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
- 2025 · The Demon Detective as Mrs. Mangi
- 2025 · Celebrity Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 2024 · Poppa's House as Judge Saywha
- 2024 · On Ten as
- 2023 · Bobcat Moretti as Joanne 'Jo' Wallis
- 2022 · The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Keeping Up with the Joneses as Robin Jones
- 2021 · Secret Society as Charles' (Celess's) Mom
- 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 · Rev as Detective Reid
- 2020 · Arkansas as Her
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Samantha
- 2019 · Crossbreed as President Ellen Henricksen
- 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 · The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as Skye
- 2017 · Bobbi Kristina as Pat Houston
- 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 · To Tell the Truth as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · Kocktails With Khloé as Self
- 2015 · Golden Shoes as Mary
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · Assassin's Game as The Target
- 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
- 2014 · Greencard Warriors as Gabrielle
- 2013 · So This Is Christmas as Sharon
- 2013 · Beat Bobby Flay as Self
- 2013 · Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright as Lotte Lavoie (voice)
- 2013 · Home Run as Helene
- 2013 · Doctor Bello as Chloe Durant
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Carol of the Arrow (voice)
- 2012 · Solid State as Agent Fox
- 2012 · Cool Cat Stops Bullying as Vivica
- 2012 · The Eric Andre Show as Self
- 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 · Farewell Mr. Kringle as Zoe Marsden
- 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 · 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
- 2007 · Kickin' It Old Skool as Roxanne
- 2006 · 'Til Death as Sarah
- 2005 · Getting Played as Andrea Collins
- 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
- 2004 · Motives as Constance Simms
- 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 · Hendrix as Faye Pridgeon
- 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 · Hollywood Squares as Self
- 1998 · Getting Personal as Robyn Buckley
- 1997 · Solomon as Sheba
- 1997 · Solomon as Regina di Saba
- 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 · Masha's Mushrooms as Nix
- 2026 · Is God Is as
- 2025 · The Wrong Marriage as Kim
- 2025 · Like Father Like Son as Louise
- 2024 · Make or Bake Christmas as Leslie Lake
- 2024 · The Lost Holliday as Cassandra Marshall
- 2024 · Not Another Church Movie as Judge Loreal
- 2024 · Finding Faith as
- 2024 · Bosco as Willa
- 2024 · The Wrong Life Coach as Tara
- 2023 · The Dirty as
- 2022 · A New Diva's Christmas Carol as Bastia
- 2022 · Dognapped: Hound for the Holidays as DD Ward
- 2022 · Holiday Hideaway as Angela
- 2022 · A Cozy Christmas Inn as Sharon
- 2022 · Secret Society 2: Never Enough as Charles' (Celess's) Mom
- 2022 · The Wrong High School Sweetheart as Dee Kressley
- 2021 · Aquarium of the Dead as Eddie "Clu" Cluwirth
- 2021 · The Wrong Valentine as Ms. Connelly
- 2021 · Woman in Motion as Self
- 2021 · The Wrong Mr. Right as Sandra
- 2020 · The Wrong Cheerleader Coach as Coach Burke
- 2020 · The Story of Soaps as Self
- 2020 · Unthinkable as Dr. Sherry Cooper
- 2020 · Hooking Up as Cindy
- 2020 · The Wrong House Sitter as Debbie
- 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
- 2018 · American Nightmares as Chris
- 2018 · Cool Cat Kids Superhero as Herself
- 2018 · Garlic and Gunpowder as Mayor Brown
- 2017 · The Wrong Man as Jen Bennington
- 2017 · A Christmas Cruise as Pam Stevenson
- 2017 · True to the Game as Shoog
- 2017 · Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack as Cheer Goddess
- 2017 · The Wrong Crush as Gwen
- 2017 · The Wrong Student as Detective Gibson
- 2016 · A Husband for Christmas as Brooke Harris
- 2016 · Summer in the City as Alyssa
- 2016 · Chocolate City: Vegas Strip as Katherine McCoy
- 2016 · Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
- 2016 · The Wrong Roommate as Detective Valdez
- 2015 · Carter High as Mrs. James
- 2015 · 4Got10 as Imani Cole
- 2015 · 6 Ways to Die as Veronica Smith
