Vivica A. Fox is an American entertainer, actress, and television personality. She was born in Harlem, New York and was a foster child of emotionally abusive parents. She has since gone on to have various roles in television and movies. Her most famous role would be that of Fox’s mother in the animated series Family Guy. Prior to that, she had small parts in movies such as High School Confidential and Diner. In the film Diner, she plays the first female bartender.
Vivica A. Fox is currently appearing in the second season of the television film called Free Rein. She plays Ruby Rose, a young southern girl who moves to Boston with her mother and sister. There she joins a local club for runaway teens and becomes friends with another girl in the group named Rachel. The three of them form the basis of the supporting character, Vivica A. Fox, in this television film. She plays Ruby Rose, the rebellious older sister, who wants to live a sheltered life but endures from being bullied by the other girls at school.
She lso appeared in the first Sharknado movie. As one of the main characters, she is a high school girl that works in a carnival as a clown and shark nado. She was also featured in the second film of the series as a pregnant woman, which puts her in an entirely new set of circumstances. This role would prove to be quite controversial in Brazil, where the actress was criticized for receiving benefits from shark Bite during the filming of the film.
Vivica A. Fox was also nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Elizabeth, a young girl in the TV drama series Falling. She played the role opposite Matt Damon, who won the Oscar for his role as Damon Salvatore in the same show. She also received an additional Oscar nomination for her work in the film The Way of Life. Her outstanding performance as the young Elizabeth marks the beginning of her illustrious career in Hollywood.
After her run as the sultry and sexy Vivica in the television shows, she has since gone on to play different roles in movies and theater. She mostly portrays downtrodden women in films such as Soul Surfer, Friday the 13th, Man on the Moon, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, A Few Good Men, Pretty Woman, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which was also released in theaters. Other notable movies that she has been involved in include Mystic River, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Eat Pray Love, The Pursuit of Happyness, and Edward Scissorhands.
Vivica A. Fox is also a producer and director, working once with the company MGM as a producer on a movie titled Edward Scissorhands. Her other credits are several soap operas such as Angels in America, End of Watch, Hawaii Five-O, Cold Mountain, and Cougar Town. She has also had some feature film roles including the thriller The Thin Red Line, the musical White Heat, and the comedy Blame. As a television film producer, she produced and directed the movie Sharknado, which went on to become one of the year’s most popular movies.
