Vivica A. Fox
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Is God Is as God
- 2025 · Celebrity Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
- 2025 · A Tooth Fairy Tale as Opal (voice)
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 2024 · Poppa's House as Judge Saywha
- 2024 · On Ten as
- 2024 · Bosco as Willa
- 2023 · Bobcat Moretti as Joanne 'Jo' Wallis
- 2023 · Twisted House Sitter 2 as Pamela
- 2022 · The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2022 · A Cozy Christmas Inn as Sharon
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Keeping Up with the Joneses as Robin Jones
- 2021 · For Real: The Story of Reality TV as Self
- 2021 · Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump as Self
- 2021 · Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- 2021 · Name That Tune as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · The Story of Soaps as Self
- 2020 · Arkansas as Her
- 2020 · Hooking Up as Cindy
- 2020 · The Wrong House Sitter as Debbie
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Samantha
- 2019 · Dead End as
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Self
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Mother Nature
- 2018 · The Wrong Teacher as Ms. Burns
- 2018 · Christmas with a View as Lydia
- 2018 · Kinky as Dana
- 2018 · American Nightmares as Chris
- 2018 · The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as Skye
- 2017 · Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack as Cheer Goddess
- 2016 · Gibby as Director
- 2016 · The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
- 2016 · Match Game as
- 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Independence Day: Resurgence as Dr. Jasmine Hiller
- 2016 · Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
- 2016 · To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Kocktails With Khloé as Self
- 2015 · A Royal Family Christmas as Mona Levi
- 2015 · Golden Shoes as Mary
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · Empire as Candace
- 2014 · black-ish as Vivica A. Fox
- 2014 · Celebrity Name Game as Self
- 2014 · Mercenaries as Raven
- 2014 · Sharknado 2: The Second One as Skye
- 2014 · Q as Patricia Mills
- 2013 · Beat Bobby Flay as Self
- 2013 · Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright as Lotte Lavoie (voice)
- 2013 · Home Run as Helene
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Carol of the Arrow (voice)
- 2012 · Solid State as Agent Fox
- 2012 · The Eric Andre Show as Self
- 2012 · The Marriage Chronicles as Leah
- 2011 · Femme Fatales as Dean Vera Rutledge
- 2011 · Mob Wives as Self - Host
- 2011 · Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Vernita Green (Copperhead)
- 2010 · Raising Hope as Sara Louise
- 2010 · Melissa & Joey as
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Cassidy Williams (voice)
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Angel Dynamite (voice)
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Angel (voice)
- 2010 · Miss Nobody as Nan Wilder
- 2010 · Worst Cooks in America as Self - Contestant
- 2009 · The Slammin' Salmon as Nutella
- 2009 · Shark City as Veronica Wolf
- 2009 · Junkyard Dog as Samantha Deatherage
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as Maria Ellis
- 2009 · The Cougar as Host
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
- 2008 · True Jackson, VP as Mrs. Jackson
- 2008 · Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous as Sergeant Louisa Morely
- 2008 · Little Britain USA as
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Herself
- 2007 · Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
- 2007 · Da Kink in My Hair as
- 2007 · Cover as Zahara Milton
- 2006 · 'Til Death as Sarah
- 2005 · Loonatics Unleashed as Black Velvet (voice)
- 2005 · The Hard Corps as Tamara Barclay
- 2005 · Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
- 2005 · The Starlet as
- 2004 · Blast as Agent Reed
- 2004 · Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Vernita Green 'Copperhead'
- 2004 · Ella Enchanted as Lucinda
- 2003 · Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time as Future Monique (voice)
- 2003 · Kill Bill: Vol. 1 as Vernita Green
- 2003 · All of Us as
- 2003 · Eve as Self
