Trivia: Younger brother of Cuba Gooding Jr. Cohosted Nickelodeon's Wild & Crazy Kids in 1990. Enjoys playing No Limit Texas Hold 'Em in Las Vegas.

Trivia: Played Raynell in the August Wilson play Fences at age 6.Signed with Wilhelmina's Kids Division in New York at the age of 10.Was the first African American student body president at her elementary school (Seven Oaks Elementary School, Columbia, South Carolina).Played the daughter of female rap star "Pepa" (Sandi Denton) in her first television pilot, On Our Own aka On Our Way, which was never picked up.Played Omar Gooding's girlfriend in the film Baby Boy (2001).Appeared in music videos like Nelly and the St. Lunatics' "Batter Up" (September 2001) and "Ride wit Me" (April 24, 2001).Best known for her recurring role as attorney Leslie Michaelson on the daytime drama, The Young and the Restless.

Trivia: Born and raised in the Midwest, actress Paula Jai Parker moved to Washington, D.C., to study at Howard University. After getting her B.A., she went on to become a regular on The Apollo Comedy Hour and Townsend Television on FOX. After proving she could do comedy, she made a dramatic turn on the HBO anthology series Cosmic Slop. She won a Cable ACE Award for her title role in the segment "Tang," based on the short novel by Chester Himes. Parker made her feature film debut as Ice Cube's girlfriend Joi in F. Gary Gray's hit comedy Friday. After meeting director Rusty Cundieff while doing Tales From the Hood, she was cast as gold-digging Adina in his urban comedy Sprung with Tisha Campbell. She also worked with many of the Wayans brothers on the WB show The Wayans Bros. and the feature film Don't Be a Menace in South Central. Her next few films included the romantic comedy Woo, starring Jada Pinkett Smith, and the period drama Why Do Fools Fall in Love, starring Halle Berry. In 1999, she joined the cast of the David E. Kelley's Snoops, a detective drama on ABC starring Gina Gershon. After the show ended, she provided the voice of Trudy Proud on the animated series The Proud Family and starred in the ensemble comedy 30 Years to Life with Tracy Morgan. Parker later appeared in Joel Schumacher's action thriller Phone Booth and Cheryl Dunye's domestic comedy My Baby's Daddy.

Trivia: The son of character actor Ed Begley, Sr., he began acting while still a teenager, appearing on the TV series My Three Sons when he was 17. Begley performed as a stand-up comic at colleges and nightclubs and worked briefly as a TV cameraman before landing a string of guest appearances on TV series such as Happy Days and Columbo. He debuted onscreen in Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), going on to play small roles in a number of minor films; by the mid '70s he was getting somewhat better roles in better films. Begley became well-known in the '80s, portraying Dr. Erlich on the TV series St. Elsewhere; for his work he received an Emmy nomination. His success on TV led to much better film roles, but he has never broken through as a big-screen star.