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 · Make or Bake Christmas as Leslie Lake
- 2024 · Poppa's House as Judge Saywha
- 2024 · Bosco as Willa
- 2023 · Bobcat Moretti as Joanne 'Jo' Wallis
- 2023 · Every Day as Morgan
- 2022 · The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2022 · Twisted Vines as Sheryl Wright
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2021 · Keeping Up with the Joneses as Robin Jones
- 2021 · Secret Society as Charles' (Celess's) Mom
- 2021 · Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- 2021 · Name That Tune as Self - Contestant
- 2020 · Christmas Together as Deb
- 2020 · Joy & Hope as Amanda Parkington
- 2020 · Rev as Detective Reid
- 2020 · Illicit as Linda Steele
- 2020 · Unthinkable as Dr. Sherry Cooper
- 2019 · 2nd Chance for Christmas as Death
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Crossbreed as President Ellen Henricksen
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Self
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Mother Nature
- 2018 · Christmas with a View as Lydia
- 2018 · Kinky as Dana
- 2018 · Garlic and Gunpowder as Mayor Brown
- 2017 · My Christmas Grandpa as Madison
- 2017 · Bobbi Kristina as Pat Houston
- 2017 · Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack as Cheer Goddess
- 2017 · Fat Camp as Barb
- 2016 · Summer in the City as Alyssa
- 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
- 2015 · Carter High as Mrs. James
- 2015 · Golden Shoes as Mary
- 2015 · 4Got10 as Imani Cole
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · Chocolate City as Katherine McCoy
- 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 · 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 · Queen City as Lady Midnight
- 2013 · Home Run as Helene
- 2013 · Doctor Bello as Chloe Durant
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Carol of the Arrow (voice)
- 2012 · In the Hive as Billie
- 2012 · Black November as Angela
- 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 · Hollywood & Wine as Jackie Johnson
- 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 · 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 · Motives 2 : Retribution as Connie Simms
- 2006 · Citizen Duane as Miss Houston
- 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
- 2004 · Blast as Agent Reed
- 2004 · Hair Show as Herself
- 2004 · Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as Vernita Green 'Copperhead'
- 2004 · Ella Enchanted as Lucinda
- 2004 · Motives as Constance Simms
- 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
- 2002 · Boat Trip as Felicia
- 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Adelaide Tyler
- 2002 · Ozzy & Drix as Ellen Patella (voice)
- 2002 · Juwanna Mann as Michelle Langford
- 2001 · Alias as Toni Cummings
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Margaret (voice)
- 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
- 1998 · The Hughleys as Regina
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self
- 1997 · Soul Food as Maxine
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Batman & Robin as Ms. B. Haven
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self
- Future · 3 of a Kind as Monique
- 2025 · The Christmas Campaign as Monique
- 2025 · The Wrong Marriage as Kim
- 2025 · A Tooth Fairy Tale as Opal (voice)
- 2025 · The Wrong Obsession as Sabrina
- 2025 · Like Father Like Son as Louise
- 2024 · The Lost Holliday as Cassandra Marshall
- 2024 · On Ten as
- 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 · Twisted House Sitter 2 as Pamela
- 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 · A Marriage Made in Heaven as Patty Jensen
- 2022 · Secret Society 2: Never Enough as Charles' (Celess's) Mom
- 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 · The Christmas Thief as Robin
- 2021 · A Wedding for Christmas as Mrs. Reynolds
- 2021 · The Wrong Cheer Captain as Carol
- 2021 · Aquarium of the Dead as Eddie "Clu" Cluwirth
- 2021 · For Real: The Story of Reality TV as Self
- 2021 · Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump as Self
- 2021 · The Wrong Valentine as Ms. Connelly
- 2021 · Woman in Motion as Self
- 2021 · The Wrong Prince Charming as Bridget
- 2021 · The Wrong Mr. Right as Sandra
- 2021 · The Wrong Fiancé as Charlotte
