Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade (lahir 29 Oktober 1972) adalah seorang aktris, aktivis, dan penulis Amerika. Dia memulai karirnya pada
1990-an, muncul di komedi situasi televisi, sebelum mendapatkan peran pendukung
dalam film komedi remaja She All That dan 10 Things I Hate About You (1999).
Peran terobosannya adalah dalam film tahun 2000 Bring It On.
Union juga dikenal karena penampilannya dalam film komedi
romantis The Brothers (2001), Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Daddy's Little Girls
(2007), Think Like a Man (2012) dan Think Like a Man Too (2014). Dia juga
pernah membintangi peran dalam serial drama medis CBS City of Angels (2000) dan
film Bad Boys II (2003), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Neo Ned (2005), Cadillac
Records (2008), Top 5 yang diakui kritis. (2014) dan Breaking In (2018).
Pada 2013, Union mulai membintangi sebagai pemeran utama dalam seri drama BET
Being Mary Jane, yang mana ia telah menerima pujian kritis dan Penghargaan
Gambar NAACP. Dia ikut membintangi film tahun 2016 The Birth of a Nation, dan
selanjutnya muncul di Almost Christmas (2016) dan Sleepless (2017).
Union juga merupakan penulis memoar, We're Going to Need More Wine (2017), dan seorang aktivis yang menangani isu-isu seputar
kesehatan perempuan dan kekerasan terhadap perempuan.
Union bertemu dengan pemain NFL Chris Howard di sebuah pesta
pada tahun 1999. Mereka menikah pada 5 Mei 2001, dan berpisah pada Oktober
2005. Perceraian itu selesai pada tahun 2006.
Pada tahun 2009, Union mulai berkencan dengan pemain NBA
Dwyane Wade. Union menikahi Wade pada 30 Agustus 2014, di Miami,
Florida, menjadi ibu tiri bagi ketiga anaknya. Union menyatakan
dalam sebuah wawancara sebelum pernikahan bahwa dia dan Wade akan
menandatangani perjanjian pranikah untuk melindungi aset masing-masing. Union dan Wade menghabiskan bulan madu mereka di Maladewa dan Tanzania. Pada tanggal 7 November 2018, ia menyambut kelahiran putri kandungnya, Kaavia
James Union Wade, yang dilahirkan melalui ibu pengganti karena perjuangannya
dengan keguguran.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Family Matters | Mall Girl | Episode: "Scenes from a Mall" |
| 1995-1996 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Hilary / Jennifer | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Moesha | Ashli | Episode: "Friends" |
| Malibu Shores | Shannon Everette | Episode: "The Competitive Edge" | |
| Goode Behavior | Tracy Monaghan | 3 episodes | |
| 1996–1999 | 7th Heaven | Keesha Hamilton | 5 episodes |
| 1997 | Smart Guy | Lydia | Episode: "Don't Do That Thing You Do" |
| Dave's World | Carly | Episode: "Oh Dad, Poor Dad" | |
| Hitz | Soul | Episode: "The Godfather: Not the Movie" | |
| Sister, Sister | Shawn / Vanessa | 3 episodes | |
| City Guys | Katisha Grant | Episode: "The Date" | |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | N'Garen | Episode: "Sons and Daughters" | |
| 1998 | The Steve Harvey Show | Naomi Parson | Episode: "The He-Man, Player-Hater's Club" |
| 1998-1999 | Clueless | Lydia / Rebecca | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Grown Ups | Felicia | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1999 | H-E Double Hockey Sticks | Gabrielle | |
| 2000 | ER | Tamara Davis | Episode: "Family Matters" |
| The Others | Lindsay | Episode: "Theta" | |
| Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane | Lana | Episode: "Too Much Pressure" | |
| City of Angels | Dr. Courtney Ellis | 11 episodes | |
| 2001 | Close to Home | Gabby | Pilot |
| Friends | Kristen Lang | Episode: "The One With The Cheap Wedding Dress" | |
| 2003 | The Proud Family | Sunny Stevens / Iesha (voice) | Episode: "Hooray for Iesha" |
| 2004 | The West Wing | Meeshel Anders | Episode: "The Benign Prerogative" |
| Something the Lord Made | Clara Thomas | Television film Nominated—BET Award for Best Actress Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress: Television Movie/Cable Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | |
| 2005 | Family Guy | Shauna Parks (voice) | Episode: "Peter's Got Woods" |
| 2005–2006 | Night Stalker | Perri Reed | 10 episodes |
| 2007 | Football Wives | Chardonnay Lane | Pilot |
| 2008 | Ugly Betty | Renee Slater | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Life | Jane Seever | 4 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | FlashForward | Zoey Andata | 9 episodes Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series |
| 2010 | Army Wives | Gina Holt | Episode: "Murder in Charleston" |
| 2011 | NTSF:SD:SUV | Sandy Canyons | Episode: "Tijuana, We've Got a Problem" |
| 2012 | Half the Sky | Herself | Documentary |
| 2013–present | Being Mary Jane | Mary Jane Paul | Main role NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special(2014) Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2015–2016) Nominated—BET Award for Best Actress (2014–2015) Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Actress: T.V. Movie/Cable (2014) |
| 2015 | With This Ring | Kitty | Television film |
| 2015 | The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar | Nala (voice) | Television film |
| 2016–present | The Lion Guard | Nala (voice) | 12 episodes |
| TBA | L.A.'s Finest | Sydney "Syd" Burnett | Main role |
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