Paula Jai Parker

Actor Aug 19 (age 56) Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1991–2025 (34 year career)

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Biography

Paula Jai Parker (born August 19, 1969) is an American actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the films Friday (1995), Sprung (1997), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), Phone Booth (2002), Hustle & Flow (2005) and Idlewild (2006). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paula Jai Parker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Ray

Ruth Brown

Film

Phone Booth

Felicia

Film

Friday

Joi

Film

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Drunk Party Girl

Film

Hustle & Flow

Lexus

Film

High Crimes

Gracie

Film

The Proud Family

Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)

Film

Life of a King

Gina Sanders

Filmography

Acting (82)

Movies (47)

Soul of A Sister

2025

as Head Therapist

Temperature Rising

2024

as Marie

Kings of L.A.

2023

as Mason

Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends

2023

as Victoria

The Furry Fortune

2023

as June

10.0

A Miracle Before Christmas

as Martha

Stalker

as Evelyn

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

as Self

Hey, Mr. Postman!

as Ms. Kelly

Taco Shop

as Eve

She's Got a Plan

as Rhonda

Last Call at Murray's

as Danice

The Summoning

as Angela

4Play

as Linda

Assistant Motives

as Joyce Miller

Patterns of Attraction

as Desiree Stewart

You, Me & Her

as Karen

Act of Faith

as Shartruce

Life of a King

as Gina Sanders

Pastor Shirley

as Pastor Shirley

When a Woman's Fed Up

2013

as Laticious

2.8

King of the Underground

2011

as Elizabeth Gayle

5.7

Fear Itself: Something with Bite

2009

as Patty Oraell

Cover

as Monica Wilson

Idlewild

as Rose

The Genius Club

as Tatiana Williams

Hustle & Flow

as Lexus

The Proud Family Movie

2005

as Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)

Animal

as Reecy

Ray

as Ruth Brown

She Hate Me

as Evelyn

My Baby's Daddy

as Rolonda

Phone Booth

as Felicia

Love Chronicles

as Sara

High Crimes

as Gracie

30 Years to Life

as Stephanie

The Breaks

as Ann

Woo

as Claudette

Always Outnumbered

as Melodie

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

as Paula King

Sprung

as Adina

Riot

as Lisa

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

as Drunk Party Girl

Get on the Bus

as Jamilia

Friday

as Joi

Tales from the Hood

as Sissy Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

6.3

Cosmic Slop

1994

as Tang (segment 'Tang')

4.3

Television (35)

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

as Trudy (voice)

American Gigolo

as Diamond

Them

as Hazel Emory

Colin in Black and White

as Aunt Zora

Etheria

as Karen

All Rise

as Charlene Addison

A House Divided

as Stephanie Sanders

Crown Lake

as Headmistress Merriweather

9-1-1

as Judith Spivey

Insecure

as Sheryl

Recovery Road

as Margarita Jean-Baptiste

6.4

How to Get Away with Murder

as Yvonne

Hollywood Divas

Ray Donovan

as Sylvie Starr

The Soul Man

as Drew

The Exes

as Amelia

Fish Hooks

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Ellie

The Mentalist

as Astrid

True Blood

as Karen

Fear Itself

as Patty Orwell

Criminal Minds

as Captain Vivian Paige

My Name Is Earl

as Sylvia

The Reichen Show

as Self

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

2003

as Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)

7.4

CSI: Miami

2002

as Deana Walters / D-Nasty

The Shield

as Desirae

The Proud Family

as Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)

7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Julia Beltran

Snoops

as Roberta Young

The Weird Al Show

as Val Brentwood, Gal Spy

The Wayans Bros.

as Mia

The Parent 'Hood

Touched by an Angel

as Billie Holiday

Roc

as Jill