Nicole Ari Parker AND Nazneen Contractor Feet And Legs

Nicole Ari Parker, an American actor who has appeared in film and television in addition to in stage productions, is known for playing Teri Joseph, the fiery lawyer in the show Showtime's Soul Food. After her wedding, she is also known by the name Nikki Kodjoe. As a child in Baltimore, Maryland, she was always interested in acting. In an Maryland high school contest in her early years of training, she was awarded the title for best actress. Apart from her role as a theater actress and in the ballet company, she was also a part of the Washington Ballet Company.' She received an acting degree from New York University. She received a lot of praise for her first major performance in The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. There followed films like 'Boogie Nights Spark & Blue Streak. The film was highly praised for her role on Soul Food. She appeared in TV programs such as Second Time Around, and Empire. Earlier on in her life she was a part of numerous stages. Parker was a politician and plays an active part in the world of fashion and acting, is currently married to Boris Kodjoe. The couple has two kids.

Contractor, a Mumbai-born Indian, who lived in Nigeria at the age of was seven years old. was well-versed in world cultures and traveling at such a young stage. She went to boarding school from the age between 7 and 9 years old in London. Later her family moved back to Toronto (Canada) where they lived for the rest of her childhood. Then, in Toronto, Contractor excelled in academics, and was trained to become a classical ballerina. She was a student at an Etobicoke School of the Arts which is a highly specialized public arts high school where she was not just a dancer but also studied theater. Contractor was 16 when she realized that acting would be her future career. She danced for over a decade. When she graduated from high-school with a full scholarship for tuition to University of Toronto where she was a theatre student with a dual degrees in Sociology and Psychology. Contractor with a degree in sociology, having completed her university degree, went on to audition at an open call for Pericles which was held at the highly acclaimed Stratford Shakespeare Festival, [Ontario Canadain Canada] and was selected for the role. Her work was highly acclaimed in the 92 plays which she was a part of. She was awarded the award in 2002 for the most outstanding production of the Year by Canadian Critics. The actress accepted an invitation to attend Stratford's conservatory. This is a course which allows just four men and eight women can take a 20 weeks crash program in classical theatre. She was scheduled to perform in the following play-season was confirmed and she was cast in the role in Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream.