Biography ice t rapper wife
Coco Austin
American television personality
Coco Austin | |
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| Born | Nicole Natalie Austin (1979-03-17) March 17, 1979 (age 45) Tarzana, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Coco Marie, Coco-T, Coco Marie Austin |
| Occupation(s) | TV personality, actress, model, dancer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouses | Mike Williams (m. 1999; div. 2001)Ice-T (m. 2002) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | cocosworld.com |
Nicole Natalie Marrow (néeAustin; born March 17, 1979),[1] commonly known as Coco Austin, Coco, Coco Marie Austin, Coco Marie, and Coco-T, is an American television personality and actress. She has been married to rapper Ice-T since 2002.[1]
Early life
Austin was born in March 1979 in Tarzana, California, and raised in nearby Palos Verdes.[1] She has Serbian ancestry through maternal grandparents born in Serbia.[2][3] She has a younger sister, Kristy Williams, and three younger brothers. As a small child, her brother mispronounced her name, saying "Cole Cole" or "Co-co" in place of "Nicole", and eventually her family began calling her that. The family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico when she was ten. She grew up as a tomboy, riding all-terrain vehicles and playing football.[1] She also began dancing during her childhood (jazz, tap and ballet).[4]
Career
At 18, Austin began specializing in swimsuit, lingerie and body modeling for calendars, catalogs and videos.[4] In 1997, she appeared on her first magazine cover for Swimwear Illustrated.[5] She won the 1998 Miss Ujena contest in Mexico.[4] In 2001, she began working events and parties at the Playboy Mansion.[4] She appeared in low-budget R-rated films, including Southwest Babes (2001), Desert Rose (2002), and The Dirty Monks (2004).[4]
Austin has made guest appearances on TV shows and specials including Hip-Hop Wives, the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav, RuPaul's Drag Race 5 ("Draggle Rock"), The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Dr. Oz Show and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
She was featured in a layout in the March 2008 issue of Playboy magazine and had a role in the film Thira (a.k.a. Santorini Blue, which co-starred her husband, rapper-actor Ice-T). She appeared on NBC's game show Celebrity Family Feud on June 24, 2008, where she and Ice-T competed against Joan and Melissa Rivers and donated their winnings to charity.[6][7]
Austin played the lead role of Bo Peep in the Las Vegas revue Peepshow from December 2012 to September 1, 2013, replacing Holly Madison.[8][9]
Austin and Ice-T starred in the reality television series Ice Loves Coco, which premiered June 12, 2011 on E![10][11] It ran for three seasons, ending in February 2014. After its cancelation, tabloids reported that Austin and Ice-T were preparing to launch another reality series under Ryan Seacrest's production company. She also made an appearance in rapper Lil' Kim's music video for her single "Go Awff" in 2019.[12]
Personal life
Austin was married to Mike Williams from 1999 to 2001.[13]
Austin and rapper-actor Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow were married in January 2002.[1] They renewed their vows in Hollywood on June 4, 2011.[14] In 2006, they made their home in a penthouse apartment they owned in North Bergen, New Jersey.[15] In 2012, they began building a five-bedroom house in Edgewater, New Jersey, which was expected to be completed by the end of that year;[16] they actually moved into the house during 2018 and 2019.
On November 28, 2015, they had a daughter, Chanel Nicole.[17][18]
References
- ^ abcde"Coco's World". Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014. NOTE: Archived version specifies: "the couple dated a few months and then was married in January 2002."
- ^"Koko Ti: Ne izgledam kao Srpkinja, ali jesam! / Coco T: I Don't Look Like a Serb, But I Did!". Svet Plus / World Plus (in Serbian). October 18, 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015.
- ^"Koko: Ja sam Srpkinja / Coco: I Am a Serb". Blic (in Serbian). April 10, 2011. Archived from the original on May 18, 2016.
- ^ abcde"Ice Loves Coco: Cast Bios". E! News. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^"Coco Austin Shares Bikini Throwback Photo of Her 1997 Magazine Cover Debut". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- ^"Team Ice". Celebrity Family Feud (NBC). n.d. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^"Ice-T Has a New 'Feud'". VH1. n.d. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^"As 'Peepshow' ends Sunday, rumors run rampant that it'll return — and Coco Austin says she'll be back, too". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
- ^Nessif, Bruna (September 24, 2012). "Coco Replaces Holly Madison in Las Vegas' Peepshow". E! News. Archived from the original on July 29, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
- ^Allison, Kugel (May 31, 2011). "Ice-T & Coco Austin on Married Life, the Business of Being Ice, & Coco's Bodacious Body". PR.com. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^Andreeva, Nellie. "E! Orders Reality Series Starring Ice-T & His Wife", Deadline Hollywood, April 26, 2011
- ^"Ice-T to end 'Ice Loves Coco' for talk show", Music-News.com, February 5, 2014
- ^Mbuthia, Mercy (October 30, 2020). "Natalie Coco Austin bio: age, measurements, sister, net worth". Legit.ng - Nigeria news. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^"Ice-T and Coco Renew Vows, Snoop Dogg Looks On". MTV News. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^"Ice-T turns from cop-killing talk to posing nude". Reuters. November 3, 2006 – via MSNBC.
- ^David, Mark (October 30, 2012). "Ice-T and Coco To Make a Move in New Jersey". Variety. Archived from the original on January 19, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
- ^"Thanks so much for all the warm wishes today..." Coco Austin verified Instagram page. November 28, 2015. Archived from the original on January 15, 2016.
- ^Mendelson, Will (November 29, 2015). "Coco Austin and Ice-T Share First Photo With Baby Chanel Minutes After Her Birth: See It!". Us Weekly. Retrieved November 29, 2015.