Paula Jai Parker

Q: Has Paula Jai Parker won any awards?

Paula Jai Parker has received several nominations throughout her career but has not won major awards like an Oscar. Her work in television and film has been recognized by audiences and critics alike.

Q: What was Paula Jai Parker's first film?

Paula Jai Parker's first film was 'The Inkwell,' released in 1994. Her performance contributed to her rising profile in the industry, leading to more significant roles in subsequent years.

Q: What are some of Paula Jai Parker's most successful films?

Some of Paula Jai Parker's most successful films include 'Friday' and 'Sprung.' Both films have garnered cult followings and showcased her comedic talents effectively.

Q: What is Paula Jai Parker's personal life like?

Paula Jai Parker is married to Jay Tucker, and they have one child together. She often shares glimpses of her family life on social media while maintaining a level of privacy.

Q: What is Paula Jai Parker's estimated net worth?

Paula Jai Parker's estimated net worth is around $1 million. This reflects her successful career in acting, voice work, and television appearances.

Q: What are some milestones in Paula Jai Parker's filmography?

Milestones in Paula Jai Parker's filmography include her role in 'Friday,' her voice work in 'The Proud Family,' and her participation in various television series and movies that highlight her comedic skills and versatility.

Q: How did Paula Jai Parker get started in acting?

Paula Jai Parker began her acting career in theater, performing in various productions before transitioning to film and television. Her talent and unique voice quickly garnered attention, leading to significant roles.

Known for

Phone Booth (2002)

IMDb 7.1 / 10

2002 / Crime, Thriller / 81 min

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be...

Friday (1995)

IMDb 7.2 / 10

1995 / Comedy, Drama / 91 min

Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something...

Ray (2021)

IMDb 7.1 / 10

2021 / Crime, Drama

From a satire to a psychological thriller, four short stories from celebrated auteur and writer Satyajit Ray are adapted for the screen in this...

Name

Paula Jai Parker

Height

5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Born

19 August 1970, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Spouses

Jay Tucker (2007–present)