- 2015 · Chocolate City as Katherine McCoy
- 2015 · Cool Cat Saves the Kids as Self
- 2014 · Looking for Mr. Right as Della
- 2013 · Cool Cat Finds a Gun as Celebrity PSA
- 2013 · Caught on Tape as Nadine
- 2012 · Black November as Angela
- 2012 · Hitman: Burning Hope as Herself (uncredited)
- 2012 · 1 Out of 7 as Devon
- 2011 · Annie Claus Is Coming to Town as Lucy
- 2011 · The Cookout 2 as Hot Female Messenger
- 2011 · Lord, All Men Can't Be Dogs as Lisa
- 2011 · Hollywood & Wine as Jackie Johnson
- 2011 · Trapped: Haitian Nights as Detective Martin
- 2010 · The Land of the Astronauts as Studio Executive
- 2010 · Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed as Janet
- 2010 · Whatever She Wants as Vivian Wolf
- 2009 · Degrassi Goes Hollywood as Vivica A. Fox
- 2008 · Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare as Dotty Tortoise (voice)
- 2007 · Three Can Play That Game as Shanté Smith
- 2004 · Hair Show as Herself
- 2004 · Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem as Self
- 2003 · Hustle and Heat as Lisa
- 2000 · Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 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
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 2025 · Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self
- 2025 · A Tooth Fairy Tale as Opal (voice)
- 2025 · The Wrong Obsession as Sabrina
- 2023 · A Christmas Intern as Charlotte
- 2023 · Twisted House Sitter 2 as Pamela
- 2022 · A Marriage Made in Heaven as Patty Jensen
- 2022 · Due Season as Gwen Waters
- 2022 · The Wrong Blind Date as Beth
- 2021 · A Wedding for Christmas as Mrs. Reynolds
- 2021 · The Wrong Fiancé as Charlotte
- 2021 · The Wrong Real Estate Agent as Alex
- 2020 · Christmas Together as Deb
- 2020 · True to the Game 2 as Shoog
- 2020 · Joy & Hope as Amanda Parkington
- 2020 · The Wrong Wedding Planner as Detective Jones
- 2020 · Illicit as Linda Steele
- 2019 · 2nd Chance for Christmas as Death
- 2019 · The Wrong Cheerleader as Coach Flynn
- 2018 · The Wrong Friend as Principal Atkins
- 2018 · The Wrong Cruise as Claire Tanner
- 2017 · My Christmas Grandpa as Madison
- 2017 · Fat Camp as Barb
- 2016 · The Wrong Child as Renee
- 2013 · A Christmas Wedding as Sharon Douglas
- 2013 · Mission Park as Agent Montelongo
- 2012 · Ladies of the Church as
- 2009 · There's a Stranger in My House as Harmony's mother
- 2009 · The Cougar as Host
- 2009 · Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ as
- 2008 · San Saba as Kate
- 2007 · Motives 2 : Retribution as Connie Simms
- 2007 · Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics: Miami as Self
- 2006 · Citizen Duane as Miss Houston
- 2005 · The Salon as Jenny
- 2003 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' as Self
- Future · Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting as Teacher
- Future · 3 of a Kind as Monique
- 2025 · The Christmas Campaign as Monique
- 2023 · Sworn Justice: Taken Before Christmas as Laila Porter
- 2023 · Every Day as Morgan
- 2022 · Twisted Vines as Sheryl Wright
- 2022 · Harmony in Paradise as Madelyn
- 2021 · The Christmas Thief as Robin
- 2021 · The Wrong Cheer Captain as Carol
- 2021 · The Wrong Prince Charming as Bridget
- 2020 · A Christmas for Mary as Vivian
- 2020 · The Wrong Stepfather as Principal Higgins
- 2019 · Dead End as
- 2018 · The Sky Princess as Moon Queen
- 2017 · Jason's Letter as Sammi Brooks
- 2016 · Love Won't Let Me Wait as Sisters Mother
- 2015 · A Royal Family Christmas as Mona Levi
- 2015 · A Royal Family Holiday as Mona Levi
- 2014 · 30 Days in Atlanta as Wilson's Wife
- 2013 · The Power of Love as PJ Payton
- 2013 · It's Not You, It's Me as Gina
- 2013 · Queen City as Lady Midnight
- 2013 · The Pastor and Mrs. Jones as Mrs. Hunter
- 2012 · In the Hive as Billie
- 2012 · The Marriage Chronicles as Leah
- 2011 · A Holiday Heist as Dean Erma
- 2007 · Father of Lies as Barbara Robinson
- 2007 · Testimonies of Faith as
- Future · Plan C as
- 2006 · My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage as Self
- Future · USA Motel as Sara
- 2011 · Cheaper to Keep Her as Morgan Mays
- 1996 · The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self