Gabrielle Union's career began in the 1990s, when she made dozens of appearances on television sitcoms, prior to landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films She's All That and 10 Things I Hate About You.
70 Facts About Gabrielle Union
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Gabrielle Union rose to greater prominence the following year, after she landed her breakthrough role in the teen film Bring It On.
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Gabrielle Union had starring roles in the CBS medical drama series City of Angels and films Bad Boys II, Cradle 2 the Grave, Neo Ned, Cadillac Records, Top Five and Breaking In.
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In 2013, Gabrielle Union began starring as the lead character in BET drama series Being Mary Jane, for which she has received an NAACP Image Award.
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Gabrielle Union has been an outspoken advocate for issues involving women's health, LGBTQ+ equality, and violence against women, and was awarded the President's Award from the NAACP Image Awards, alongside her husband Dwyane Wade for their humanitarian efforts.
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Gabrielle Union was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020.
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Gabrielle Union has stated that she would not have survived the attack had it not been for lessons she learned by watching Oprah Winfrey's talk show.
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Gabrielle Union appeared in Moesha as Ashli, Sister, Sister as Vanessa, in Smart Guy as Denise, and in five episodes of 7th Heaven as Keesha Hamilton.
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Gabrielle Union then played the role of Isis in the cheerleading movie Bring It On, which helped push Union into the mainstream.
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In 2003, Gabrielle Union landed the role of the main character Mike Lowrey's girlfriend, Syd, in the film Bad Boys II, a box-office success grossing more than $273million worldwide.
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Gabrielle Union felt that she had been "blessed" with her role in the film, feeling it elevated her career.
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Gabrielle Union starred in the 2004 film Breakin' All the Rules, which was unpopular with critics.
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Gabrielle Union appeared in the 2005 film Neo Ned, portraying an African-American woman with delusions that she is Adolf Hitler.
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Gabrielle Union won an award for Best Actress in Neo Ned at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, and the film received awards at several festivals.
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Gabrielle Union starred in the 2005 remake of The Honeymooners.
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That year, Gabrielle Union starred in the short-lived ABC series Night Stalker.
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Gabrielle Union called the series a "reworking" rather than a remake.
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Gabrielle Union admitted that at the time of getting the script she was turned off, but she became interested after reading the script at her agent's insistence.
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Gabrielle Union then met with series creator Frank Spotnitz and executive producer Daniel Sackheim, who told her they thought of her anytime they thought of the character.
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Gabrielle Union starred in the 2007 film Daddy's Little Girls by Tyler Perry.
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Gabrielle Union filmed Daddy's Little Girls in mid-2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Gabrielle Union was praised for her character's portrayal and for having a "great sense of comedic timing".
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Gabrielle Union's character drew comparisons to Eva, her role in Deliver Us from Eva.
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Gabrielle Union starred with Morris Chestnut in the 2007 Christmas film The Perfect Holiday.
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Since she had no children of her own, Gabrielle Union drew on her familiarity with her mother and sister to portray the divorced single mother of three in the film.
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Gabrielle Union initially turned down the role, as she did not want to get typecast for playing a mother until she was told of other actresses that had played similar roles and still found success in their careers.
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In 2008, Gabrielle Union appeared on Ugly Betty for three episodes as Renee, Wilhelmina Slater's sister and Daniel Meade's love interest.
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Gabrielle Union made a cameo appearance in the music video for Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent".
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Gabrielle Union portrayed Geneva Wade, who later married Muddy Waters.
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Gabrielle Union, who was reported to have signed on to the film in March 2008, was seen as a "pleasant surprise" in the film, and her performance was said to have shown she had larger acting range than her previous roles.
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Gabrielle Union later called taking the role of Geneva Wade in the film the best business decision she had ever made.
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Gabrielle Union appeared in the 2008 film Meet Dave, playing the love interest of the title character.
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Gabrielle Union joined the cast of the US television series Life on NBC and appeared in four episodes prior to its cancellation in May 2009.
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Gabrielle Union appeared in the ABC series FlashForward, a role for which she was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2010.
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Gabrielle Union was reported in May 2011 to have landed roles in Think Like a Man, a romantic comedy based on Steve Harvey's book Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, and an indie film, Family Tree.
