Vivica Anjanetta Fox was born on July 30 1964, and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the youngest of four children, growing up with her sister and two brothers. She attended the Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, and graduated with an Associate Art degree in Social Sciences.

She is a talented actress who got her big break on the Hollywood scene with her feature film debut opposite Will Smith, in the blockbuster hit Independence Day. She portrayed Jasmine DuBrow, the sexy and heroic girlfriend of pilot hero Smith. By the way, the dynamic and sexy couple won the MTV Award for Best Kiss.

Her credits started to grow from then on. Following her performance in ID4, Fox starred with Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, and Blair Underwood in the dramatic action feature Set it Off.

After a stint in Booty Call in 1997, Vivica starred in the heavy cast movie Batman & Robin, co-starring opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger Uma Thurmanand George Clooney She showed off her talent playing the dangerously seductive character Ms. B Haven.

Also in 1997, Vivica appeared as one of three sisters in the family drama Soul Food, co-starring Vanessa Williamsand Nia Long That role led her to receive an MTV Movie and Image Award Nomination for Best Actress. Vivica was also voted one of the Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine in 1997.

The ABC special Arsenio (1997) was yet another project the talented Fox took part in. Other television appearances, both old and recent, include The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (1990), Out All Night (1992), Living Single (1993), The Young and the Restless (a recurring role -- 1995), The Hughleys (1998), Mad TV (2002), and Alias (2004). Vivica has recently decided to recur on TV as an FBI agent in the second season of 1-800-MISSING on the Lifetime channel, in 2004.

1998 and '99 were also very eventful for Vivica's film career. She starred in Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998) with Larenz Tate, Halle Berryand Lela Rochon in a movie about Frankie Lymon. Idle Hands (1999) was next on her list, where she played a druid priestess hunting down the evil forces in a small town, and co-starring alongside Jessica Alba

She also co-starred with British actress Helen Mirren as well as Molly Ringwald, Katie Holmes, and Barry Watson as Miss Gold, in the feature about three students holding an unpopular teacher hostage, Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999).

In 2001, Vivica ended up starring in a slew of box office flops. First, she starred in Two Can Play That Game with fellow beauty Gabrielle Union Then, in 2002, she starred in Juwanna Mann, a movie about a guy (Miguel A. Nunez Jr.) who has to dress up like a woman to keep playing professional basketball. Finally in 2002, Vivica starred in Boat Trip, with co-stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz and Roselyn Sanchez

However, 2003 marked Vivica's stunning return in the Quentin Tarantinovehicle, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, which was a huge hit at the box office. Also in 2003, Vivica starred alongside Duane Martin in Ride or Die.

Not one to slow down, Vivica's career is in full swing in 2004, as she stars in Motives, Ella Enchanted, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, and Blast!, with Eddie Griffin

Vivica's set to star in Getting Played and Beauty Shop in 2005, so keep your eyes peeled for her; she's not going anywhere professionally. As for her personal life, Vivica married singer Christopher "Sixx-Nine" Harvest in 1998, only to file for divorce in 2002. And after a short-lived relationship with rapper 50 Cent in 2003, Vivica is single again.