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Vivica A. Fox

Acting

Born July 30, 1964 · South Bend, Indiana, USA

Also known as Vivica Fox · Vivica Anjanetta Fox

Biography

Vivica A. Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She began her career on Soul Train and played roles on the daytime television soap operas Days of Our Lives and Generations. In prime time, she starred opposite Patti LaBelle in the NBC sitcom Out All Night. Fox's breakthrough came in 1996, with roles in Independence Day and Set It Off. Fox has starred in the films Booty Call, Soul Food, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Kingdom Come, Two Can Play That Game, and Boat Trip. She had leading roles in the short-lived tv shows Getting Personal and City of Angels as well as Missing, for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. Fox starred in the movie series The Wrong... for Lifetime and played Candace Mason on Empire. Fox made her directorial debut with First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story about the First Lady of the Black Mafia Family in Detroit.

Filmography50+ titles

Every Day

2023as Morgan

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story

2023Director

For Real: The Story of Reality TV

as Self

The Marriage Chronicles

2012as Leah

The Wrong Life Coach

2024as Tara

Dead End

2019

Keeping Up with the Joneses

as Robin Jones

Trapped: Haitian Nights

2011as Detective Martin

A Tooth Fairy Tale

2025as Opal (voice)

Lord, All Men Can't Be Dogs

2011as Lisa

Eve

2003as Self

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

2010as Angel (voice)

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

2004as Vernita Green (Copperhead)

Ozzy & Drix

2002as Ellen Patella (voice)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003as Vernita Green

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000as Loretta Black

The Parkers

1999

Living Single

1993

Celebrity Family Feud

2015as Self

The Eric Andre Show

2012as Self

True Jackson, VP

2008as Mrs. Jackson

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004as Vernita Green 'Copperhead'

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990as Janet

Mob Wives

as Self - Host

Loonatics Unleashed

as Black Velvet (voice)

Secret Society 2: Never Enough

2022as Charles' (Celess's) Mom

Holiday Hideaway

2022as Angela

Bobbi Kristina

2017as Pat Houston

The Proud Family

2001as Margaret (voice)

Drop Dead Diva

2009as Maria Ellis

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

2013as Lotte Lavoie (voice)

Degrassi Goes Hollywood

2009as Vivica A. Fox

Hollywood Squares

1998as Self - Panelist

Martin

1992as Patrice

The Masked Singer

2019as Mother Nature

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009as Self - Guest Judge

China Beach

1988

Raising Hope

2010as Sara Louise

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

2007as Self

My Wife and Kids

2000as Kelly

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Sherice Ashe

Law & Order

1990as Kate Tenny

The Wrong Stepfather

2020as Principal Higgins

Joy & Hope

2020as Amanda Parkington

Sofia the First

2013as Carol of the Arrow (voice)

All of Us

2003

Set It Off

1996as Frankie

Finding Faith

2024

Twisted House Sitter 2

2023as Pamela

Empire

2015as Candace Holloway-Mason