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 looked nothing like that, then I must be ugly." On her college football memories, Union reflected, "In my family if you couldn't talk Cornhusker football-that means knowing the Blackshirt defense, knowing the I-back formation-then you don't get to have an opinion. I'm lucky that I can just mirror what my parents did and always put the kids first. They always put us first and didn't involve us. She said, "They handled their divorce and our subsequent transition into a blended family with grace, dignity and respect. Union's parents divorced after 30 years of marriage. 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." According to Union, her mother taught her to have a "world perspective" and took her to a gay pride parade at the age of eight after the family moved to Pleasanton, California, where she attended Foothill High School.
Union was born on 29 October 1972 in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Theresa ( née Glass), a phone company manager and social worker, and Sylvester E. Union was included on Time's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020. She has also been an outspoken advocate for issues involving women's health and violence against women. Outside of acting, Union has written four books: two memoirs, titled We're Going to Need More Wine (2017) and You Got Anything Stronger? (2021), and two children's books, titled Welcome to the Party (2020) and Shady Baby (2021). She co-starred in the 2016 film The Birth of a Nation, and also appeared in Almost Christmas (2016) and Sleepless (2017).
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In 2013, Union began starring as the lead character in BET drama series Being Mary Jane, for which she has received an NAACP Image Award. She also had starring roles in the CBS medical drama series City of Angels (2000) and films Bad Boys II (2003), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Neo Ned (2005), Cadillac Records (2008), Top Five (2014) and Breaking In (2018). Union is known 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 breakthrough role was in the 2000 teen film Bring It On. 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. Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade (born October 29, 1972) is an American actress.
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