Children

1, name not publicly known

Parents

Catherine Parker, Paul Parker

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie A Proud Family Wizmas A song-filled, stop-motion holiday special	Trudy (voice)	Not rated
2025	Movie Soul of A Sister A singer with a once bright future falls victim to the music business at a young age. A decade later,...	Head Therapist	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2024	Movie Temperature Rising Troy’s quiet life unravels after betrayal by his longtime girlfriend, pulling him into fast money, drugs, and a dangerous new...	Marie	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2023	Movie The Furry Fortune Two twins who are growing apart discover their pet rescue dog is shedding money. The neighbors, a malicious IRS agent...	June	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2023	Movie Kings of L.A. A young man reaches a critical point in his life as he struggles to navigate the changing gentrification of his...	Mason	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2023	Movie Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends A story about longtime friends whom have known one another since college. All of whom have been doing well since,...	Victoria	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2022	Movie A Miracle Before Christmas With a little help from an angel, Mercedes Wright, a fast-talking popular relationship therapist with all the answers when it...	Martha	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2022	TV American Gigolo Julian Kaye has always been an object of desire, so much so that people are willing to destroy him in...	Diamond	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	TV The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Follow the adventures and misadventures of newly 14-year-old Penny Proud and her family as they navigate modern life with hilarity...	Trudy (voice)	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2021	TV Colin in Black and White The life of athlete Colin Kaepernick and his adoptive parents as they navigate the challenges of raising a black son...	Aunt Zora	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2021	TV Them A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.	Hazel Emory	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2020	Movie Stalker A young man’s budding romance is threatened when he befriends a strange ride share driver.	Evelyn	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2020	TV Etheria From post-apocalyptic westerns to demented comedies to terrifying horror and gore, ETHERIA serves up the perfect blend of mind-bending and...	Karen	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2019	TV All Rise A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an...	Charlene Addison	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	TV A House Divided The Sanders family is shaken when their matriarch, Pamela Sanders, suddenly dies. Cameron Sanders Sr. grieves while being investigated by...	Stephanie Sanders	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2019	TV Crown Lake When Eleanor "Nellie" Chambers shows up at Crown Lake Academy, a fancy all-girls boarding school, she knows this school is...	Headmistress Merriweather	TMDB 9.3 / 10
2019	Movie Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2018	Movie Hey, Mr. Postman! An easily frustrated and wise-cracking charter bus driver from the mid-west loses everything after being fired. Desperately, he moves in...	Ms. Kelly	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie Taco Shop A taco shop's business is jeopardized when a gourmet taco truck parks across the street.	Eve	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2018	TV 9-1-1 Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping...	Judith Spivey	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2016	TV Insecure Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.	Sheryl	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	Movie She's Got a Plan She’s Got A Plan directed by and starring Fatima Washington, follows Isis Angelo, a struggling female writer-director who gives herself...	Rhonda	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2016	Movie Last Call at Murray's Closing night at a rural bar gets complicated when a blizzard traps a motley crew of misfits overnight.	Danice	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2016	TV Recovery Road Maddie is a teenage girl dealing with addiction who has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she...	Margarita Jean-Baptiste	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2015	Movie The Summoning	Angela	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	TV Hollywood Divas With stardom come challenges that make celebrities face the reality of Tinsel Town. Five actresses profiled on "Hollywood Divas" experience...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2014	TV How to Get Away with Murder A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They...	Yvonne	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2014	Movie You, Me & Her When 30 versions of one person pass through the wormhole at the Department of Parallel Resettlement, Anna discovers she is...	Karen	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2014	Movie Assistant Motives When a young woman accepts a position as a receptionist, she finds herself falling for the boss, and entering a...	Joyce Miller	Not rated
2014	Movie Act of Faith After the death of his beloved wife, Mr. Brady struggles to maintain a neighborhood diner in Atlanta Georgia. His few...	Shartruce	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2014	Movie 4Play Unsatisfied with his prior romantic achievements, Todd goes on a quest to date three women at one time. Little does...	Linda	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2014	Movie Patterns of Attraction This romantic comedy is a story that emphasizes the importance of commitment, true love and breaking old love patterns in...	Desiree Stewart	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2013	Movie Pastor Shirley Jason's heart and soul are stuck with the church his father ran before he passed away, and his dreams of...	Pastor Shirley	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	TV Ray Donovan Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power...	Sylvie Starr	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2013	Movie Life of a King The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had -...	Gina Sanders	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2013	Movie When a Woman's Fed Up Taryln is a powerful and career-driven woman with a high tolerance for her husband's foolishness. When she discovers that her...	Laticious	TMDB 2.8 / 10
2012	TV The Soul Man R&B superstar-turned-minister Reverend Boyce "The Voice" Ballentine was living the high life in Las Vegas at the top of the...	Drew	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2011	TV The Exes A sitcom about three divorced men sharing an apartment across the hall from their female divorce attorney, who is also...	Amelia	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	Movie King of the Underground Part true story, part fiction, King of the Underground is a dark comedy about a frustrated rap artist who goes...	Elizabeth Gayle	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2010	TV Fish Hooks This inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presents high school life as...	Yolanda (voice)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2010	TV Fish Hooks This inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presents high school life as...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	TV NCIS: Los Angeles The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service...	Ellie	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	Movie Fear Itself: Something with Bite Wilbur is a veterinarian who begins to turn into a werewolf after being bitten by a large animal brought to...	Patty Oraell	Not rated
