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 Christmas Campaign as Monique
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 2024 · Poppa's House as Judge Saywha
- 2024 · Bosco as Willa
- 2024 · The Wrong Life Coach as Tara
- 2023 · Sworn Justice: Taken Before Christmas as Laila Porter
- 2023 · Every Day as Morgan
- 2022 · A New Diva's Christmas Carol as Bastia
- 2022 · Dognapped: A Hound for the Holidays as DD Ward
- 2022 · Twisted Vines as Sheryl Wright
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Wrong Blind Date as Beth
- 2021 · The Wrong Cheer Captain as Carol
- 2021 · Secret Society as Charles' Mom
- 2021 · The Wrong Prince Charming as Bridget
- 2021 · The Wrong Mr. Right as Sandra
- 2021 · Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self - Contestant
- 2021 · Name That Tune as Self - Contestant
- 2021 · The Wrong Real Estate Agent as Alex
- 2020 · Christmas Together as Deb
- 2020 · True to the Game 2 as Shoog
- 2020 · The Wrong Cheerleader Coach as Coach Burke
- 2020 · Rev as Detective Reid
- 2020 · Unthinkable as Dr. Sherry Cooper
- 2019 · Christmas Matchmakers as Kate
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · The Wrong Cheerleader as Coach Flynn
- 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
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Self
- 2019 · The Masked Singer as Mother Nature
- 2018 · The Wrong Teacher as Ms. Burns
- 2018 · The Last Sharknado: It's About Time as Skye
- 2018 · The Wrong Cruise as Claire Tanner
- 2017 · The Wrong Man as Jen Bennington
- 2017 · Bobbi Kristina as Pat Houston
- 2017 · Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack as Cheer Goddess
- 2017 · The Wrong Crush as Gwen
- 2017 · The Wrong Student as Detective Gibson
- 2016 · The $100,000 Pyramid as Self
- 2016 · Match Game as
- 2016 · Match Game as Self - Panelist
- 2016 · The Wrong Child as Renee
- 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 · 4Got10 as Imani Cole
- 2015 · 6 Ways to Die as Veronica Smith
- 2015 · Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- 2015 · Empire as Candace
- 2014 · black-ish as Vivica A. Fox
- 2014 · Celebrity Name Game as Self
- 2014 · Sharknado 2: The Second One as Skye
- 2013 · The Power of Love as PJ Payton
- 2013 · It's Not You, It's Me as Gina
- 2013 · Beat Bobby Flay as Self
- 2013 · Queen City as Lady Midnight
- 2013 · Home Run as Helene
- 2013 · Caught on Tape as Nadine
- 2013 · Sofia the First as Carol of the Arrow (voice)
- 2012 · The Eric Andre Show as Self
- 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 · Femme Fatales as Dean Vera Rutledge
- 2011 · Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Vernita Green (Copperhead)
- 2010 · The Land of the Astronauts as Studio Executive
- 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 · Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed as Janet
- 2010 · Worst Cooks in America as Self - Contestant
- 2009 · The Slammin' Salmon as Nutella
- 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
- 2009 · Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’ as
- 2008 · True Jackson, VP as Mrs. Jackson
- 2008 · Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare as Dotty Tortoise (voice)
- 2007 · Three Can Play That Game as Shanté Smith
- 2007 · Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
- 2006 · 'Til Death as Sarah
- 2005 · Loonatics Unleashed as Black Velvet (voice)
- 2005 · Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
- 2005 · The Salon as Jenny
- 2004 · Hair Show as Herself
- 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 · The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' as Self
- 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 · Little Secrets as Pauline
- 2001 · Alias as Toni Cummings
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Margaret (voice)
- 2001 · Kingdom Come as Lucille Slocumb
- 2001 · My Wife and Kids as Kelly
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Loretta Black
- 2000 · Hendrix as Faye Pridgeon
- 1999 · The Parkers as
- 1999 · Idle Hands as Debi
- 1998 · The Hughleys as Regina
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
- 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self
- 1998 · Why Do Fools Fall In Love as Elizabeth 'Mickey' Waters
- 1997 · Soul Food as Maxine
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Batman & Robin as Ms. B. Haven
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Making of 'Independence Day' 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
- 1993 · Living Single as
- 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 · 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 Judge
- Future · Plan C as
- 2025 · The Demon Detective as Mrs. Mangi
- 2024 · On Ten as
- 2024 · Not Another Church Movie as Judge Loreal
- 2023 · A Christmas Intern as Charlotte
- 2022 · A Cozy Christmas Inn as Sharon
- 2022 · Harmony in Paradise as Madelyn
- 2022 · The Wrong High School Sweetheart as Dee Kressley
- 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
- 2020 · Arkansas as Her
- 2019 · 2nd Chance for Christmas as Death
- 2018 · Kinky as Dana
