Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress and television producer. She is best known for her roles in the films Independence Day, Set It Off, Soul Food, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Kill Bill, and Juwanna Mann.

Early life

Fox was born in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Everlyena (née House), a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a private school administrator. She has African American and Native American ancestry. Her parents relocated to the Indianapolis, Indiana, area soon after her birth. Fox is a graduate of Arlington High School in Indianapolis, Indiana and Golden West College with an Associate Art degree in Social Sciences.

Career

Fox moved to California to attend Golden West College. While in California she started acting professionally, first on soap operas such as Generations, Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless. She was cast as Emily Franklin in the pilot episode of ABC's Living Dolls, a spin-off of the sitcom Who's the Boss? but was replaced with Halle Berry for the remaining episodes. Another early role saw her as Patti LaBelle's fashion designer daughter, Charisse Chamberlain, on the NBC TV series Out All Night. She also appeared as Jazz's sister on the hit show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and on Beverly Hills, 90210. She got her big break in film in two 1996 movies, Independence Day, and Set It Off.

From 2004 to 2006 Fox starred in and co-produced the Lifetime Network drama series, Missing. Fox was a judge on The WB's talent show The Starlet. Fox participated in the third season of ABC's hit television show, Dancing with the Stars, she was voted off after the fourth week. In September 2007, she appeared in the sixth season of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm as a mother of a family displaced by a hurricane and taken in by Larry and Cheryl. Then, on October 1, she appeared in an episode of the show The Game.

In August 2008, she filmed Shark City in Toronto. Fox also hosted her own VH1 reality series entitled Glam God (2008).

In 2009, Fox served as celebrity spokesperson for the newly revamped Psychic Friends Network. After receiving backlash for her involvement with the network, Fox denied any involvement with the company, despite having filmed a commercial and promo video which had already gone to air.

On March 2, 2010, while Fox appeared as a guest on The Wendy Williams Show, Fox announced that she would be starring in a play entitled Cheaper to Keep Her, produced by I'm Ready Productions. Fox was one of TV Guide Network's red carpet correspondents for the 82nd Academy Awards which were held on Sunday, March 7, 2010.

Also in March 2010, Fox appeared on an episode of "Talk Cruze," hosted by Micah Jesse, where she admitted she was starstruck by Tom Selleck.

Fox is currently the host of the lifetime reality show 'Prank My Mom', where kids play pranks on their mothers.

Personal life

In December 1998, Fox married singer Christopher Harvest. The couple divorced in 2002. Fox later dated rapper 50 Cent in 2003.

On March 20, 2007, Fox was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Don't Be a Menace...	Ashtray's Mother
1996	Independence Day	Jasmine Dubrow	MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss shared with Will Smith Universe Reader's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Genre Motion Picture Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Set It Off	Francesca "Frankie" Sutton
1997	Booty Call	Lysterine
	Batman & Robin	Miss B. Haven
	Soul Food	Maxine	Acapulco Black Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated - MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance
1998	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Elizabeth "Mickey" Waters
1999	Idle Hands	Debi LeCure
	'	Sara
	Teaching Mrs. Tingle	Miss Gold
2001	Double Take	Shari	Uncredited
	Kingdom Come	Lucille	Nominated - BET Award for Best Actress Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
	Two Can Play That Game	Shante Smith	Nominated - BET Award for Best Actress Black Reel Award for Best Actress Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
	Little Secrets	Pauline
2002	Juwanna Mann	Michelle Langford	Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
	Boat Trip	Felicia	Nominated - BET Award for Best Actress
2003	Ride or Die	Lisa	Producer
	Kill Bill: Vol. 1	Vernita Green/Jeanie Bell AKA Copperhead	Nominated - BET Award for Best Actress Nominated - Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress
	Kill Bill: Vol. 2		Vernita Green/Jeanie Bell ("Copperhead")
2004	Motives	Constance Simms	Producer
	Ella Enchanted	Lucinda
2005	'	Jenny	Producer
	Getting Played	Andrea Collins
2006	The Hard Corps	Tamara
	Citizen Duane	Duane's Teacher
2007	Kickin' It Old Skool	Roxanna Jackson
	Father of Lies	Barbara Robinson
2008	Three Can Play That Game	Shante Smith	Producer
	Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare	Dotty Tortoise	Voice
	Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous	Sgt. Louisa Morley
	Cover	Zahara Milton
2009	'	Customer
	Hollywood & Wine	Jackie Johnson
	Shark City	Veronica Wolf
2010	Cleopatra Smiles	Cleopatra
	Trapped: Haitian Nights	Violet Martin	Direct-To-Video

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	China Beach	Toffee Candette	2 episodes
	Days of our Lives	Carmen Silva	Unknown episodes
1989	Who's the Boss?	Emily Franklin	1 episode
	Living Dolls	Emily Franklin
1989" 1990	Generations	Maya Reubens	Unknown episodes
1991	'	Janet	1 episode
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Sherice Ashe
1992	Family Matters	Halawna
1992" 1993	Out All Night	Charisse Chamberlain	19 episodes
1993	Matlock	Celebrity Patient at Clinic	1 episode
1995	Martin	Patrice	1 episode
	'	Elizabeth
	'	Charlene	TV movie
	'	Stephanie Simmons	Unknown episodes
1996	Living Single	Tina	1 episode
1997	Arsenio	Vicki Atwood	7 episodes
1998	Getting Personal	Robyn Buckley	1 episode Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
1999	'	Sara Anderson	TV movie
	Cosby	Anita	1 episode
	'	Regina	3 episodes
2000	City of Angels	Dr. Lillian Price	13 episodes
	Hendrix	Faye Pridgeon	TV movie
2001	'	Margaret (Voice)	1 episode
2002	My Wife and Kids	Amanda Saintana Ceus Kyle
2003	Ozzy & Drix	Ellen Patella (Voice)	2 episodes
	'	Adelaide Tyler	1 episode
	Tremors	Delores
	'	Claire
	Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time	Future Monique (Voice)	TV movie
2004	Alias	Toni Cummings	2 episodes
2004" 2006	1-800-Missing	FBI Agent Nicole Scott	36 episodes Co-executive producer NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2006) Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2005)
2005	Loonatics Unleashed	Black Velvet (Voice)	1 episode
2006	All of Us	Beverly Hunter	2 episodes
	Icons		1 episode
2007" 2009	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Loretta Black	11 episodes
2008	Little Britain USA		1 episode
	Law & Order	Kate Tenny
	Glam God with Vivica A. Fox		Executive producer
2009	'da Kink In My Hair	Karen	1 episode
2009" 2010	True Jackson, VP	True's mom
2010	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Voice of Angel Dynamite/Cassidy Williams	recurring
	Melissa and Joey	model scout	1 episode
	Drop Dead Diva	Maria Ellis	1 episode
2011	A Holiday Heist	Dean Erma	Made for TV Christmas movie. Ion Television
2012	Raising Hope	Sara Louise	Season 2, Episode 19 "Hogging All The Glory"

Video games
Year	Game	Role	Notes
2012	Hitman: Absolution	Lasandra Dixon

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