gabrielle union is an american actress model advocate and voice actor she began her career
in the 1990s appearing on television sitcoms before landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films
she's all that and 10 things i hate about you her breakthrough role was in the 2010 film bring it on
in 2020 she was included on time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world
gabrielle union has written four books two memoirs titled we're going to need more wine in 2017
and you got anything stronger in 2021 and two children's books titled welcome to the party in
2020 and shady baby in 2021 she's also been an outspoken advocate for issues involving women's
health and violence against women gabrielle union has an estimated net worth of 41 million
us dollars about gabrielle union's early life gabrielle monique union was born on october 29
1972 in omaha nebraska she's the daughter of teresa glass union a phone company manager and
social worker and sylvester e union a military sergeant during her childhood she was taught
to be an independent woman standing on my own two feet and that's the road i opted to take
when she was eight years old the family moved to pleasanton california where she attended
foothill high school and she was raised catholic gabrielle union's parents divorced after 30
years of marriage she said they handled their divorce and our subsequent transition into a
blended family with grace dignity and respect they always put us first and didn't involve us
gabrielle union grew up with self-esteem issues relating to her appearance as she believed growing
up that blonde was the ideal of beauty and if i look nothing like that then i must be ugly
she has said her personality as a young person was mean until her fitness trainer aj johnson
confronted her over the behavior during a party the two were attending in 1991 at the age of
19 gabrielle union was attacked and raped at her part-time job at a payless shoe store by a robber
she stated that she would not have survived the attack had it not been for lessons she
learned by watching oprah winfrey's talk show she later successfully sued payless for negligence
alleging that the store failed to warn employees about the assailant who had been positively
identified robbing another payless location prior to her rape gabrielle union has a bachelor's
degree in sociology from ucla she's five foot six inches tall or 1.67 meters tall about gabrielle
union's personal life in 1999 gabrielle union met nfl player chris howard at a party
they married on may 5th 2001 and separated in october 2005. the divorce was finalized in 2006.
in 2008 she began dating nba player dwyane wade they married on august 30th 2014 in miami florida
and she became a stepmother to his three children gabrielle union stated in an interview
prior to the marriage that she and dwyane wade would be signing a prenuptial agreement to protect
their individual assets union and wade spent their honeymoon in the maldives and tanzania on november
7 2018 they welcomed the birth of their daughter kavia james union wade who was born via surrogate
about gabrielle union's career gabrielle union started her acting career with minor roles
her first audition was for saved by the bell in 1997 she appeared in the sixth season episode of
star trek deep space nine sons and daughters as the klingon in garen she also appeared in sister
sister as vanessa and smart guy as denise and in five episodes of seventh heaven as keisha hamilton
she also appeared on an episode of friends the one with the cheap wedding dress as kristen
other earlier roles included teen movies such as she's all that and 10 things i hate about you
she was also the third lead in he double hockey sticks on the disney channel in 1999 in the year
2000 gabrielle union started to break through with the film love and basketball after appearing in
bring it on she was truly an established hollywood actress in the hugely successful cheerleading
movie gabrielle union starred opposite kirsten dunst her success via bring it on led to a slew of
acting opportunities in both film and television in 2001 she appeared in the brothers and two can
play at that game she also booked a recurring role on cbs's city of angels as dr courtney
ellis in 2001 she made a memorable appearance on the hit sitcom friends 2003 was a busy year for
gabrielle union as she booked her first leading film role with deliver us from eva she followed up
with a role in bad boys 2 that year playing the girlfriend of will smith's character gabrielle
union later stated that the role elevated her career much like bring it on had done a few years
earlier she finished 2003 with an appearance in cradle to the grave a film that starred jet li
and dmx in 2004 gabrielle union starred in films such as something the lord made and breaking all
the rules alongside jamie foxx in 2005 she played a delusional woman in neo-ned winning an award
for best actress at the palm beach international film festival in 2005 she starred in the family
friendly film the honeymooners she then booked a recurring role on the tv show night stalker
in 2007 she returned to film with the rom-com daddy's little girls and the christmas movie the
perfect holiday in 2008 gabrielle union appeared in three episodes of ugly betty playing renee
slater that year she booked a surprise role in cadillac records with critics praising her
acting range and versatility she finished 2008 by playing eddie murphy's love interest in meet dave
during the next two years she appeared in shows such as life and flash forward she started 2010
with an appearance on the show army wives in 2012 she appeared in think like a man and good
deeds both romantic comedies after impressing critics in the dramatic film in our nature
gabrielle union booked the lead role in bet's new show being mary jane for which she has received
an naacp image award the series ran for five seasons and spanned from 2013 to 2019. although
the show drew in millions of viewers it was not a completely positive experience for gabrielle union
as she later sued bet for withholding compensation in 2014 she appeared and think like a man too
and in top five in 2015 gabrielle union exhibited her voice acting skills when she voiced the
character of nala in disney's the lion guard next year she appeared in the birth of a nation to
play a black slave who's raped by a white man she finished 2016 with a major role in the film almost
christmas in 2017 she starred in sleepless and in girls trip in 2018 she starred in breaking in
in 2019 she started appearing in la's finest a spin-off tv series based on the bad boys films
in march 2022 she was cast as the lead for the third season of truth be told on apple tv plus
about gabrielle union's real estate gabrielle union and dwyane wade have significant real estate
holdings and these assets make up a considerable portion of their overall net worth in february
of 2020 duane and gabrielle purchased a lavish 20 million dollar mansion in hidden hills california
the 22 000 square foot three floor property boasts a home theater poolside cabana infinity pool and
a 12 car garage with an automatic turntable they also own a property in sherman oaks that
they purchased in 2018 for six million dollars in addition the couple owns an extensive 10.7 million
dollar waterfront mansion in miami that dwayne bought in 2010 while he was playing for the heat
in 2019 they put this property up for sale with an asking price of 32.5 million dollars
eventually reducing the price to 29 million dollars the property remains unsold as of 2020.
about gabrielle union's car collection gabrielle union owns or has owned a ferrari
california a jaguar f-pace a maserati ghibli a lexus lx 570 a chevy suburban a jaguar xj
and an aston martin vanquish well that's about all the time that we have to share about gabrielle
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