Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade (born October 29, 1972) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in The Brothers (2001), Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Bad Boys II (2003), Daddy's Little Girls (2007), Think Like a Man (2012), Think Like a Man Too (2014), and the remake of Cheaper by the Dozen (2022). She also starred as the lead in the BET drama series Being Mary Jane (2013-2019), for which she has received an NAACP Image Award, and in the crime series L.A.'s Finest (2019-2020) - a spinoff series for her character Syd in Bad Boys II.. She also had starring roles in the CBS medical drama series City of Angels (2000) and in the films Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Neo Ned (2005), Cadillac Records (2008), Top Five (2014), Breaking In (2018), and The Perfect Find (2023). She has also co-starred in the films The Birth of a Nation (2016), Almost Christmas (2016), and Sleepless (2017). In high school, Union was an all-star point guard in basketball and a year-round athlete, also playing in soccer and running track. She went on to the University of Nebraska before moving on to Cuesta College. She eventually transferred to UCLA and earned a degree in sociology. While studying there, she interned at the Judith Fontaine Modeling & Talent Agency to earn extra academic credits. Invited by the agency's owner, Judith Fontaine, she started working as a model to pay off college loans. Her career began in the 1990s, when she made dozens of appearances on TV sitcoms prior to landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You. She rose to greater prominence the following year, after she landed her breakthrough role in the teen film Bring It On. Bring It On helped push her into the mainstream and she began gaining more exposure. She was cast in her first leading role in the 2003 film Deliver Us from Eva with rapper L.L. Cool J. In 2003, she landed the role of Will Smith's girlfriend/Martin Lawrence's sister Sydney Burnett in the film Bad Boys II, and she starred with Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx in the film Breakin' All the Rules in 2004. She then starred in the short-lived 2005 ABC series Night Stalker. She has also starred in the independent drama films Neo Ned and Constellation, the latter of which was released to theaters. She won an award for Best Actress in Neo Ned at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, and the film received awards at several festivals. Outside of acting, she has written four books: two memoirs, titled We're Going to Need More Wine (2017) and You Got Anything Stronger? (2021), and two children's books, titled Welcome to the Party (2020), and Shady Baby (2021).

Known For: Acting

Born: Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 1972-10-29

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1999	She's All That	Katie	63
2	1999	10 Things I Hate About You	Chastity	76
3	1999	H.E. Double Hockey Sticks	Gabrielle	60
4	2000	Love & Basketball	Shawnee	74
5	2000	Bring It On	Isis	62
6	2001	The Brothers	Denise Johnson	66
7	2001	Two Can Play That Game	Conny Spalding	65
8	2002	Welcome to Collinwood	Michelle	61
9	2002	Abandon	Amanda Luttrell	48
10	2003	Deliver Us from Eva	Evangeline 'Eva' Dandrige	64
11	2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	Daria	61
12	2003	Bad Boys II	Syd	66
13	2003	Hustle and Heat	Masked Woman	50
14	2004	Breakin' All the Rules	Nikki	60
15	2004	Something the Lord Made	Clara Thomas	77
16	2005	Neo Ned	Rachael	61
17	2005	The Honeymooners	Alice Kramden	40
18	2006	Say Uncle	Elise Carter	55
19	2006	Running with Scissors	Dorothy	58
20	2007	The Box	Cris Romano	49
21	2007	Constellation	Carmel Boxer	48
22	2007	Daddy's Little Girls	Julia Rossmore	69
23	2007	The Perfect Holiday	Nancy Taylor	52
24	2008	Meet Dave	No. 3 - Cultural Officer	53
25	2008	Cadillac Records	Geneva Wade	71
26	2012	Good Deeds	Natalie	62
27	2012	Think Like a Man	Kristen	68
28	2012	Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide	Self	74
29	2012	In Our Nature	Vicky	52
30	2013	Miss Dial	Long Story Caller	49
31	2013	The Door	She	40
32	2014	Think Like a Man Too	Kristen	64
33	2014	Top Five	Erica Long	61
34	2015	With This Ring	Kitty	59
35	2016	The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar	Nala (voice)	67
36	2016	The Birth of a Nation	Esther	66
37	2016	Almost Christmas	Rachel	60
38	2017	Sleepless	Dena	59
39	2017	The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar	Nala (voice)	83
40	2018	Breaking In	Shaun Russell	60
41	2019	The Public		65
42	2020	Sesame Street Elmo's Playdate: Scavenger Hunt		100
43	2020	Fearless	General Blazerhatch (voice)	60
44	2021	Adele One Night Only	Self	79
45	2021	Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes	Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey	76
46		Sorcerority		0
47	2022	Cheaper by the Dozen	Zoey Baker	64
48	2022	The Inspection	Inez French	62
49	2022	Strange World	Meridian Clade (voice)	63
50	2023	The Perfect Find	Jenna Jones	61
51	2024	Space Cadet	Pam Proctor	55
52	2025	Riff Raff	Sandy	59
53		The Casket Girls	Detective Shay Williams	0
54		Forbidden Fruits		0
55	2026	GOAT	Jett Fillmore (voice)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self	56
2	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
3	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
4	1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	N'Garen	79
5	1993	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Hilary	59
6	1993	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Jennifer	59
7	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
8	1993	Dave's World	Carly	64
9	1994	Sister, Sister	Shawn	71
10	1994	Sister, Sister	Vanessa	71
11	1994	ER	Tamara Davis	78
12	1994	Friends	Kirsten Lang	84
13	1996	Moesha		69
14	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
15	1996	The Steve Harvey Show	Naomi Parson	68
16	1996	7th Heaven	Keesha Hamilton	64
17	1996	Goode Behavior	Tracy Monaghan	0
18	1996	Clueless		62
19	1996	Jungle Cubs		61
20	1997	Smart Guy		78
21	1997	The View	Self - Guest	45
22	1997	City Guys		80
23	1999	Family Guy	Shauna Parks (voice)	74
24	1999	Grown Ups		52
25	1999	The West Wing	Meeshel Anders	83
26	1999	The Early Show	Self	57
27	2000	City of Angels	Courtney Ellis	90
28	2001	The Proud Family	Sunny Stevens / Iesha (voice)	78
29	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
30	2003	Pepsi Smash	Self - Host	20
31	2004	On Air with Ryan Seacrest	Self	95
32	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self	61
33	2005	Night Stalker	Perri Reed	51
34	2005	The Reichen Show	Self	48
35	2006	America's Got Talent	Self - Judge	57
36	2006	Ugly Betty	Renee Slater	63
37	2007	Life	Jane Seever	77
38	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
39	2009	FlashForward	Zoey Andata	70
40	2010	Conan	Self	71
41	2011	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Sandy Canyons	68
42	2013	Being Mary Jane	Mary Jane Paul	71
43	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
44	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
45	2015	Hot Ones	Self	75
46	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert		64
47	2016	The Lion Guard	Nala (voice)	76
48	2018	Red Table Talk	Self	64
49	2019	Desus & Mero	Self - Illustrious Guest	51
50	2019	L.A.'s Finest	Syd Burnett	70
51	2019	A Black Lady Sketch Show	Gabrielle Union	72
52	2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest	51
53	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
54	2019	Truth Be Told	Eva Pierre	71
55	2020	The Drew Barrymore Show	Self	59
56	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	62
57	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
58	2022	StoryBots: Answer Time		63
59	2023	Gabrielle Union: My Journey to 50	Self	0
60	2024	We Got Time Today	Self	0
61	2025	Number One on the Call Sheet	Self	90

Gabrielle Union

Film

Television