Coco Austin: Difference between revisions

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* {{marriage|Mike Williams|1999|2001|end=divorced}}

* {{marriage|[[Ice-T]]|2002}}

Austin was born on March 1979 in [[Tarzana, California]], and raised in nearby [[Palos Verdes, California|Palos Verdes]].<ref name=officialbio /> She has Serbian ancestry through maternal grandparents born in Serbia.<ref>{{cite web| title= Koko Ti: Ne izgledam kao Srpkinja, ali jesam! / Coco T: I Don't Look Like a Serb, But I Did!| url= http://www.svetplus.com/vesti/21642/koko-ti:-ne-izgledam-kao-srpkinja-ali-jesam-%28foto%29| work= Svet Plus / World Plus| quote= Na ovoj fotografiji me možete videti kao brinetu koja ima četrnaest godina. Mislim da ne izgledam kao Srpkinja. Inače, to je mesto (zemlja) odakle su došli roditelji moje mame / In this photo you can see me as a 14-year-old brunette. I do not think I look like a Serb. But it is the place where my mother's parents came from.| date= October 18, 2012| archive-date= October 5, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151005065758/http://www.svetplus.com/vesti/21642/koko-ti%3A-ne-izgledam-kao-srpkinja-ali-jesam-%28foto%29| url-status= live| language= sr| df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Koko: Ja sam Srpkinja / Coco: I Am a Serb |url=http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/247097/Koko-Ja-sam-Srpkinja|language=sr | work=[[Blic]]| quote= ...je njena baka rođena u Srbiji.... / her grandmother was born in Serbia.... |date= April 10, 2011 | archive-date= May 18, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160518231211/http://www.blic.rs/zabava/vesti/koko-ja-sam-srpkinja/wbclyvg | url-status=live}}</ref> sheShe 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 vehicle]]s and playing football.<ref name=officialbio /> She also began dancing during her childhood ([[jazz]], [[Tap dance|tap]] and [[ballet]]).<ref name="ice-loves-coco-bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/ice_loves_coco/cast_bios.html |title=''Ice Loves Coco'': Cast Bios |publisher=[[E! News]]| access-date=November 10, 2011 |archive-date= May 14, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110514023046/http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/ice_loves_coco/cast_bios.html}}</ref>

Austin has made guest appearances on TV shows and specials including ''Hip-Hop Wives'', the ''[[Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav|Comedy Central Roast]] of [[Flavor Flav]]'', ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 5)|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|''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 Rivers|Joan]] and [[Melissa Rivers]] and donated their winnings to charity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/Celebrity_Family_Feud/contestants|title=Team Ice|publisher=[[Celebrity Family Feud]] (NBC)|date=n.d.|access-date=November 10, 2011|archive-date=June 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617123243/http://www.nbc.com/Celebrity_Family_Feud/contestants/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.vh1.com/2008-06-25/ice-t-melts-down-in-family-feud/ |title=Ice-T Has a New 'Feud' |publisher=[[VH1]] |date=n.d. |access-date=November 10, 2011| archive-date=June 27, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627010731/http://blog.vh1.com/2008-06-25/ice-t-melts-down-in-family-feud/|url-status=livedead}}</ref>

Austin and rapper-actor [[Ice-T|Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow]] were married in January 2002.<ref name="officialbio" /> They [[Wedding vow renewal ceremony|renewed]] their vows in Hollywood on June 4, 2011.<ref name="mtv">{{cite news|title=Ice-T and Coco Renew Vows, Snoop Dogg Looks On|url=http://rapfix.mtv.com/2011/06/04/ice-t-and-coco-renew-vows-snoop-dogg-watches-on/#more-15881|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=June 4, 2011|access-date=May 28, 2011|archive-date=June 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607022442/http://rapfix.mtv.com/2011/06/04/ice-t-and-coco-renew-vows-snoop-dogg-watches-on/#more-15881|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, they made their home in a penthouse apartment they owned in [[North Bergen, New Jersey]].<ref name="MSNBC">{{cite web| url = https://www.today.com/popculture/ice-t-turns-cop-killing-talk-posing-nude-wbna15500221 |title=Ice-T turns from cop-killing talk to posing nude| agency=[[Reuters]]| via= [[MSNBC]]|date= November 3, 2006}}</ref> 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;<ref>{{cite news| url= https://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/| title=Ice-T and Coco To Make a Move in New Jersey| date=October 30, 2012 | access-date= February 21, 2017| first=Mark|last= David| work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| archive-date= January 19, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170119060758/http://variety.com/2012/dirt/real-estalker/ice-t-and-coco-to-make-a-move-in-new-jersey-1201234493/| url-status=live}}</ref> they actually moved into the house during 2018 and 2019.

TheyOn hadNovember a28, daughter2015, onthey Novemberhad 28a daughter, 2015Chanel Nicole.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.instagram.com/p/-qAecbBQzu/ | title=Thanks so much for all the warm wishes today....| publisher=Coco Austin verified Instagram page| date= November 28, 2015|quote= I pushed Chanel out...|archive-date= January 15, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20160115235323/https://www.instagram.com/p/-qAecbBQzu/ |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/coco-austin-and-ice-t-share-first-photo-with-baby-chanel-w158579|title=Coco Austin and Ice-T Share First Photo With Baby Chanel Minutes After Her Birth: See It!|date=November 29, 2015 |work=[[Us Weekly]]| first=Will|last= Mendelson|access-date= November 29, 2015}}</ref>

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