Paula Jai Parker

Paula Jai Parker

1969-08-19 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 43 Credits

Biography

Paula Jai Parker (born August 19, 1969) is an American actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the films Friday (1995), Sprung (1997), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), Phone Booth (2002), Hustle & Flow (2005) and Idlewild (2006). Description above from the Wikipedia article Paula Jai Parker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Soul of A Sister

Soul of A Sister

2025

as Head Therapist

Acting

A singer with a once bright future falls victim to the music business at a young age. A decade later, despite an addiction and depression she rises up...

The Furry Fortune

The Furry Fortune

2023

as June

10.0
Acting

Two twins who are growing apart discover their pet rescue dog is shedding money. The neighbors, a malicious IRS agent and his slimy son, kidnap the mo...

Kings of L.A.

Kings of L.A.

2023

as Mason

Acting

A young man reaches a critical point in his life as he struggles to navigate the changing gentrification of his neighborhood. Pressured by gangs, the ...

Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends

Conundrum: Secrets Among Friends

2023

as Victoria

Acting

A story about longtime friends whom have known one another since college. All of whom have been doing well since, with careers in the entertainment in...

A Miracle Before Christmas

A Miracle Before Christmas

2022

as Martha

5.3
Acting

With a little help from an angel, Mercedes Wright, a fast-talking popular relationship therapist with all the answers when it comes to fixing everyone...

Stalker

Stalker

2020

as Evelyn

4.9
Acting

A young man’s budding romance is threatened when he befriends a strange ride share driver.

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

2019

as Self

7.2
Acting

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history...

Hey, Mr. Postman!

Hey, Mr. Postman!

2018

as Ms. Kelly

5.5
Acting

An easily frustrated and wise-cracking charter bus driver from the mid-west loses everything after being fired. Desperately, he moves in with his craz...

Taco Shop

Taco Shop

2018

as Eve

4.0
Acting

A taco shop's business is jeopardized when a gourmet taco truck parks across the street.

She's Got a Plan

She's Got a Plan

2016

as Rhonda

10.0
Acting

She’s Got A Plan directed by and starring Fatima Washington, follows Isis Angelo, a struggling female writer-director who gives herself an ultimatum...

Last Call at Murray's

Last Call at Murray's

2016

as Danice

9.0
Acting

Closing night at a rural bar gets complicated when a blizzard traps a motley crew of misfits overnight.

You, Me & Her

You, Me & Her

2014

as Karen

1.0
Acting

When 30 versions of one person pass through the wormhole at the Department of Parallel Resettlement, Anna discovers she is the worst possible version ...

Assistant Motives

Assistant Motives

2014

as Joyce Miller

Acting

When a young woman accepts a position as a receptionist, she finds herself falling for the boss, and entering a world of drama and danger.

Act of Faith

Act of Faith

2014

as Shartruce

5.7
Acting

After the death of his beloved wife, Mr. Brady struggles to maintain a neighborhood diner in Atlanta Georgia. His few faithful waitresses have become ...

4Play

4Play

2014

as Linda

3.7
Acting

Unsatisfied with his prior romantic achievements, Todd goes on a quest to date three women at one time. Little does he know, all three women share a c...

Patterns of Attraction

Patterns of Attraction

2014

as Desiree Stewart

4.0
Acting

This romantic comedy is a story that emphasizes the importance of commitment, true love and breaking old love patterns in order to create new beginnin...

Pastor Shirley

Pastor Shirley

2013

as Pastor Shirley

7.0
Acting

Jason's heart and soul are stuck with the church his father ran before he passed away, and his dreams of making this community a place of worship, lov...

Life of a King

Life of a King

2013

as Gina Sanders

7.2
Acting

The true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen ...

When a Woman's Fed Up

When a Woman's Fed Up

2013

as Laticious

2.8
Acting

Taryln is a powerful and career-driven woman with a high tolerance for her husband's foolishness. When she discovers that her man has been unfaithful,...

King of the Underground

King of the Underground

2011

as Elizabeth Gayle

5.7
Acting

Part true story, part fiction, King of the Underground is a dark comedy about a frustrated rap artist who goes on an all out murderous killing spree a...

Cover

Cover

2007

as Monica Wilson

5.2
Acting

When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels when she discovers that h...

The Genius Club

The Genius Club

2006

as Tatiana Williams

4.8
Acting

What if you had one night to solve the world’s problems? For seven geniuses, they have no choice. A terrorist culls together a scientist, a seminary s...

Idlewild

Idlewild

2006

as Rose

5.7
Acting

A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-...

The Proud Family Movie

The Proud Family Movie

2005

as Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)

5.9
Acting

Penny and her family are lured on an all expenses paid vacation where a mad scientist captures them, refusing to let them go because Oscar won't revea...

Hustle & Flow

Hustle & Flow

2005

as Lexus

7.1
Acting

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Animal

Animal

2005

as Reecy

5.6
Acting

His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who cha...

Ray

Ray

2004

as Ruth Brown

7.5
Acting

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make h...

She Hate Me

She Hate Me

2004

as Evelyn

5.2
Acting

Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

My Baby's Daddy

My Baby's Daddy

2004

as Rolonda

4.6
Acting

A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

Love Chronicles

Love Chronicles

2003

as Sara

5.5
Acting

A disc jockey invites a relationship therapist as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles through three different callers' unbelievabl...

Phone Booth

Phone Booth

2003

as Felicia

6.9
Acting

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 killed... and the little red light f...

High Crimes

High Crimes

2002

as Gracie

6.4
Acting

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador....

30 Years to Life

30 Years to Life

2001

as Stephanie

6.0
Acting

First of all, the title does not refer to someone sentenced to jail. It is a movie about 6 lifetime friends who are all hitting the big `3-0' together...

The Breaks

The Breaks

1999

as Ann

6.2
Acting

Derrick, a racially-confused Irishman raised in the hood by a black family is having the worst day ever. Determined to prove to his fed-up mother and ...

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

1998

as Paula King

6.4
Acting

In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, former...

Woo

Woo

1998

as Claudette

4.2
Acting

Woo is a woman in control of her world. She is smart, self-confident, sophisticated and snarky. And she doesn't have any trouble attracting members of...

Always Outnumbered

Always Outnumbered

1998

as Melodie

6.4
Acting

An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighb...

Sprung

Sprung

1997

as Adina

5.4
Acting

Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her in...

Get on the Bus

Get on the Bus

1996

as Jamilia

6.4
Acting

Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of character...

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996

as Drunk Party Girl

7.0
Acting

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and s...

Tales from the Hood

Tales from the Hood

1995

as Sissy Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")

6.3
Acting

A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.

Friday

Friday

1995

as Joi

7.1
Acting

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

Cosmic Slop

Cosmic Slop

1994

as Tang (segment 'Tang')

4.3
Acting

In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative...