Gabrielle Union American Actress Born 1972 in Omaha

Gabrielle Union is an American actress born on 29 October 1972 in Omaha. She is known for Bad Boys II (2003) and Meet Dave (2008).

Early life

Schooling on record includes University of California, Los Angeles; Cuesta College; and Foothill High School.

Career

Her first listed screen credit dates to 1999, with 10 Things I Hate About You, as Chastity. Work from the 1990s includes She's All That (1999) and H-E Double Hockey Sticks (1999). Bring It On (2000) and FlashForward (2009) are among her 2000s credits. In the 2010s, she appeared in The Birth of a Nation (2016) and Girls Trip (2017). The 2020s brought Space Cadet (2024) and Riff Raff (2024).

The list below counts 41 films and 4 TV series from 1999 to 2026. Romantic comedy is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (13), followed by drama (8) and comedy (7). Her latest credit on record is Forbidden Fruits (2026). Of her three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Bad Boys II (2003) has the highest, at $273 million.

Morris Chestnut appears in six of her listed titles, including Think like a Man (2012) and Breakin' All the Rules (2004). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Kevin Hart (four titles) and La La Anthony (four titles). Gary Hardwick directed two of her titles on record, among them The Brothers (2001) and Deliver Us from Eva (2003). Tim Story is credited as director on two of them, including Think Like a Man Too (2014).

Personal life

She has been married to Dwyane Wade since 2014. Earlier marriages on record are to Chris Howard (2001 to 2006). She is the mother of Zaya Wade.