Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade (nee Union; born October 29, 1972)[1] is an American actress. Her career began in the late 1990s, making a variety of TV appearances. Then she was offered supporting roles in the 1999 teen movies She's All That, 10 Things I Hate about You and other. She rose to greater prominence the following year, after she was featured in the romantic sports drama film Love & Basketball, and she was cast in her first major part in the teen movie Bring It On.Union is famous for her performances in the romantic comedy films The Brothers (2001), Deliver Us from Eva (2003), Daddy's Little Girls (2007), Think Like a Man (2012) and Think Like a Man Too (2014). Her most prominent roles
were in the CBS medical drama City of Angels (2000), Bad Boys II (2003) and Cradle 2 The Grave (2003). She was also in film series Bad Boys II, Cradle 3 the Grave (2006), Neo Ned (2008), Top Five (2014), and Breaking In (2018). In 2013, Union began starring as the main character on the BET drama series Being Mary Jane, for which she has received an NAACP Image Award. Additionally, she co-starred in the 2016 film The Birth of a Nation as well as in Almost Christmas (2016) and Sleepless (2017).Outside of acting, Union has written four books. Two memoirs, entitled We're Going To Drink More Wine (2017) and You Got Anything Stronger? (2021), and two children's books, called Welcome to the Party (2020) and Shady Baby (2021). She has also been an active advocate for issues that concern women's health, as well as the violence that women face. Union was included on the list of Time's 2020 100 people who are influential. [

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