Vivica Fox

Starred as Jenny, the owner of a neighbourhood beauty salon in director Mark Brown's "The Salon"

Competed on the third season of "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC)

Starring in the Lifetime drama series, "Missing" with Caterina Scorsone and Mark Consuelos; also served as co-producer

Starred as assassin Copperhead opposite Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantino's film, which was released in two Volumes "Kill Bill Vol. 1" in 2003 and "Kill Bill Vol.2" in 2004

Co-starred in "Juwanna Mann" with Miguel A. Nunez Jr.

Co-starred in "Kingdom Come" as LL Cool J's wife

Starred opposite Morris Chestnut in "Two Can Play That Game"

Acted in first 13 episodes of the CBS medical drama "City of Angels"

Had co-starring role as one of the wives of pop singer Frankie Lymon in "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?"

Starred in the Fox sitcom "Getting Personal"

Co-starred with Arsenio Hall in his short-lived ABC sitcom "Arsenio"

Signed deal to devlop own sitcom for Twentieth Century-Fox

Cast in a feature supporting role in the high-profile sequel "Batman and Robin"; had leading roles in "Set It Off" and "Booty Call"

Cast in first featured film role, played Will Smith's stripper/single mother girlfriend in the sci-fi blockbuster "Independence Day" (released 1996)

TV-movie debut, "The Tuskegee Airmen" on HBO

Appeared on CBS's daytime soap "The Young and the Restless" in the recurring role of Dr. Stephanie Simmons

Debut as a series regular, "Out All Night"; played the fashion stylist daughter of nightclub owner Patti LaBelle

First primetime guest shot, an episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"; first acted with sitcom's star Will Smith

Screen debut as a hooker in "Born on the Fourth of July"

"Discovered" while waitressing at a restaurant on Sunset Boulevard by Trevor Walton, then a producer at Paramount; Walton introduced her to the woman who subsequently became her agent (date approximate)

Moved to Hollywood after graduating high school

Appeared as Maya Davis, a recurring character, on "Generations", an NBC daytime soap targeted at black audiences

Appeared on stage in "In the Abyss of Coney Island" and "Generations of the Dead" in L.A.

Born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana

Played bit parts in "Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood" and "A Low Down Dirty Shame"