Gabrielle Union
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Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Gabrielle Union had planned on attending law school, but began acting after the modeling agency she interned with as a college junior asked to represent her. She then won a series of small roles in television and film, including Love and Basketball, 10 Things I Hate About You (both 1999), and a part on the short-lived series City of Angels (2000). But her career really took off after her breakthrough portrayal of a sassy cheerleading captain from Compton in the late-summer surprise hit Bring It On (2000).It's ironic that cheerleading would be the activity that helped launch Union's star. The Omaha, NE, native was born October 29, 1973, and spent much of her youth playing sports, from soccer to basketball to track. She attended high school in Nebraska, where she was an all-star point guard, and, after graduating, moved to Los Angeles to attend school at U.C.L.A.After graduating with honors, Union chose to forego law school, stay in L.A., and concentrate on her acting career, which took off after her sparring with cheerleading rival Kirsten Dunst in Bring It On. After that film's release, Union won a substantial role in The Brothers and was slated to appear with an all-star cast in Welcome to Collinwood, as well as in Oscar-winner Stephen Gaghan's directorial debut Abandon. Her future film line up looking ever more impressive, Union took her biggest role to date as the acerbic titular character in the comedy Deliver Us from Eva, and continue to perform in films including Cradle 2 the Grave and Bad Boys II.In 2012, Union took on a supporting role in the comedy Think Like a Man, an adaptation of author and comedian Steve Harvey's self-help book of the same name.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Cheaper by the Dozen |
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— | 2022 |
No Score Yet | Fearless |
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— | 2020 |
66% | The Public |
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— | 2019 |
27% | Breaking In |
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— | 2018 |
25% | Sleepless |
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$20.8M | 2017 |
49% | Almost Christmas |
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$41.8M | 2016 |
73% | The Birth of a Nation |
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$15.9M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar |
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— | 2015 |
No Score Yet | With This Ring |
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— | 2015 |
85% | Top Five |
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$17.1M | 2014 |
23% | Think Like a Man Too |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Miss Dial |
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— | 2013 |
47% | In Our Nature |
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$6.7k | 2012 |
54% | Think Like a Man |
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$91.6M | 2012 |
36% | Tyler Perry's Good Deeds |
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$35.1M | 2012 |
66% | Cadillac Records |
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$8.2M | 2008 |
20% | Meet Dave |
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$11.7M | 2008 |
19% | The Perfect Holiday |
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$5.8M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | The Box |
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— | 2007 |
26% | Daddy's Little Girls |
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$31.4M | 2007 |
31% | Running With Scissors |
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$6.8M | 2006 |
17% | Say Uncle |
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— | 2006 |
13% | The Honeymooners |
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$12.9M | 2005 |
80% | Neo Ned |
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— | 2005 |
0% | Constellation |
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$0.3M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Night Stalker |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Something the Lord Made |
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— | 2004 |
31% | Breakin' All the Rules |
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$11.9M | 2004 |
23% | Bad Boys II |
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$138.4M | 2003 |
26% | Cradle 2 the Grave |
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$34.6M | 2003 |
44% | Deliver Us From Eva |
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$17.4M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Hustle and Heat |
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— | 2003 |
16% | Abandon |
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$10.7M | 2002 |
55% | Welcome to Collinwood |
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$75.7k | 2002 |
41% | Two Can Play That Game |
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$22.1M | 2001 |
63% | The Brothers |
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$26.6M | 2001 |
63% | Bring It On |
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$68M | 2000 |
83% | Love and Basketball |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | H-E-Double Hockey Sticks! |
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— | 1999 |
69% | 10 Things I Hate About You |
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— | 1999 |
40% | She's All That |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Playa' Pack |
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— | 1997 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Desus & Mero
2019
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No Score Yet |
L.A.'s Finest
2019
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No Score Yet |
America's Got Talent
2006
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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90% |
Being Mary Jane
2014-2017
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
The Lion Guard
2019
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No Score Yet |
Today
2017-2019
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No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
Desus & Mero (2016)
2016-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
The Chew
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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No Score Yet |
The Doctors
2008
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100% |
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
CBS This Morning
2012
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No Score Yet |
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
2012
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No Score Yet |
Army Wives
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Mo'Nique Show
2009-2011
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70% |
Life
2007-2009
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97% |
Ugly Betty
2006-2010
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No Score Yet |
Family Guy
1999
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No Score Yet |
Night Stalker
2005
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75% |
The West Wing
1999-2006
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Proud Family
2001-2005
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20% |
City of Angels
2000
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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No Score Yet |
Clueless
1996-1999
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No Score Yet |
7th Heaven
1996-2007
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91% |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993-1999
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No Score Yet |
Moesha
1996-2001
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Quotes from Gabrielle Union's Characters
Chastity: | I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed? |
Bianca Stratford: | I think you can in Europe. |
Kristen: | It's like I'm one of the boys, except I have a vagina. I swear, Frodo Baggins had it easier. |
Chastity: | Mr. Stratford, it's just a party. |
Walter Stratford: | And hell is just a sauna. |
Ned: | Maybe we can keep in contact after the revolution. |
Rachael: | What are you talking about? |
Ned: | You know, keep in contact after the war. After the whites get their own nation. |
Rachael: | You already have your own nation. |
Ned: | We can write letters! i'm sure there's gonna be mail delivered between the quadrants. Heck, maybe we can even visit each other. |
Rachael: | Just so I understand...um...you wanna have a war to divide up the country, in order to keep blacks away from the whites, then sneak across the border and meet me for coffee? |
Rachael: | I've gotta go home. |
Ned: | This is your home. This is our home. |
Rachael: | This is us playing house. |
Ned: | They were probably some fucking Jews. |
Rachael: | Oh God, Ned, wake up! They were assholes! Get it?! Assholes! Whether they were white, Jewish, black, they were assholes! You wanna hate somebody so badly, hate the fricking assholes! 'Cause they're everywhere. |
Natalie: | I can literally set my watch by Wesley. |
Natalie: | ...you are predictable... |
Natalie: | You're predictable. |
Isis: | "Where we come from, "Cheer" is not a word we hear very often." |
Isis: | Where we come from, 'Cheer' is not a word we hear very often. |
Lava: | "They should call us, "inspiration-leaders" instead." |
Lava: | They should call us, 'inspiration-leaders' instead. |
Jenelope: | Oh that's deep I like that. |
LaFred: | I don't know why we writing to some talk show host, it's like we beggin for charity or something. |
Isis: | It's not charity. Pauletta Pattin is from our neighborhood. |
Lava: | She'll understand why we need the money. |
LaFred: | Tell her we need to buy doughnut, her big butt understand that. |
Jenelope: | Aha, stop being counterproductive, aight. |
LaFred: | Lava, stop teaching her these big words before she choke on'em. |
Jenelope: | Better I choke you, Lafred. |
Isis: | Hey! You guys enjoyed the show? |
Lava: | Yes, were the ethnic festivities to your liking today? |
Torrance Shipman: | You guys are awesome. |
Isis: | Really? Ready to share those trophies? |
Jenelope: | Can we just beat these Buffies down so i can go home? I'm on curfew girl. |
Missy Pantone: | Look there's no need for that. |
Isis: | Oh, you know what? She's right. So then we'd be doing them a favor. So then they can feel good about sending Raggedy Ann up here to jack us for our cheers. |
Torrance Shipman: | Raggedy Ann? |
Isis: | Ugly red head with the video camera permanently attached to her hand. Yall been coming up here for years trying to steal our routines. |
Lava: | And we just love seeing them on ESPN. |