Vivica A. Fox
Categories: 1964 births | African-American actors | Alias actors | Film actors | Indianapolitans | Television actors | Voice actors
Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an African-American film and television actress.
Graduating from Golden West College with an Associate Art degree in Social Sciences, Fox moved to California to become an actress, first on soap operas such as Generations, Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless. One of her earliest roles saw her as Patti LaBelle's fashion designer daughter, Charisse Chamberlain, on the NBC TV series Out All Night. She got her big break in film as Will Smith's exotic dancer girlfriend in Independence Day. From there, she was cast in many other films and earned critical acclaim for her role in the 1997 movie Soul Food, which netted her MTV Movie Award and NAACP Image Award nominations.
In December of 1998, she married singer Christopher Harvest (aka Sixx-Nine) who she later divorced in June 2002.
Fox also played roles in Idle Hands, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Two Can Play That Game and Juwanna Mann before landing the role of assassin Vernita Green in the 2003 Quentin Tarantino vehicle, Kill Bill. Fox has also tried her hand at voice acting, providing her voice for roles in the television cartoons Ozzy & Drix and Kim Possible.
In 2004, Fox was in an episode of Punk'd where her pregnant friend Tichina Arnold pretended to go into labor, but they became angry when a paramedic appeared to care more about taking pictures than delivering the baby.
Fox's relationship with the rapper 50 Cent earned her a playful nod from artist Missy Elliott in her song "I'm Really Hot" and from 50 Cent himself in "Get In My Car".
Fox is currently starring in the drama series, Missing on the Lifetime network with Caterina Scorsone and Mark Consuelos. She is also the show's co-producer.
Filmography
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1995)
- Independence Day (1996)
- Set It Off (1996)
- Booty Call (1997)
- Batman & Robin (1997)
- Soul Food (1997)
- Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)
- Idle Hands (1999)
- Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
- Double Take (2001)
- Kingdom Come (2001)
- Two Can Play That Game (2001)
- Little Secrets (2001)
- Juwanna Mann (2002)
- Boat Trip (2002)
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
- Ride or Die (2003)
- Motives (2004) (also producer)
- Ella Enchanted (2004)
- Hair Show (2004) (Cameo)
- Blast! (2004)
- The Salon (2005) (also producer)
- My Nappy Roots (2005) (documentary) (currently in post-production)
- Getting Played (2005) (currently in post-production) (also producer)