- 2021 · The Wrong Real Estate Agent as Alex
- 2020 · A Christmas for Mary as Vivian
- 2020 · True to the Game 2 as Shoog
- 2020 · The Wrong Cheerleader Coach as Coach Burke
- 2020 · The Wrong Stepfather as Principal Higgins
- 2020 · The Wrong Wedding Planner as Detective Jones
- 2020 · The Story of Soaps as Self
- 2020 · Arkansas as Her
- 2020 · Hooking Up as Cindy
- 2020 · The Wrong House Sitter as Debbie
- 2019 · Christmas Matchmakers as Kate
- 2019 · The Wrong Cheerleader as Coach Flynn
- 2019 · The Wrong Tutor as Carol
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Samantha
- 2019 · The Wrong Boy Next Door as Detective Watkins
- 2019 · The Wrong Stepmother as Ms. Price
- 2019 · Dead End as
- 2018 · The Wrong Teacher as Ms. Burns
- 2018 · American Nightmares as Chris
- 2018 · Cool Cat Kids Superhero as Herself
- 2018 · The Wrong Friend as Principal Atkins
- 2018 · The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as Skye
- 2018 · The Wrong Cruise as Claire Tanner
- 2018 · The Sky Princess as Moon Queen
- 2017 · The Wrong Man as Jen Bennington
- 2017 · A Christmas Cruise as Pam Stevenson
- 2017 · Jason's Letter as Sammi Brooks
- 2017 · True to the Game as Shoog
- 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 · The Wrong Child as Renee
- 2016 · Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
- 2016 · Love Won't Let Me Wait as Sisters Mother
- 2016 · Kocktails With Khloé as Self
- 2016 · The Wrong Roommate as Detective Valdez
- 2015 · A Royal Family Christmas as Mona Levi
- 2015 · A Royal Family Holiday as Mona Levi
- 2015 · 6 Ways to Die as Veronica Smith
- 2015 · Cool Cat Saves the Kids as Self
- 2014 · 30 Days in Atlanta as Wilson's Wife
- 2014 · Looking for Mr. Right as Della
- 2014 · Q as Patricia Mills
- 2013 · A Christmas Wedding as Sharon Douglas
- 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 · Cool Cat Finds a Gun as Celebrity PSA
- 2013 · The Pastor and Mrs. Jones as Mrs. Hunter
- 2013 · Caught on Tape as Nadine
- 2012 · Hitman: Burning Hope as Herself (uncredited)
- 2012 · 1 Out of 7 as Devon
- 2012 · The Marriage Chronicles as Leah
- 2012 · Ladies of the Church as
- 2011 · Annie Claus Is Coming to Town as Lucy
- 2011 · Cheaper to Keep Her as Morgan Mays
- 2011 · A Holiday Heist as Dean Erma
- 2011 · The Cookout 2 as Hot Female Messenger
- 2011 · Lord, All Men Can't Be Dogs as Lisa
- 2011 · Trapped: Haitian Nights as Detective Martin
- 2010 · Farewell Mr. Kringle as Zoe Marsden
- 2010 · The Land of the Astronauts as Studio Executive
- 2010 · Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed as Janet
- 2010 · Whatever She Wants as Vivian Wolf
- 2009 · The Slammin' Salmon as Nutella
- 2009 · Degrassi Goes Hollywood as Vivica A. Fox
- 2009 · Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ as
- 2007 · Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics: Miami as Self
- 2007 · Testimonies of Faith as
- 1996 · The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 2009 · There's a Stranger in My House as Harmony's mother
- 2009 · The Cougar as Host
- 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 · Cover as Zahara Milton
- 2007 · Kickin' It Old Skool as Roxanne
- 2006 · My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage as Self
- 2005 · The Starlet as
- 2005 · The Salon as Jenny
- 2004 · Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem as Self
- 2003 · Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time as Future Monique (voice)
- 2003 · Hustle and Heat as Lisa
- 2003 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' as Self
- 2002 · Little Secrets as Pauline
- 2001 · Two Can Play That Game as Shanté Smith
- 2001 · Kingdom Come as Lucille Slocumb
- 2000 · Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1999 · Idle Hands as Debi
- 1999 · A Saintly Switch as Sara Anderson
- 1998 · Why Do Fools Fall In Love as Elizabeth 'Mickey' Waters
- 1998 · Getting Personal as Robyn Buckley
- 1997 · Solomon as Regina di Saba
- 1997 · Solomon as Sheba
- 1997 · Arsenio as Vicki Atwood
- 1996 · Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self - Special Guest
- 1995 · The Tuskegee Airmen as Charlene
- 1989 · Generations as Maya Reubens
- Future · Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting as Teacher
- Future · Plan C as
- Future · USA Motel as Sara