Gabrielle Union – Height, Weight, Age, Movies & Family – Biography

Gabrielle Monique Union, born on 29 October 1972, is an American actress and former Model. Union began her acting career in little roles. Her first audition was for the television show Saved by the Bell. She began her career in television sitcoms in the 1990s before obtaining supporting roles in the teenager movies She’s All That and 10 Things I Hate About You in 1999.

Gabrielle Union – Height, Weight, Age, Movies & Family – Biography

Childhood Accomplishments

• Union was a gifted and hardworking athlete in high school, excelling in soccer, track, and basketball.
• She also excelled in the academics, earning a spot on the dean’s list at Pleasanton’s Foothill High School.
• Her mother took her to a gay pride parade when she was eight years old.

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Best Known For

• Her breakthrough appearance in the 2000 teen movie Bring It On earned her international Fame. Union is recognized for her roles in the romantic comedy movies Daddy’s Little Girls, The Brothers, Deliver Us from Eva, Think Like a Man, and Think Like a Man Too, among others.

Awards & Achievements

• At the Palm Beach International Film Festival, she earned an award for Best Actress in Neo Ned.
• She earned the Rising Star Award in 2003.
• In 2004, she has won Outstanding Lead Actress in a Box Office Movie award for Deliver Us from Eva.

Her Pre-Relationships

• In 1999, she met NFL player Chris Howard at a party. On May 5, 2001, they married and divorced in October 2006.
• Union began dating NBA player Dwyane Wade in 2008. They married in Miami, Florida, on August 30, 2014.

Gabrielle Union Family and Personal Life

• She is the daughter of Theresa Union, a phone company manager and social worker, and Sylvester E. Union, a military sergeant, and was born in Omaha, Nebraska. She was brought up in a Catholic household. She was trained as a child to be “an independent woman, standing on her own two feet, and that’s the path she chose.”
• After the family relocated to Pleasanton, California, where she attended Foothill High School, her mother took her to a gay pride parade when she was eight years old. After 30 years in marriage, Union’s parents divorced.
• Union became a stepmother to NBA player Dwyane Wade’s three children after marrying him. They welcomed their daughter, who was born via surrogate, on November 7, 2018.

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Interesting Facts about Gabrielle Union

• Gabrielle Union is a supporter of women’s health and the prevention of violence against women.
• Another language she can speak fluently is Spanish.
• Gabrielle Union was not a teen in the popular teen comedies she starred in.
• Union’s autobiography, We’re Going to Need More Wine, was a New York Times best seller in 2017, and it gave readers a window inside her life, including one aspect of being a black actor in Hollywood.
• Gabrielle Union is an actress. She didn’t want to be an actress in the first place.
• She bravely told her experience of being violently attacked while working part-time at a Payless shoe store when she was barely 19 years old.
• Every year, she reads Malcolm X’s autobiography.

