Gabrielle Union [Rachael]

In just a few short years, Gabrielle Union has managed to build up an impressive resume. Last year, she graced the inaugural cover of Savoy Magazine, which described Union as “Hollywood’s Best Kept Secret” and marks her “The Next Julia Roberts”. In addition, she has just been selected as Entertainment Weekly’s, “IT Girl”, People Magazine’s “One’s To Watch”, E’s! “Sizzling 16”, and Vogue’s “Next Generation of Movie Stars”.

Most recently, Union completed filming The Honeymooner’s for Paramount. She stars as ‘Alice’ the wife of Ralph who is played by Cedric The Entertainer. Also starring Regina Hall (Trixie) and Mike Epps (Al). The movie is based on the 1950’s hit television series and will be released Summer 2005.

Union recently starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the long-anticipated sequel Bad Boys 2. The feature film is was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Michael Bay for Columbia. Union stars as ‘Sydney Burnett’, the half-sister to Lawrence’s character, Marcus Burnett. She also is the love interest to Will Smith’s character, Mike, who repeatedly tries to charm and seduce her, causing friction between him and his partner. Although Sydney claims to have a desk job, she is really an undercover agent pretending to launder dirty money.

Union is best known for her starring role in Universal’s feature film, Bring It On for director Peyton Reed. The film stars Kirsten Dunst and Union who are on two rival cheerleading squads competing for the national championships. Her other feature film credits include Cradle to the Grave, Breakin’ All the Rules, Deliver Us From Eva, Welcome To Collinwood, Abandon, The Brothers, Two Can Play That Game, Love & Basketball, Ten Things I Hate About You and She’s All That.

Union really stirred things up when she guest starred as a love interest to Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer on the hit NBC television show Friends. Union marked the first African-American love interest on the series, which garnered a lot of press. In addition, she joined the cast of Steven Bochco’s CBS television drama, City Of Angels, as ‘Dr. Courtney Ellis’ for one-season.

“We were looking for exactly what walked in the room. She’s fabulous. She’s talented. She’s beautiful. She’s vivacious. When you find all that in one package you take it. – Steven Bochco

Upon graduating with honors from UCLA, Union made her television debut on the UPN hit comedy Moesha, which catapulted her onto the Hollywood scene. With all of Union’s recent success and talent, it is not surprising that she is becoming a household name.

Union currently resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband.

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