- Born
- Birth nameVivica Anjanetta Fox
- Nickname
- Angie
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Vivica A. Fox was born in South Bend, Indiana, on July 30, 1964, and is the daughter of Everlyena, a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a private school administrator. She is of Native American and African-American descent and is proud of her heritage. She is a graduate of Arlington High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and, after graduating, moved to California to attend college. Vivica went to Golden West College and graduated with an Associate Art degree in Social Sciences. While in California, she started acting professionally, first on soap operas, such as Generations (1989), Days of Our Lives (1965) and The Young and the Restless (1973). In another early role, she played Patti LaBelle's fashion designer daughter, "Charisse Chamberlain", on the NBC-TV series, Out All Night (1992). Her first big break was in the film, Independence Day (1996), along with Will Smith, and also Set It Off (1996). She has earned critical acclaim for her portrayal of "Maxine" in the 1997 motion picture, Soul Food (1997), which netted her MTV Movie Award and NAACP Image Award nominations. In 2000, she was casted in the medical drama, City of Angels (2000), as "Dr. Lillian Price". She has had roles in many other movies ever since, such as: Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Two Can Play That Game (2001) and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003). In 2004, Fox was in an episode of Punk'd (2003), where her pregnant friend pretended to go into labor, but they became angry when a paramedic appeared to care more about taking pictures than delivering the baby. Vivica also took another television role, from 2004 to 2006, as she starred in the drama series, 1-800-Missing (2003), on the Lifetime Television Network. In 2007, she was a contender on Dancing with the Stars (2005) and stayed until she was voted off in the fourth week. In 1998, Vivica A. Fox married singer Christopher Harvest (aka Sixx-Nine), whom she later divorced in June 2002. She also dated rapper 50 Cent, however this was a brief relationship.- IMDb Mini Biography By: freemca
- SpouseChristopher Harvest(December 19, 1998 - June 27, 2002) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- Parents
- RelativesSharday Williams(Niece or Nephew)Marvin Fox(Sibling)Alecia Williams(Sibling)
- Feisty attitude.
- Appeared at age 25 in the pilot episode for Living Dolls (1989), a spin-off of Who's the Boss? (1984). When the show was picked up, her character was rewritten and recast with 21 year-old Halle Berry.
- Raised for most of her life in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Her father resides in the area and works at Benton Harbor High School which has among its famous alums Sinbad and Ernie Hudson.
- She is of Native American and African American descent.
- Her name was one of the many African American actress' mentioned in Halle Berry's 2002 Oscar speech.
- Had a career resurgence after appearing in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" Volume 1 and 2 series.
- Set It Off was the little movie that could. That's the way I look at it. It was about four girls robbing a bank, which a lot of people thought, "Well, this could be a comedy. What is this really, really going to be about?" But I commend the director, F. Gary Gray, and the actresses. We sat down and took this little independent script that was really kind of poorly written, and shaped it and formed it and loved it and created a cult classic. I can't tell you how many people walk up to me today and say, "That Set It Off, I can sit down and watch it over and over. I know the movie's 10 years old, but I just love it. I still cry. I still feel you guys.
- Set It Off gave me my street cred. Before Set It Off, I was the hot chick. I was out all night, I'd modeled before, and I think people saw me a little bit bougie. Like, the uppity pretty girl. Not knowing that I grew up two streets from the projects and I was, especially back then, as ghetto as the game. So I got my street cred. People were like, "Whoa! Wow, I never knew you could get like that."
- My acting coach for Set It Off was Will Smith. And he was like, "Vivica. I want you to get this role." And I was like, "Will, they're making me audition for two roles!" And he was like, "Which roles?" And I was like, "For Frankie, and for T.T." And he was like, "You ain't T.T. You Frankie. So when you go in there, I want you to kill it." So I was like, "Okay, I'm ready, I'm gonna kill it." He coached me!
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