Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone.

Parker gave birth to the couple's second child a boy Nicolas Neruda Kodjoe on October 31 2006. She gave birth to their first child a girl Sophie Tei-Naaki Lee Kodjoe on March 5 2005. Kodjoe's parents divorced when he was six years old and he grew up in the vicinity of Freiburg im Breisgau.

He is perhaps best known for his role as courier-turned-sports agent Damon Carter on the Showtime television drama series Soul Food and for his role as David Taylor in the film The Gospel. Boris Frederic Cecil Tay-Natey Ofuatey-Kodjoe (pron.