- 2003 · Missing as Nicole Scott
- 2003 · Tremors as Delores
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Boat Trip as Felicia
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Adelaide Tyler
- 2002 · Ozzy & Drix as Ellen Patella (voice)
- 2002 · Little Secrets as Pauline
- 2002 · Juwanna Mann as Michelle Langford
- 2001 · Alias as Toni Cummings
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Margaret (voice)
- 2001 · Two Can Play That Game as Shanté Smith
- 2001 · Kingdom Come as Lucille Slocumb
- 2001 · My Wife and Kids as Kelly
- 2001 · Double Take as Shari
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Loretta Black
- 2000 · Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2000 · City of Angels as Lillian Price
- 1999 · The Parkers as
- 1999 · Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Miss Gold
- 1999 · Idle Hands as Debi
- 1998 · The Hughleys as Regina
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- 1998 · Getting Personal as Robyn Buckley
- 1997 · Solomon as Regina di Saba
- 1997 · Solomon as Sheba
- 1997 · Soul Food as Maxine
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Batman & Robin as Ms. B. Haven
- 1997 · Arsenio as Vicki Atwood
- 1997 · Booty Call as Lysterine
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as Self
- 1996 · Set It Off as Frankie
- 1996 · Jungle Cubs as
- 1996 · Cosby as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Independence Day as Jasmine Dubrow
- 1996 · Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Ashtray's Mother
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self - Special Guest
- 1995 · The Tuskegee Airmen as Charlene
- 1995 · The Watcher as
- 1993 · Living Single as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Charisse Chamberlain
- 1992 · Martin as Patrice
- 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as Sherice Ashe
- 1990 · Law & Order as Kate Tenny
- 1990 · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Janet
- 1989 · Born on the Fourth of July as Hooker
- 1989 · Family Matters as Halawna
- 1989 · Generations as Maya Reubens
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1988 · China Beach as
- 1986 · Matlock as Celebrity Patient at Clinic
- 1963 · Miss USA as Self - Judge
- Future · USA Motel as Sara
- 2026 · The Wrong Baby Daddy as Robin
- 2025 · Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self
- 2025 · The Wrong Marriage as Kim
- 2025 · The Wrong Obsession as Sabrina
- 2024 · The Lost Holliday as Cassandra Marshall
- 2023 · Every Day as Morgan
- 2022 · A New Diva's Christmas Carol as Bastia
- 2022 · Holiday Hideaway as Angela
- 2022 · Twisted Vines as Sheryl Wright
- 2022 · Secret Society 2: Never Enough as Charles' (Celess's) Mom
- 2021 · The Christmas Thief as Robin
- 2021 · A Wedding for Christmas as Mrs. Reynolds
- 2021 · The Wrong Cheer Captain as Carol
- 2021 · Woman in Motion as Self
- 2021 · The Wrong Prince Charming as Bridget
- 2021 · The Wrong Fiancé as Charlotte
- 2020 · Christmas Together as Deb
- 2019 · The Wrong Cheerleader as Coach Flynn
- 2018 · The Wrong Cruise as Claire Tanner
- 2017 · True to the Game as Shoog
- 2017 · Fat Camp as Barb
- 2016 · Summer in the City as Alyssa
- 2016 · The Wrong Child as Renee
- 2015 · 6 Ways to Die as Veronica Smith
- 2014 · Greencard Warriors as Gabrielle
- 2013 · A Christmas Wedding as Sharon Douglas
- 2013 · Cool Cat Finds a Gun as Celebrity PSA
- 2013 · Doctor Bello as Chloe Durant
- 2012 · Hitman: Burning Hope as Herself (uncredited)
- 2011 · A Holiday Heist as Dean Erma
- 2010 · The Land of the Astronauts as Studio Executive
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 2012 · In the Hive as Billie
- 2012 · 1 Out of 7 as Devon
- 2012 · Ladies of the Church as
- 2011 · Trapped: Haitian Nights as Detective Martin
- 2007 · Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics: Miami as Self
- Future · Plan C as
- 2025 · The Christmas Campaign as Monique
- 2025 · The Demon Detective as Mrs. Mangi
- 2025 · Like Father Like Son as Louise
- 2024 · Make or Bake Christmas as Leslie Lake
- 2024 · Not Another Church Movie as Judge Loreal
- 2024 · Finding Faith as
- 2024 · The Wrong Life Coach as Tara
- 2023 · A Christmas Intern as Charlotte
- 2023 · Sworn Justice: Taken Before Christmas as Laila Porter
