After making her film debut as a sex worker in Oliver Stone's war drama film Born on the Fourth of July (1989), she was cast as Emily Franklin in the pilot episode of ABC comedy series, Living Dolls, a spin-off of the sitcom Who's the Boss? but was replaced with Halle Berry for the remaining episodes. Afterwards, she started acting professionally, first on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives in 1988, playing Carmen Silva. While in California, she was a dancer on Soul Train from 1983 to 1984, and also appeared in the music video for R&B group Klymaxx's hit single, ' Meeting in the Ladies Room'. In 1982, Fox relocated to California to attend Golden West College. Fox is a 1982 graduate of Arlington High School in Indianapolis and subsequently graduated from Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, with an AA degree in Social Sciences. Her parents relocated to the Benton Harbor, Michigan area soon after her birth. Fox has also produced a number of straight-to-video films.įox was born in South Bend, Indiana, the daughter of Everlyena, a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a school administrator. movies for Lifetime and played Candace Mason in the Fox musical drama series, Empire. From 2003 to 2006, she co-starred in and produced the Lifetime crime drama series, Missing, for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. She scored leading roles in the short-lived Fox sitcom Getting Personal (1998) and the CBS medical drama City of Angels (2000). She played Vernita Green in Kill Bill and landed supporting roles in films like Ella Enchanted (2004).

Gary Gray's Set It Off.įox has starred in the films Booty Call (1997), Soul Food (1997), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), Kingdom Come (2001), Two Can Play That Game (2001), and Boat Trip (2002).

Fox's breakthrough came in 1996, with roles in two box-office hit films, Roland Emmerich's Independence Day and F. In prime time she starred opposite Patti LaBelle in the NBC sitcom Out All Night (1992–1993). Fox began her career on Soul Train (1982–1983), and played roles on the daytime television soap operas Days of Our Lives (1988) and Generations (1989–1991)). Vivica Anjanetta Fox (born July 30, 1964) is an American actress, producer, and television host.

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