2008	TV The Mentalist Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to...	Astrid	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2008	TV True Blood Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And...	Karen	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2008	TV Fear Itself A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.	Patty Orwell	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2007	Movie Cover When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels...	Monica Wilson	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2006	Movie The Genius Club What if you had one night to solve the world’s problems? For seven geniuses, they have no choice. A terrorist...	Tatiana Williams	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2006	Movie Idlewild A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in...	Rose	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2005	TV The Reichen Show A list of celebrity interviews and sensational topics.	Self	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2005	TV Criminal Minds An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike...	Captain Vivian Paige	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2005	TV My Name Is Earl When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.	Sylvia	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2005	Movie The Proud Family Movie Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures them, refusing to...	Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2005	Movie Hustle & Flow With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.	Lexus	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2005	Movie Animal His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets...	Reecy	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2004	Movie Ray Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom...	Ruth Brown	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2004	Movie She Hate Me Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.	Evelyn	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2004	Movie My Baby's Daddy A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same...	Rolonda	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2003	TV Lilo & Stitch: The Series This animated series chronicles the further adventures of renegade scientist Dr. Jumba Jookiba's beloved Experiment 626, who is now living...	Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2003	Movie Love Chronicles A disc jockey invites a relationship therapist as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles through three different callers'...	Sara	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2003	Movie Phone Booth A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he...	Felicia	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2002	TV CSI: Miami The show follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their...	Deana Walters / D-Nasty	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2002	Movie High Crimes A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer who has been AWOL for fifteen years and...	Gracie	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2002	TV The Shield The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or...	Desirae	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2001	TV The Proud Family Follow the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl who's doing her best to navigate through the...	Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2001	Movie 30 Years to Life An ensemble comedy that follows the lives of six friends in New York City during the year in which they...	Stephanie	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2000	TV CSI: Crime Scene Investigation A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable...	Julia Beltran	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1999	TV Snoops Glenn Hall runs a less-than-conventional detective. Her staff includes Roberta Young, a detective who goes to great lengths to get...	Roberta Young	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	Movie The Breaks Derrick, a racially-confused Irishman raised in the hood by a black family is having the worst day ever. Determined to...	Ann	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1998	Movie Why Do Fools Fall In Love In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy....	Paula King	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1998	Movie Woo Woo is a woman in control of her world. She is smart, self-confident, sophisticated and snarky. And she doesn't have...	Claudette	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1998	Movie Always Outnumbered An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he...	Melodie	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1997	TV The Weird Al Show This Saturday morning hit brings Weird Al’s signature warped comedy, original songs, spoofs, offbeat animation, and a motley crew of...	Val Brentwood, Gal Spy	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	Movie Sprung Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes...	Adina	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1997	Movie Riot In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to...	Lisa	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1996	Movie Get on the Bus Fifteen Black men gather in South Central LA to take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March...	Jamilia	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he...	Drunk Party Girl	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Tales from the Hood A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in a local funeral parlor.	Sissy Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Friday Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and...	Joi	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1995	TV The Parent 'Hood The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July 25,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1995	TV The Wayans Bros. Brothers Shawn and Marlon are on the lookout for money and success, though the two are complete opposites. Shawn is...	Mia	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	Movie Cosmic Slop In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I:...	Tang (segment 'Tang')	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1994	TV Touched by an Angel Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads...	Billie Holiday	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1991	TV Roc Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars...	Jill	TMDB 7.9 / 10

Soul of A Sister

2025 / TMDB 1.0

Temperature Rising

2024 / TMDB 1.0

The Furry Fortune

2023 / TMDB 9.0

Kings of L.A.

2023 / TMDB 1.0

Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends

2023 / TMDB 1.0

A Miracle Before Christmas

2022 / TMDB 5.4

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What are Paula Jai Parker's career highlights?

Paula Jai Parker's career highlights include her memorable role in the film 'Friday' and her voice work in the animated series 'The Proud Family.' She has also appeared in various television shows and films, showcasing her versatility as an actress.

Has Paula Jai Parker won any awards?

What was Paula Jai Parker's first film?

What are some of Paula Jai Parker's most successful films?

What is Paula Jai Parker's personal life like?

What is Paula Jai Parker's estimated net worth?

What are some milestones in Paula Jai Parker's filmography?

How did Paula Jai Parker get started in acting?