Selected Filmography Gabriel Union

Gabriel Union is a former model, an American actress who starred in such films as “Deliver Us From Eve”, “From the Cradle to the Grave”, “Honeymoon”, “Bad Guys 2”, “Cadillac Records”, etc. We will find out in the article more about her biography, personal life and the most interesting projects from the filmography.

Biography and personal life

Gabriel was born in Omaha (Nebraska) in 1972 in the family of Teresa Union, the head of a telephone company, and Sylvester E. Union, a military sergeant. At the age of eight, she moved with her family to Pleasanton (California) and entered the Foothill High School, where she studied football and basketball. After school, she entered college at the University of Nebraska, then transferred to Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, and after he entered the University of California.

From 2001 to 2006, Gabriel was married to Chris Howard, a player in the National Football League. In 2009, she began dating basketball player Dwayne Wade, whom she married five years later.

Happy eve

After graduation, Gabriel Union moved to Los Angeles to take an internship at a modeling agency, and after training she signed a contract with him. This business suited her, especially since he brought her a good income, but Agent Gabriel saw a different potential in the girl and invited her to try herself as an actress. She signed up for an audition and got her first role in the NBC comedy series Saved By The Call: A New Class (1993-2000).

In 1999, the actress received a small role in the romantic comedy of Gil Janger, "10 Reasons for My Hate." In the same year, she starred in the Randall Miller television comedy "Happy Stick". And a year later, Isis played - one of the main characters in Payton Reed's comedy film "Achieve Success" about the rivalry between several support groups.

In 2001, Gabrielle starred in Gary Hardwick's comedy drama Brothers, for which she was nominated for the Black Reel Awards for Best Supporting Actress. Then she entered the main cast of Mark Brown’s melodrama “Game for Two” (2001). And two years later she played Eva Dandrizh - the main character of Gary Hardwick’s melodrama “Deliver Us From Eve”.

Encyclopedia of Bad Guys

In the 2003 American action movie of Andrzej Bartkowyak, From Cradle to the Grave, Gabriel Union played Daria, a gang member of a thief Tony Feith. In the same year, she played the role of special agent Sidney Burnett in Michael Bay's comedy action movie Bad Boys 2. In the image of Nicky Callas, one of the main characters, she appeared in the Daniel Taplitz comedy film Encyclopedia of Divorces (2004). And Rachel - a patient in a psychiatric clinic, played in the comedy drama by Van Fisher's "Neo Ned" (2005).

In 2005, Gabriel Union was included in the main cast of John Schulz’s melodrama Honeymoon. Two years later, she got the main role in the drama of Tyler Perry's "Daddy's Daughter." One of the main roles was performed in the thriller AJ Kparra "Box" (2007). And Nancy Taylor, a divorced mother of three, played in Lance Rivera’s family comedy “The Perfect Christmas”.

Cadillac Mayers

In the fantastic comedy of Brian Robbins “Meet Dave” (2008), the actress got a place in the main cast. Together with Adrian Brody, she starred in Darnell Martin's biographical drama Cadillac Records (2008). Four years later, she took part in the filming of Tyler Perry’s melodrama Good Deeds and Brian Savelsson’s drama Human Nature.

In 2013, Gabriel Union starred in the David H. Steinberg comedy film Miss Dialing. A year later, along with Chris Rock starred in his film "Five Leaders." Appeared in the comedy drama by David E. Talbert, The Christmas of the Myers (2016), playing the role of Rachel Myers, one of Walter Mayers' five daughters. And in 2017, she got the main roles in the action movie Baran Bo Odar "Sleepless Night" and the thriller James McTig "Penetration".

Future projects

During her career, the actress managed to become popular, so films with Gabriel Union continue to be regularly shot. For example, Emilio Estevez’s drama “The Public” (2018) will be released very soon. There is also information about such projects as the action movie Pilot and the comedy series Untitled Bad Boys Spinoff, but nothing is known about the production process of these films.