- 2018 · American Nightmares as Chris
- 2017 · My Christmas Grandpa as Madison
- 2017 · Jason's Letter as Sammi Brooks
- 2016 · Chocolate City: Vegas Strip as Katherine McCoy
- 2015 · Assassin's Game as The Target
- 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 · So This Is Christmas as Sharon
- 2012 · Hitman: Burning Hope as Herself (uncredited)
- 2011 · A Holiday Heist as Dean Erma
- 2010 · Farewell Mr. Kringle as Zoe Marsden
- 2007 · Father of Lies as Barbara Robinson
- 2007 · Da Kink in My Hair as
- 2007 · Motives 2 : Retribution as Connie Simms
- 2007 · Kickin' It Old Skool as Roxanne
- 1999 · A Saintly Switch as Sara Anderson
- 1998 · Getting Personal as Robyn Buckley
- 1997 · Solomon as Sheba
- 1997 · Arsenio as Vicki Atwood
- Future · 3 of a Kind as Monique
- Future · Break the Cycle as
- 2026 · Is God Is as
- 2025 · Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet as Self
- 2025 · Celebrity Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
- 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 · Make or Bake Christmas as Leslie Lake
- 2024 · The Lost Holliday as Cassandra Marshall
- 2024 · Finding Faith as
- 2023 · Bobcat Moretti as Joanne 'Jo' Wallis
- 2023 · Twisted House Sitter 2 as Pamela
- 2023 · The Dirty as
- 2022 · The Wheel as Self - Expert
- 2022 · Holiday Hideaway as Angela
- 2022 · A Marriage Made in Heaven as Patty Jensen
- 2022 · Due Season as Gwen Waters
- 2021 · The Christmas Thief as Robin
- 2021 · A Wedding for Christmas as Mrs. Reynolds
- 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 Fiancé as Charlotte
- 2020 · A Christmas for Mary as Vivian
- 2020 · Joy & Hope as Amanda Parkington
- 2020 · The Wrong Stepfather as Principal Higgins
- 2020 · The Wrong Wedding Planner as Detective Jones
- 2020 · The Story of Soaps as Self
- 2020 · Illicit as Linda Steele
- 2020 · Hooking Up as Cindy
- 2020 · The Wrong House Sitter as Debbie
- 2019 · The Wrong Mommy as Samantha
- 2019 · Dead End as
- 2018 · Christmas with a View as Lydia
- 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 · A Christmas Cruise as Pam Stevenson
- 2017 · True to the Game as Shoog
- 2017 · Fat Camp as Barb
- 2016 · A Husband for Christmas as Brooke Harris
- 2016 · Summer in the City as Alyssa
- 2016 · Gibby as Director
- 2016 · Love Won't Let Me Wait as Sisters Mother
- 2016 · The Wrong Roommate as Detective Valdez
- 2015 · A Royal Family Christmas as Mona Levi
- 2015 · A Royal Family Holiday as Mona Levi
- 2015 · Carter High as Mrs. James
- 2015 · Golden Shoes as Mary
- 2015 · Chocolate City as Katherine McCoy
- 2015 · Cool Cat Saves the Kids as Self
- 2014 · Mercenaries as Raven
- 2014 · Greencard Warriors as Gabrielle
- 2013 · Mission Park as Agent Montelongo
- 2013 · Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright as Lotte Lavoie (voice)
- 2013 · Cool Cat Finds a Gun as Celebrity PSA
- 2013 · Doctor Bello as Chloe Durant
- 2013 · The Pastor and Mrs. Jones as Mrs. Hunter
- 2012 · In the Hive as Billie
- 2012 · Black November as Angela
- 2012 · Solid State as Agent Fox
- 2012 · The Marriage Chronicles as Leah
- 2012 · Ladies of the Church as
- 2011 · Cheaper to Keep Her as Morgan Mays
- 2011 · Trapped: Haitian Nights as Detective Martin
- 2010 · Whatever She Wants as Vivian Wolf
- Future · Masha's Mushrooms as Nix
- 2012 · Cool Cat Stops Bullying as Vivica
- 2011 · Hollywood & Wine as Jackie Johnson
- 2011 · Mob Wives as Self - Host
- 2010 · Miss Nobody as Nan Wilder
- 2009 · Shark City as Veronica Wolf
- 2009 · Degrassi Goes Hollywood as Vivica A. Fox
- 2009 · Junkyard Dog as Samantha Deatherage
- 2009 · There's a Stranger in My House as Harmony's mother
- 2009 · The Cougar as Host
- 2008 · Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous as Sergeant Louisa Morely
- 2008 · Little Britain USA as
- 2008 · San Saba as Kate
- 2008 · Celebrity Family Feud as Herself
- 2007 · Cover as Zahara Milton
- 2007 · Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics: Miami as Self
- 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 Hard Corps as Tamara Barclay
- 2005 · The Starlet as
- 2004 · Blast as Agent Reed
- 2004 · Motives as Constance Simms
- 2003 · Hustle and Heat as Lisa
- 2002 · Juwanna Mann as Michelle Langford
- 2001 · Two Can Play That Game as Shanté Smith
- 2001 · Double Take as Shari
- 2000 · Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2000 · City of Angels as Lillian Price
- 1999 · Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Miss Gold
- 1997 · Solomon as Regina di Saba
- 1997 · Booty Call as Lysterine
- 1996 · Set It Off as Frankie
- 1996 · Jungle Cubs as
- 1996 · Cosby as
- 1996 · Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self - Special Guest
- 1995 · The Tuskegee Airmen as Charlene
- 1995 · The Watcher as
- 1992 · Out All Night as Charisse Chamberlain
- 1989 · Born on the Fourth of July as Hooker
- 1989 · Generations as Maya Reubens
- Future · Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting as Teacher
- 2004 · Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem as Self
- Future · USA Motel as Sara
- Future · Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as Vernita Green (Copperhead)