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Paula Jai Parker is a Actor American born on 19 august 1969 at Cleveland (USA)
Paula Jai Parker (born August 19, 1969) is an American actress, comedian and director. She had number of supporting roles in films, including Friday (1995), Sprung (1997), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), Phone Booth (2002), Hustle & Flow (2005), and Idlewild (2006). Parker also known for her voice of Trudy Proud in the Disney Channel animated comedy series, The Proud Family (2001-2005).
They have one son, Onederful.
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Paula Jai Parker
Paula Jai Parker (born August 19, 1969) is an American actress, comedian and director. She had number of supporting roles in films, including Friday (1995), Sprung (1997), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), Phone Booth (2002), Hustle & Flow (2005), and Idlewild (2006). Parker also known for her voice of Trudy Proud in the Disney Channel animated comedy series, The Proud Family (2001-2005).
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Parker married Forrest Martin in 2004. The couple met on the set of Hustle & Flow, where Forrest, who had just graduated with a Master of Fine Arts was working as an intern. Paula almost passed on shooting the critically acclaimed movie and only took the part at the urging of her manager.They have one son, Onederful.
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Paranoia (2013)
, 1h45Directed by Robert Luketic
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Lucas Till, Amber Heard, Josh Holloway
Roles Nora Sommers, Cassidy's former boss
Rating56%
Adam Cassidy is a low-level inventor who works for a corporation run by Nicholas Wyatt. After being fired for insubordination, Adam uses the company's credit card to pay for bottle service for his friends at a club. Wyatt and his enforcer, Miles Meachum, blackmail Adam into becoming a corporate spy for Wyatt by threatening to have him arrested for fraud.
Life of a King (2013)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Films about chess
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Paula Jai Parker, Richard T. Jones, Malcolm Mays
Roles Gina Sanders
Rating69%
The film tells the true story of Eugene Brown (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), an ex-con who starts a chess club for inner-city youths in Washington, D.C..
Life of a King (2013)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Films about chess
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., Dennis Haysbert, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Paula Jai Parker, Richard T. Jones, Malcolm Mays
Roles Gina Sanders
Rating69%
The film tells the true story of Eugene Brown (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), an ex-convict who starts the Big Chair Chess Club for inner-city youths in Washington, D.C..
Cover (2007)
, 1h38Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Aunjanue Ellis, Razaaq Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, Leon Robinson, Louis Gossett Jr., Paula Jai Parker
Roles Monica Wilson
Rating53%
The Genius Club (2006)
, 1h50Directed by Tim Chey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about religion
Actors Stephen Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, Tricia Helfer, Jack Scalia, Paula Jai Parker, Huntley Ritter
Roles Tatiana Williams
Rating56%
On Christmas Eve, Armand (Tom Sizemore), a terrorist who has a hidden nuclear device in Washington D.C., forces the president of the United States government (Jack Scalia) to round up seven geniuses with IQs over 200. The group consists of a casino owner (Carol Abney), a biochemist (Paula Jai Parker), a pro-baseball player (Matt Medrano), a seminary student (Jacob Bonnema), an economics professor (Phillip Moon), a painter (Tricia Helfer), and a pizza delivery guy (Stephen Baldwin).
Idlewild (2006)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors André 3000, Big Boi, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams
Roles Rose
Rating61%
Percival (3000) and Rooster (Boi) have been good friends since childhood. However, as they grow up, they each begin to live separate lives. Percival works at his father Percy Senior's (Vereen) morgue preparing dead bodies during the day, and works at a local club called Church (owned by Ace (Love)) at night playing the piano. Rooster grows up and involves himself in gambling, partying and business deals; he also gets married to Zora (Williams) and has a family. In addition, Rooster also works at the Church club as a performer. Another performer at the club is Taffy (Gray) who is a drunk, loudmouth, jealous diva, who is slowly falling out of the limelight.
Hustle & Flow (2005)
, 1h56Directed by Craig Brewer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films
Actors Terrence Howard, Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning, Taraji P. Henson, DJ Qualls, Ludacris
Roles Lexus
Rating72%
DJay (Terrence Howard) is a pimp and drug dealer who is dissatisfied with his life. After acquiring a keyboard and reacquainting himself with an old friend from school, Key (Anthony Anderson), who has become a sound technician, DJay decides to try his hand at making hip hop songs.
