Paula Jai ParkerFilmography

Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Born and raised in the Midwest, actress Paula Jai Parker moved to Washington, D.C., to study at Howard University. After getting her B.A., she went on to become a regular on The Apollo Comedy Hour and Townsend Television on FOX. After proving she could do comedy, she made a dramatic turn on the...Read More

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Actors: Louis Gossett, Jr., Vivica A. Fox, Aunjanue Ellis, Razaaq Adoti

Synopsis: A woman accused could be either a killer or a victim in this psychological drama from director Bill Duke. Valerie Maas (Aunjanue Ellis) is a God-fearing housewife and artist who one day finds herself in a situation she never imaged possible -- being questioned on murder charges by no-nonsense Read More

2/22/08
The Genius Club

Actors: Carol Abney, Stephen Baldwin, Jacob Bonneva, Tricia Helfer, Matt Medrano

Synopsis: An unprecedented disaster is about to unfold, and in order to ensure the safety of all humankind, a group of high-profile thinkers selected for their stratospheric IQs must come up with a solution to all of the world's problems over the course of one grueling night in writer/director Timothy A. Chey Read More

10/26/06
Idlewild

Actors: André Benjamin, Antwan Andre Patton, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love

Synopsis: OutKast duo André "Andre 3000" Benjamin and Antwan Andre "Big Boi" Patton star as two Prohibition-era performers determined to fend off the vicious gangsters currently attempting to gain a stake in the pair's lucrative club in this musical drama directed by longtime collaborator Bryan Barber and Read More

8/25/06
Hustle & Flow

Actors: Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, Paula Jai Parker, D.J. Qualls, Ludacris

Synopsis: One man's struggle to rise above his circumstances prompts him to try a career in music in this acclaimed drama from writer and director Craig Brewer. Djay (Terrence Howard) is a low-level pimp and drug dealer who scraped together a living in the ghettos of Memphis, TN. Djay isn't happy with his Read More

7/22/05
She Hate Me

Actors: Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington

Synopsis: Directed by Spike Lee, She Hate Me follows John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Anthony Mackie), who is fired from a posh job in biotechnology after informing the proper authorities of some sketchy business dealings from within the company. Unemployed and desperate for some quick cash, Jack accepts a Read More

7/28/04
My Baby's Daddy

Actors: Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Method Man, John Amos

Synopsis: Three lazy pals find they're facing fatherhood simultaneously in this light-hearted comedy co-written by star Eddie Griffin. Lonnie (Griffin), G. (Anthony Anderson), and Dominick (Michael Imperioli) live stress-free lives with Lonnie's trash-talking Uncle Virgil (John Amos). But when all three Read More

1/9/04
The Shield: Cracking Ice

Synopsis: Ronnie (David Rees Snell) discovers that there is 7,000 dollars missing from the "Money Train" stash. He and Lem (Kenny Johnson) suspect Shane (Walton Goggins), but Vic (Michael Chiklis) doesn't believe it. Shane, meanwhile, decides to buy an engagement ring for Mara (Michele Hicks) from Taylor (RonReaco Lee Read More

2004
Animal

Actors: Terrence Howard, Chazz Palminteri, Ving Rhames, Jim Brown, Paula Jai Parker

Synopsis: A notorious gangster must reconcile his past in order to make a future for his criminally-minded son in this crime-drama starring football superstar Jim Brown and Pulp Fiction star Ving Rhames. James "Animal" Allen (Rhames) reveled in a life of violent crime until he was placed behind bars. Upon Read More

2004
30 Years to Life

Actors: Erika Alexander, Melissa DeSousa, Tracy Morgan, Paula Jai Parker, Allen Payne, T.E. Russell, Kadeem Hardison

Synopsis: A handful of close friends, due to turn 30, discover that their dreams for the future are running headfirst into the realities of adulthood in this character-driven comedy-drama. Natalie (Melissa De Sousa) is a banker who is happy with her job, but is tired of being single, and her pursuit of a Read More

5/9/03
Phone Booth

Actors: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell

Synopsis: One man's life is thrown into turmoil by picking up a telephone in this claustrophobic thriller. Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is a brash, cynical, and self-centered public relations man who juggles a busy career with both a wife, Kelly (Radha Mitchell), and a mistress, Pamela (Katie Holmes). Stu Read More