- 2023 · The Dirty as
- 2022 · Dognapped: Hound for the Holidays as DD Ward
- 2022 · A Marriage Made in Heaven as Patty Jensen
- 2022 · Harmony in Paradise as Madelyn
- 2022 · Due Season as Gwen Waters
- 2022 · The Wrong High School Sweetheart as Dee Kressley
- 2022 · The Wrong Blind Date as Beth
- 2021 · Aquarium of the Dead as Eddie "Clu" Cluwirth
- 2021 · Secret Society as Charles' (Celess's) Mom
- 2021 · The Wrong Valentine as Ms. Connelly
- 2021 · The Wrong Mr. Right as Sandra
- 2021 · The Wrong Real Estate Agent as Alex
- 2020 · A Christmas for Mary as Vivian
- 2020 · True to the Game 2 as Shoog
- 2020 · Joy & Hope as Amanda Parkington
- 2020 · The Wrong Cheerleader Coach as Coach Burke
- 2020 · Rev as Detective Reid
- 2020 · The Wrong Stepfather as Principal Higgins
- 2020 · The Wrong Wedding Planner as Detective Jones
- 2020 · Illicit as Linda Steele
- 2020 · Unthinkable as Dr. Sherry Cooper
- 2019 · 2nd Chance for Christmas as Death
- 2019 · Christmas Matchmakers as Kate
- 2019 · The Wrong Tutor as Carol
- 2019 · The Wrong Boy Next Door as Detective Watkins
- 2019 · The Wrong Stepmother as Ms. Price
- 2019 · Crossbreed as President Ellen Henricksen
- 2018 · Cool Cat Kids Superhero as Herself
- 2018 · The Wrong Friend as Principal Atkins
- 2018 · Garlic and Gunpowder as Mayor Brown
- 2018 · The Sky Princess as Moon Queen
- 2017 · The Wrong Man as Jen Bennington
- 2017 · A Christmas Cruise as Pam Stevenson
- 2017 · My Christmas Grandpa as Madison
- 2017 · Jason's Letter as Sammi Brooks
- 2017 · Bobbi Kristina as Pat Houston
- 2017 · The Wrong Crush as Gwen
- 2017 · The Wrong Student as Detective Gibson
- 2016 · A Husband for Christmas as Brooke Harris
- 2016 · Chocolate City: Vegas Strip as Katherine McCoy
- 2016 · Love Won't Let Me Wait as Sisters Mother
- 2016 · The Wrong Roommate as Detective Valdez
- 2015 · A Royal Family Holiday as Mona Levi
- 2015 · Carter High as Mrs. James
- 2015 · 4Got10 as Imani Cole
- 2015 · Chocolate City as Katherine McCoy
- 2015 · Assassin's Game as The Target
- 2015 · Cool Cat Saves the Kids as Self
- 2014 · 30 Days in Atlanta as Wilson's Wife
- 2014 · Looking for Mr. Right as Della
- 2013 · So This Is Christmas as Sharon
- 2013 · The Power of Love as PJ Payton
- 2013 · It's Not You, It's Me as Gina
- 2013 · Mission Park as Agent Montelongo
- 2013 · Queen City as Lady Midnight
- 2013 · The Pastor and Mrs. Jones as Mrs. Hunter
- 2013 · Caught on Tape as Nadine
- 2012 · Black November as Angela
- 2012 · Cool Cat Stops Bullying as Vivica
- 2011 · Annie Claus Is Coming to Town as Lucy
- 2011 · Cheaper to Keep Her as Morgan Mays
- 2011 · The Cookout 2 as Hot Female Messenger
- 2011 · Lord, All Men Can't Be Dogs as Lisa
- 2011 · Hollywood & Wine as Jackie Johnson
- 2010 · Farewell Mr. Kringle as Zoe Marsden
- 2010 · Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed as Janet
- 2010 · Whatever She Wants as Vivian Wolf
- 2009 · Degrassi Goes Hollywood as Vivica A. Fox
- 2009 · There's a Stranger in My House as Harmony's mother
- 2009 · Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ as
- 2008 · Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare as Dotty Tortoise (voice)
- 2008 · San Saba as Kate
- 2007 · Father of Lies as Barbara Robinson
- 2007 · Three Can Play That Game as Shanté Smith
- 2007 · Motives 2 : Retribution as Connie Simms
- 2007 · Kickin' It Old Skool as Roxanne
- 2007 · Testimonies of Faith as
- 2006 · Citizen Duane as Miss Houston
- 2006 · My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage as Self
- 2005 · Getting Played as Andrea Collins
- 2005 · The Salon as Jenny
- 2004 · Hair Show as Herself
- 2004 · Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem as Self
- 2004 · Motives as Constance Simms
- 2003 · Hustle and Heat as Lisa
- 2003 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' as Self
- 2000 · Hendrix as Faye Pridgeon
- 1999 · A Saintly Switch as Sara Anderson
- 1998 · Why Do Fools Fall In Love as Elizabeth 'Mickey' Waters
- 1996 · Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- 1996 · The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
- Future · Masha's Mushrooms as Nix
- Future · 3 of a Kind as Monique
- Future · Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting as Teacher