NICOLE ARI PARKER (Early). Seven-time NAACP Image Award nominee Nicole Ari Parker (actor/producer/entrepreneur/philanthropist) is best known for her outstanding performance as Teri Joseph on Showtime’s award-winning original series “Soul Food.” Next up, she will be returning in the second season of the Max reboot of the iconic comedy “Sex and The City,” “And Just Like That…,” alongside original cast members including Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, expected to hit the streamer later this month. Parker has previously been featured in a variety of hit television series including NBC’s “Chicago P.D.,” Fox’s “Empire,” TV Land’s “Younger,” Amazon’s “The Romanoffs,” and Showtime’s “I'm Dying up Here.” In 2016, she starred in the Universal ensemble comedy Almost Christmas