Coco Austin
American television personality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicole Natalie Marrow (née Austin; 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]
Coco Austin | |
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![Thumb](#/media/File:Nicole_"Coco"_Austin_at_the_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg) Austin in 2009 | |
| Born | Nicole Natalie Austin March 17, 1979 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 | |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | cocosworld |
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
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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]
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