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In January 2012, Gabrielle Union was announced to be a participant in Bounce TV's documentary Our History.
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Gabrielle Union said that after she read the script, she became interested in working with Tyler Perry again and enjoyed working with the cast.
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Gabrielle Union then appeared in Steve Harvey's film Think Like a Man.
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Gabrielle Union related to her character for having married and divorced young.
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Gabrielle Union saw In Our Nature as a personal victory for her career.
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Gabrielle Union learned of the series while auditioning for Scandal for the role of Olivia Pope, which ultimately went to Kerry Washington.
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Also in 2013, Gabrielle Union starred in Ava DuVernay's short film The Door as part of Miu Miu's Women's Tales campaign.
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Gabrielle Union reprised her role as Kristen in Think Like a Man Too in 2014, but it received mostly negative reviews.
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Gabrielle Union believed the film would do well and faced comparisons to her character, who was a newlywed while Union was engaged at the time, a similarity she dispelled by insisting she kept her relationship "enjoyable, fresh and exciting".
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Gabrielle Union was announced in July 2014 as a producer in the Lifetime film With This Ring.
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Gabrielle Union was featured in Chris Rock's Top Five, playing the fiancee of Rock's character.
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Gabrielle Union viewed her Top Five character as being similar to members of the Kardashian family or the Braxton sisters.
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In November 2015, Gabrielle Union began voicing Nala in the Disney movie and series The Lion Guard.
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In September 2017, Gabrielle Union announced a collaborative partnership with Invicta Watch Group that included a line of watches she designed.
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Gabrielle Union was a judge for the fourteenth season of America's Got Talent.
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In May 2020, Gabrielle Union filed a discrimination suit against the producers of America's Got Talent, citing racism and prejudice.
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On Disney Investor Day, December 11,2020, it was announced that Gabrielle Union would be starring with Zach Braff in a remake of Cheaper by the Dozen, which was released in March 2022.
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Gabrielle Union returned to The Proud Family on its sequel series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder in a second season episode airing in early 2023.
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In May 2020, Gabrielle Union released her first children's book, Welcome to the Party, an ode to newborns and non-traditional families that was inspired by her daughter.
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Gabrielle Union collaborated with her husband Dwyane Wade on a second children's book, Shady Baby, published on May 18,2021.
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In March 2014, Gabrielle Union released her first wine, Vanilla Puddin'.
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In 2020, Gabrielle Union relaunched her haircare brand, Flawless, for women with textured hair.
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Gabrielle Union has spoken about the importance of therapy, and how she herself was able to quickly find therapy with the help of family members and co-workers.
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When Tanganyika Williams, the aunt of NBA player Matt Barnes, was murdered on July 8,2014, Gabrielle Union posted calls on both Instagram and Twitter for anyone with information on Tanganyika's killer to report it to authorities.
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Gabrielle Union ran in the Global Race for the Cure in Washington, DC on Saturday, June 2,2012, in honor of her friend Kristen Martinez, who died from breast cancer.
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Gabrielle Union was present at the Newseum in Washington, DC on August 23,2013, and unveiled a limited-edition 1963 March on Washington stamp to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the march.
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Gabrielle Union became a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood's breast health initiative and launched the Women Are Watching campaign with other actresses in 2012.
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In October 2014, it was announced that Gabrielle Union would be designing T-shirts to bring attention to the Women Are Watching campaign.
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In 2008, Gabrielle Union supported Barack Obama in his presidential campaign.
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Gabrielle Union participated in the Obama campaign's "Greater Together" initiative as part of his re-election campaign in 2012.
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Gabrielle Union was named in the 2020 Time 100 list of most influential people.
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Gabrielle Union met NFL player Chris Howard at a party in 1999.
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Gabrielle Union had earlier reflected that she spent much of the marriage "upset", and from the relationship she realized that the men in her life were "just human".
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Gabrielle Union stated in an interview prior to the marriage that she and Wade would be signing a prenuptial agreement to protect their individual assets.
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Gabrielle Union and Wade spent their honeymoon in the Maldives and Tanzania.