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More about Gabrielle Union

• Education: She went to Pleasanton’s Foothill High School. Union was a gifted and hardworking athlete in high school, excelling in soccer, track, and basketball. Gabrielle earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology with honors from UCLA in 1996.
• Interview: Union highlighted the lack of roles for Black actresses and actors in Hollywood in an interview with Art Nouveau Magazine. Union admitted in a 2014 interview that she may have entered the relationship prematurely for the wrong reasons, saying, “In my 20s, it was all about receiving the ring.” Prior to the wedding, Union announced in an interview that she and Wade would sign a prenuptial agreement to preserve their separate assets.
• Makeup and Skincare Tips: She prefers to use a face cleanser that contains salicylic acid to help prevent breakouts. When she hasn’t had enough sleep, she likes to cool Lipton tea bags and lay them on her under-eyes. LED light treatment, which can help minimize the look of wrinkles and treat acne, is something she swears by. She’s a huge fan of the Hewett’s personal skincare brand’s organic camellia oil.
• Brands She Owns: Gabrielle Union owns the Flawless haircare line. The line includes products for treating a wide range of curl textures, as well as braids, wigs, and weaves.
• Union created Love & Blessings, a plus-size clothing collection, in 2010. Union’s full-figured sister was the inspiration for the collection.
• Union is a Neutrogena spokesperson. In 2004, she joined the Neutrogena team.
• Union became an ambassador for SensatioNail, a nail polish brand, in November 2014. She was the first celebrity ambassador and creative advisor for the brand.
• Union’s first wine, “Vanilla Puddin,” was released in March 2014.
• She became a cofounder of Bitsy’s in 2020, with the mission of “creating allergen-friendly, school-safe snacks that are accessible and inexpensive for all families, regardless of financial or geographic situation.”
• Surgery: Gabrielle Union has no intention of undergoing cosmetic surgery. Despite the fact that she is already showing symptoms of ageing, the actress recently told People that she prefers to stay in shape the old-fashioned way and that is through exercise.
• “None for me,” she said. It’s not a question of morality. Needles terrify me to death. I’d skip them if there was a method to do so. And we haven’t yet developed a cost-effective Botox in a bottle, so I’m happy I don’t have too many wrinkles. Because I smile so often, I have a tiny line around my mouth. I’m not going to do anything!”

Gabrielle Union Social Media Profiles

• Instagram
• Twitter
• Facebook
• TikTok

Gabrielle Union Movies List

• 1999 – She’s All That, 10 Things I Hate About You
• 2000 – Love & Basketball, Bring It On
• 2001 – The Brothers, Two Can Play That Game
• 2002 – Abandon, Welcome to Collinwood
• 2003 – Deliver Us from Eva, Cradle 2 the Grave, Bad Boys II, Ride or Die
• 2004 – Breakin’ All the Rules
• 2005 – Neo Ned, The Honeymooners, Say Uncle
• 2006 – Running with Scissors
• 2007 – Constellation, Daddy’s Little Girls, The Box, The Perfect Holiday
• 2008 – Meet Dave, Cadillac Records
• 2012 – Think Like a Man, Good Deeds, In Our Nature, Half the Sky
• 2013 – Miss Dial, The Door
• 2014 – Think Like a Man Too, Top Five
• 2016 – The Birth of a Nation, Almost Christmas
• 2017 – Sleepless, Girls Trip
• 2018 – The Public, Breaking In
• 2020 – Fearless
• 2022 – Cheaper by the Dozen

Gabrielle Union TV Shows

• 1993 – Family Matters
• 1995,96 – Saved by the Bell: The New Class
• 1996 – Moesha, Malibu Shores, Goode Behavior
• 1996,97 – Jungle Cubs
• 1996,99 – 7th Heaven
• 1997 – Smart Guy, Dave’s World, Hitz, City Guys, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sister, Sister
• 1998 – The Steve Harvey Show
• 1973 – Renee
• 1999 – Clueless, Grown Ups, The Wonderful World of Disney
• 2000 – ER, The Others, Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, City of Angels
• 2001 – Friends, Close to Home
• 2003 – The Proud Family
• 2004 – The West Wing, Something the Lord Made
• 2005 – Family Guy
• 2005,06 – Night Stalker
• 2007 – Football Wives
• 2008 – Ugly Betty
• 2009 – Life, Body Politic
• 2009,10 – FlashForward
• 2010 – Army Wives
• 2011 – NTSF:SD:SUV, Little in Common
• 2013 – Ridin’ Dirty with Officer Turner
• 2013,19 – Being Mary Jane
• 2015 – With This Ring, The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
• 2016,19 – The Lion Guard
• 2019 – America’s Got Talent, Gay of Thrones
• 2019,20 – L.A.’s Finest
• 2021 – A Black Lady Sketch Show, Live in Front of a Studio Audience

Gabrielle Union Music videos

• 1999 – “15 Minutes”
• 2003 – “Paradise”
• 2006 – “I Love My Bitch”
• 2008 – “Miss Independent”
• 2011 – “Man Down”