Animal (2005)
, 1h33Directed by David J. Burke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ving Rhames, Terrence Howard, Chazz Palminteri, Andreas Wilson, Beverly Todd, Taraji P. Henson
Roles Reecy
Rating57%
Ving Rhames as James "Animal" Allen Terrence Howard as Darius Allen
The Proud Family Movie (2005)
, 1h31Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Kyla Pratt, Tommy Davidson, Paula Jai Parker, Jo Marie Payton-Noble, Tara Strong, Orlando Brown
Roles Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)
Rating53%
The film opens with a man named Dr. Carver, the great-great-grandson of George Washington Carver, trying to generate a super Gnome Warrior, but it disintegrates. The scene then turns to Penny Proud, who is celebrating her 16th birthday in her hometown of Flagler Beach, Florida, and fails her driver's ed. She and her friends are excited to be a part of 15 Cent's (Sticky's cousin and parody of 50 Cent) dance group, Spare Change. When 15 Cent drives her home, Oscar Proud, her over-protective father, gets mad when he finds them kissing. After Oscar gives her the worst grounding of her life, and essentially forbids her from ever becoming an adult, practically making her a child forever, Penny wishes he wasn't her father, to which he states he wished he never had her as a daughter. This marks the culmination of their relationship as seen over the entire series.
Ray (2004)
, 2h32Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Le blues, Musical films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Clifton Powell, Sharon Warren, Harry Lennix, Terrence Howard
Roles Ruth Brown
Rating76%
Raised on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles Robinson went blind at the age of seven, shortly after witnessing his younger brother drown. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the chitlin circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation before exploding onto the worldwide stage when he pioneered the incorporation of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style.
My Baby's Daddy (2004)
, 1h26Directed by Cheryl Dunye
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Method Man, Marsha Thomason, Joanna Bacalso
Roles Rolonda
Rating45%
Childhood friends Lonnie (Eddie Griffin), Dominic (Michael Imperioli), and G (Anthony Anderson) have a rude awakening when they find out their girlfriends are pregnant. Lonnie and G have sons, Carver and Bruce-Leroy, and Dominic has a daughter, Jasmine.
She Hate Me (2004)
, 2h18Directed by Spike Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Jamel Debbouze, Brian Dennehy
Roles Evelyn
Rating52%
John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (Anthony Mackie) is a financially successful and upwardly mobile executive at a biotechnology firm who, following the suicide of a colleague, Dr. Herman Schiller, is falsely accused of securities fraud by his superior, Leland Powell (Woody Harrelson). Armstrong's assets are frozen, and he finds himself unable to maintain his quality of life.
Phone Booth (2003)
, 1h21Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Children's films
Actors Colin Farrell, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes, Kiefer Sutherland, Domenick Lombardozzi
Roles Felicia
Rating70%
Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is an arrogant New York City publicist who has been courting a woman named Pam (Katie Holmes) behind his wife Kelly (Radha Mitchell). He uses the last remaining public phone booth in the city to contact Pam. During the call, he is interrupted by a pizza delivery man, who attempts to deliver a free pizza to him, but Stu rudely turns him away by insulting his weight. As soon as Stu completes his call to Pam, the phone rings. Stu answers, to find that the caller (Kiefer Sutherland), who knows his name, warns him not to leave the booth, and says he will say hello to Pam for him. He also says he will call Kelly, leaving Stu panicked.
Love Chronicles (2003)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Aries Spears, Terrence Howard, Chris Spencer, Lisa Raye, Clifton Powell, Monica Calhoun
Roles Sara
Rating46%
A pair of talk show hosts team with a relationship-guide author to help listeners improve their relationships. Eventually, the trio unwittingly expose their own love-related baggage. Starring Terrence Howard and Robin Givens, Love Chronicles screened at the American Black Film Festival.
Playas Ball (2003)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Allen Payne, Elise Neal, Treach, Jordana Spiro, Tasha Smith, Tracey Cherelle Jones
Roles herself
Rating49%
Cedric Tinsley (Allen Payne) is a 27-year-old professional basketball player. He is on the verge of signing a lucrative endorsement contract and proposing to his attractive girlfriend Jill Hamlin (Chelsi Smith) when Tonya Jenkins (Jordana Spiro) accuses him of fathering her son, and declares her intention of suing him for child support. Cedric claims that he has never met Tonya and must fight to preserve his reputation, his relationships, and his career.