Vivica Fox

Starred as Jenny, the owner of a neighbourhood beauty salon in director Mark Brown s The Salon

Competed on the third season of Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

Starring in the Lifetime drama series, Missing with Caterina Scorsone and Mark Consuelos; also served as co-producer

Starred as assassin Copperhead opposite Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino s film, which was released in two Volumes Kill Bill Vol. 1 in 2003 and Kill Bill Vol.2 in 2004

Co-starred in Juwanna Mann with Miguel A. Nunez Jr.

Co-starred in Kingdom Come as LL Cool J s wife

Starred opposite Morris Chestnut in Two Can Play That Game

Acted in first 13 episodes of the CBS medical drama City of Angels

Had co-starring role as one of the wives of pop singer Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall in Love?

Starred in the Fox sitcom Getting Personal

Co-starred with Arsenio Hall in his short-lived ABC sitcom Arsenio

Signed deal to devlop own sitcom for Twentieth Century-Fox

Cast in a feature supporting role in the high-profile sequel Batman and Robin ; had leading roles in Set It Off and Booty Call

Cast in first featured film role, played Will Smith s stripper/single mother girlfriend in the sci-fi blockbuster Independence Day (released 1996)

TV-movie debut, The Tuskegee Airmen on HBO

Appeared on CBS s daytime soap The Young and the Restless in the recurring role of Dr. Stephanie Simmons

Debut as a series regular, Out All Night ; played the fashion stylist daughter of nightclub owner Patti LaBelle

First primetime guest shot, an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ; first acted with sitcom s star Will Smith

Screen debut as a hooker in Born on the Fourth of July

Discovered while waitressing at a restaurant on Sunset Boulevard by Trevor Walton, then a producer at Paramount; Walton introduced her to the woman who subsequently became her agent (date approximate)

Moved to Hollywood after graduating high school

Appeared as Maya Davis, a recurring character, on Generations , an NBC daytime soap targeted at black audiences

Appeared on stage in In the Abyss of Coney Island and Generations of the Dead in L.A.

Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana

Played bit parts in Don t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood and A Low Down Dirty Shame