Nicole Ari Parker AND Nazneen Contractor Feet And Legs

Nicole Ari Parker is an American film TV and stage actress who is known for her role as the spirited attorney Teri Joseph in the Showtime series Soul Food. When she got married, she changed her name to Nikki Kodjoe. She was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland she showed an aptitude for acting in her when she was a child and won the Best Actress prize at an Maryland high-school competition. Following her time in the theater and 'The Washington Ballet Company she earned a certificate in acting from New York University. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love was her first big role. Movies such as Blue Streak and Boogie Nights Spark followed. Soul Food was an immensely popular TV series. In addition, she has appeared on TV shows such as Second Time Around" and Empire. At the beginning of her career, she appeared in several stage plays. Parker was a politician and also takes an active role in the fashion world and acting, is currently married to Boris Kodjoe. Both have two kids.

Contractor, who was raised by his parents in Nigeria and Mumbai before he turned seven, had traveled around across the globe and lived through diverse cultures when he was a kid. She was a boarding student in London between seven and nine years of age, and then her family moved towards Toronto, Canada, where she lived the bulk of her early childhood and adulthood. Then, in Toronto, Contractor excelled in academics and became an classical ballerina. She was a student at an Etobicoke School of the Arts which is a highly specialized public arts high school, where she not only danced but studied theater as well. Contractor was inspired to pursue acting more seriously at age of 16 following almost 10 year of dance. After graduating high school, she received a full-time scholarship to Toronto's University of Toronto, where she completed a masters degree in theatre and a double major in psychology and sociology. Contractor was cast in her first show following her first year at university. She received rave reviews for her performance in the 92 shows performed in the production. It was also voted as the best production by Canadian critics in 2002. Contractor was offered the opportunity to take part in the conservatory course, in which only eight males and four females are selected to take a crash course of 20 weeks on the classical stage that she gladly accepted. Contractor was guaranteed a spot for the upcoming season of plays and landed the role in the role of Hermia In A Midsummer Night's Dream.