Vivica A. Fox
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
Batman & Robin
1997
Independence Day
1996
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
1999
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Booty Call
1997
Idle Hands
1999
Blast
2004
Two Can Play That Game
2001
The Christmas Thief
2021
Boat Trip
2002
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
2008
Set It Off
1996
The Hard Corps
2005
Juwanna Mann
2002
Ella Enchanted
2004
Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed
2010
Soul Food
1997
Three Can Play That Game
2007
Dognapped: Hound for the Holidays
2022
There's a Stranger in My House
2009
The Dirty
2023
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
2008
Motives 2 : Retribution
2007
Every Day
2023
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
1998
Motives
2004
The Wrong Blind Date
2022
Getting Played
2005
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time
2003
Lord, All Men Can't Be Dogs
2011
Cheaper to Keep Her
2011
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town
2011
Cover
2007
Hustle and Heat
2003
Twisted Vines
2022
Twisted House Sitter 2
2023
Finding Faith
2024
The Wrong High School Sweetheart
2022
Trapped: Haitian Nights
2011
Solomon
1997
A Saintly Switch
1999
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1'
2003
1 Out of 7
2012
Farewell Mr. Kringle
2010
The Land of the Astronauts
2010
Caught on Tape
2013
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
2013
Doctor Bello
2013
Solid State
2012
Mission Park
2013
Home Run
2013
Queen City
2013
In the Hive
2012
Harmony in Paradise
2022
The Power of Love
2013
Bosco
2024
So This Is Christmas
2013
A Holiday Heist
2011
It's Not You, It's Me
2013
Citizen Duane
2006
Due Season
2022
The Wrong Life Coach
2024
Q
2014
Sharknado 2: The Second One
2014
Sworn Justice: Taken Before Christmas
2023
Greencard Warriors
2014
Mercenaries
2014
Looking for Mr. Right
2014
Kingdom Come
2001
A Cozy Christmas Inn
2022
A Christmas Intern
2023
Bobcat Moretti
2023
Black November
2012
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996
Holiday Hideaway
2022
Whatever She Wants
2010
The Demon Detective
2025
Not Another Church Movie
2024
Assassin's Game
2015
Chocolate City
2015
Break the Cycle
—
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022
3 of a Kind
—
Hendrix
2000
Dead End
2019
6 Ways to Die
2015
Joy & Hope
2020
A Marriage Made in Heaven
2022
Kickin' It Old Skool
2007
Carter High
2015
Golden Shoes
2015
4Got10
2015
A Royal Family Holiday
2015
A Christmas Wedding
2013
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
Shark City
2009
The Wrong Roommate
2016
Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem
2004
Love Won't Let Me Wait
2016
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
2000
Cool Cat Finds a Gun
2013
Summer in the City
2016
Gibby
2016
The Wrong Child
2016
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
A Husband for Christmas
2016
Fat Camp
2017
A Royal Family Christmas
2015
Junkyard Dog
2009
The Wrong Student
2017
Little Secrets
2002
Hollywood & Wine
2011
Illicit
2020
Degrassi Goes Hollywood
2009
San Saba
2008
The Wrong Crush
2017
Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack
2017
True to the Game
2017
The Salon
2005
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016
Cool Cat Kids Superhero
2018
Bobbi Kristina
2017
A Christmas Cruise
2017
My Christmas Grandpa
2017
Crossbreed
2019
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
2018
The Sky Princess
2018
The Wrong Man
2017
Kinky
2018
The Slammin' Salmon
2009
American Nightmares
2018
Miss Nobody
2010
Double Take
2001
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
The Wrong Friend
2018
The Wrong Cruise
2018
30 Days in Atlanta
2014
The Pastor and Mrs. Jones
2013
The Cookout 2
2011
The Marriage Chronicles
2012
Garlic and Gunpowder
2018
Unthinkable
2020
Arkansas
2020
Christmas with a View
2018
A Wedding for Christmas
2021
The Wrong Teacher
2018
Hair Show
2004
The Wrong Mommy
2019
The Wrong Stepmother
2019
The Wrong Tutor
2019
The Wrong Cheerleader
2019
Ladies of the Church
2012
2nd Chance for Christmas
2019
Christmas Matchmakers
2019
The Wrong House Sitter
2020
Hitman: Burning Hope
2012
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996
The Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
Hooking Up
2020
True to the Game 2
2020
Masha's Mushrooms
—
Rev
2020
The Story of Soaps
2020
Cool Cat Saves the Kids
2015
The Wrong Wedding Planner
2020
Christmas Together
2020
Setting it Straight: Making ‘Set it Off’
2009
The Wrong Cheerleader Coach
2020
A Christmas for Mary
2020
USA Motel
—
The Wrong Fiancé
2021
The Wrong Real Estate Agent
2021
The Wrong Boy Next Door
2019
The Wrong Prince Charming
2021
The Wrong Mr. Right
2021
The Wrong Valentine
2021
Aquarium of the Dead
2021
Secret Society
2021
The Wrong Stepfather
2020
Woman in Motion
2021
Father of Lies
2007
Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics: Miami
2007
Jason's Letter
2017
The Wrong Cheer Captain
2021
The Lost Holliday
2024
A Tooth Fairy Tale
2025
Make or Bake Christmas
2024
Is God Is
2026
Stella Stevens: The Last Starlet
2025
Like Father Like Son
2025
The Wrong Obsession
2025
Cool Cat Stops Bullying
2012
Plan C
2026
The Wrong Marriage
2025
My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage
2006
Cool Cat Stops a School Shooting
—
Testimonies of Faith
2007
The Christmas Campaign
2025
Secret Society 2: Never Enough
2022
The Wrong Baby Daddy
2026
Martin
1992
All of Us
2003
'Til Death
2006
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
The Daily Show
1996
Alias
2001
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Matlock
1986
China Beach
1988
Loonatics Unleashed
2005
My Wife and Kids
2001
Tamron Hall
2019
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
The Parkers
1999
Family Matters
1989
Living Single
1993
Tremors
2003
MADtv
1995
The Hughleys
1998
Cosby
1996
The Starlet
2005
True Jackson, VP
2008
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
City of Angels
2000
The Watcher
1995
Out All Night
1992
Jungle Cubs
1996
Drop Dead Diva
2009
Little Britain USA
2008
Getting Personal
1998
Da Kink in My Hair
2007
The Masked Singer
2019
The Masked Singer
2019
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
Femme Fatales
2011
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Match Game
2016
Law & Order
1990
Melissa & Joey
2010
Missing
2003
The Twilight Zone
2002
Arsenio
1997
Ozzy & Drix
2002
Generations
1989
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Punk'd
2003
For Real: The Story of Reality TV
2021
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Keeping Up with the Joneses
2021
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Eric Andre Show
2012
Celebrity Name Game
2014
Hollywood Squares
1998
The $100,000 Pyramid
2016
Sherri
2022
Match Game
2016
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
MADtv
1995
Mob Wives
2011
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
2008
Name That Tune
2021
The Proud Family
2001
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
The Cougar
2009
To Tell the Truth
2016
The View
1997
Kocktails With Khloé
2016
Sofia the First
2013
The Wheel
2022
black-ish
2014
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Beat Bobby Flay
2013
Eve
2003
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021
Solomon
1997
Raising Hope
2010
On Ten
2024
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Poppa's House
2024
Worst Cooks in America
2010
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
2021
Celebrity Weakest Link
2025
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Miss USA
1963
Empire
2015
The Interrogation Room Hosted by Vivica A. Fox
2023