men and eight women can take an intensive 20-week program in classical theatre. Her place was guaranteed in the next play She was also offered Hermia's part as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream.