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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Soul of A Sister
2025
as Head Therapist
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
2023
as June
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.
2023
as Mason
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
2023
as Victoria
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
2022
as Martha
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
2020
as Evelyn
A young man’s budding romance is threatened when he befriends a strange ride share driver.

Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019
as Self
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!
2018
as Ms. Kelly
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
2018
as Eve
A taco shop's business is jeopardized when a gourmet taco truck parks across the street.

She's Got a Plan
2016
as Rhonda
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
2016
as Danice
Closing night at a rural bar gets complicated when a blizzard traps a motley crew of misfits overnight.

You, Me & Her
2014
as Karen
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
2014
as Joyce Miller
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
2014
as Shartruce
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
2014
as Linda
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
2014
as Desiree Stewart
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
2013
as Pastor Shirley
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
2013
as Gina Sanders
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
2013
as Laticious
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
2011
as Elizabeth Gayle
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
2007
as Monica Wilson
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
2006
as Tatiana Williams
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
2006
as Rose
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
2005
as Trudy Parker-Proud (voice)
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
2005
as Lexus
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Animal
2005
as Reecy
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
2004
as Ruth Brown
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
2004
as Evelyn
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.

My Baby's Daddy
2004
as Rolonda
A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

Love Chronicles
2003
as Sara
A disc jockey invites a relationship therapist as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles through three different callers' unbelievabl...

Phone Booth
2003
as Felicia
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
2002
as Gracie
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
2001
as Stephanie
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
1999
as Ann
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
1998
as Paula King
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
1998
as Claudette
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
1998
as Melodie
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
1997
as Adina
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
1996
as Jamilia
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
1996
as Drunk Party Girl
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
1995
as Sissy Johnson (segment "Boys Do Get Bruised")
A strange mortician tells four horrific tales to three drug dealers that he traps in their local funeral parlor.

Friday
1995
as Joi
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
1994
as Tang (segment 'Tang')
In the tradition of The Twilight Zone, this bizarre, thought-provoking trilogy addresses the destiny of the world's minorities: Part I: A conservative...