4/4/03
The Proud Family [Animated TV Series]

Actors: Kyla Pratt, Tommy Davidson, Paula Jai Parker, Jo Marie Payton, Karen Malina White

2001
Touched by an Angel: God Bless the Child

Synopsis: Even though her brother died of a drug overdose, a young, angry black girl named Charnelle (Kenya Williams) is on the brink of becoming a hopeless addict herself. Fortunately, Monica (Roma Downey) has shown up to help Charnelle write a school essay about finding "a piece of yourself in history." Read More

2000
The Breaks

Actors: Mitch Mullany, Paula Jai Parker

Synopsis: In this hip-hop oriented comedy, Mitch Mullany plays a guy living in Oakland, California, who's having a really bad day. Of course, the fact that he's one of the only White people living in his neighborhood doesn't help -- especially since he goes out of his way to "act Black." The Breaks features Read More

1999
Snoops [TV Series]

Actors: Gina Gershon, Paula Marshall, Danny Nucci, Paula Jai Parker, Edward Kerr

1999
Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Actors: Halle Berry, Vivica A. Fox, Lela Rochon, Larenz Tate, Paul Mazursky

Synopsis: Gregory Nava directed this biographical drama on the brief but intense life of singer Frankie Lymon who stayed with the popular Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers group only for a year. Lymon was 13 years old when the group erupted from radios and jukeboxes with their 1956 hit, Why Do Fools Fall in Read More

8/28/98
Woo

Actors: Jada Pinkett Smith, Tommy Davidson, Duane Martin, Michael Ralph, Darrell M. Heath

Synopsis: Daisy von Scherler Mayer (Madeline, Party Girl) directed this comedy, scripted by David C. Johnson (D.R.O.P. Squad), following the trajectory of a mismatched couple throughout the evening of a blind date in New York (but mostly filmed in Toronto). Extrovert Darlene "Woo" Bates (Jada Pinkett Smith Read More

1998
NYPD Blue: Speak For Yourself, Bruce

Synopsis: A rape and murder take place in the apartment owned by Jamal (Giancarlo Esposito), an ex-crack dealer who was previously disabled in a police shoot-out. The investigation of a shooting in a medical clinic prompts a brutish, lovelorn security guard named Bruce (John Thaddeus) to forcibly "protect" Read More

1998
Always Outnumbered

Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Bill Cobbs, Natalie Cole, Bill Duke, Laurie Metcalf

Synopsis: Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist) directed this Walter Mosley script adaptation of Mosley's short story collection, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. Ex-con Socrates Fortlow (Laurence Fishburne) returns to L.A., looks for work, becomes friends with Right Burke (Bill Cobbs), is told he's too Read More

1998
Sprung

Actors: Tisha Campbell, Rusty Cundieff, Paula Jai Parker, Joe Torry, John Witherspoon

Synopsis: The trajectories of two opposing romantic relationships are fodder for this African-American screwball comedy from co-writer, star, and director Rusty Cundieff. Montel (Cundieff) and Clyde (Joe Torry) stars as friends who couldn't be less alike. An introverted photographer, Montel wants to meet Read More

1997
Friday

Actors: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., John Witherspoon

Synopsis: Hard-core rapper Ice Cube, after appearing in such hard-hitting films as Boyz 'N the Hood and Higher Learning, played his first comic role in this picture he co-wrote with frequent musical collaborator DJ Pooh. Craig (Ice Cube) manages to get fired on his day off (though he claims it's through no Read More

1995
Tales From the Hood

Actors: Clarence Williams III, Corbin Bernsen, Joe Torry, Wings Hauser, Anthony Griffith, Michael Massee

Synopsis: Boyz N the Hood meets Tales from the Crypt in this alternately horrific, funny, and socially conscious anthology film. The four grim vignettes are framed by the tale of three street hoods who break into Mr. Simm's inner-city funeral home to find a stash of drugs. The mortician puts them off, by Read More

1995
The Wayans Bros. [TV Series]

Actors: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, John Witherspoon, Anna Maria Horsford, Lela Rochon

Synopsis: Premiering January 11, 1995, the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. actually stars only two members of that large and apparently ever-expanding family of African-American entertainers. Fresh from their In Living Color success, siblings Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans (who also co-created this series) star Read More

1995