Coco Austin

{{Infobox model

| name = Coco Austin

| image = Nicole "Coco" Austin at the Tribeca Film Festival.jpg

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| caption = Austin in 2009

| birth_name = Nicole Natalie Austin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|17}}

| birth_place = Tarzana, California, U.S.

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| other_names = Coco Marie, Coco-T, Coco Marie Austin

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| years_active = 1997–present

| occupation = TV personality, actress, model, dancer

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| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Mike Williams|1999|2001|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Ice-T|2002}}

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| children = 1

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| website = {{url|cocosworld.com}}

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Nicole Natalie Marrow ({{née}} Austin; born March 17, 1979),{{cite web |url=http://www.cocosworld.com/new/bio/ |title=Coco's World |access-date=October 12, 2014 |quote=... born in Tarzana, California and brought up in Palos Verdes, California. ...In 2001, Coco was introduced to actor/rapper Ice T ... the couple dated a few months and then was married. |archive-date=October 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017005849/http://www.cocosworld.com/new/bio/ |url-status=dead }} NOTE: Archived version specifies: "the couple dated a few months and then was married in January 2002." commonly known as Coco Austin, Coco, Coco Marie Austin, Coco Marie, and Coco-T, is an American television personality, actress and model. She has been married to rapper Ice-T since 2002.

Early life

Austin was born in March 1979 in Tarzana, California, and raised in nearby Palos Verdes. She has Serbian ancestry through maternal grandparents born in Serbia.{{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}}{{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}} 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. She also began dancing during her childhood (jazz, tap and ballet).{{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}}

Career

At 18, Austin began specializing in swimsuit, lingerie and body modeling for calendars, catalogs and videos. In 1997, she appeared on her first magazine cover for Swimwear Illustrated.{{Cite web|title=Coco Austin Shares Bikini Throwback Photo of Her 1997 Magazine Cover Debut|url=https://people.com/tv/coco-austin-shares-bikini-throwback-photo-of-her-1997-magazine-cover-debut/|access-date=March 19, 2021|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}} She won the 1998 Miss Ujena contest in Mexico. In 2001, she began working events and parties at the Playboy Mansion. She appeared in low-budget R-rated films, including Southwest Babes (2001), Desert Rose (2002), and The Dirty Monks (2004).

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.{{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}}{{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=dead}}

Austin played the lead role of Bo Peep in the Las Vegas revue Peepshow from December 2012 to September 1, 2013, replacing Holly Madison.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2013/aug/29/peepshow-ends-sunday-rumors-run-rampant-itll-retur/|title=As 'Peepshow' ends Sunday, rumors run rampant that it'll return — and Coco Austin says she'll be back, too|work=Las Vegas Sun|access-date=October 12, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112132/http://lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2013/aug/29/peepshow-ends-sunday-rumors-run-rampant-itll-retur/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/348582/coco-replaces-holly-madison-in-las-vegas-peepshow |title=Coco Replaces Holly Madison in Las Vegas' Peepshow |last=Nessif |first=Bruna |date=September 24, 2012 |publisher=E! News |access-date=September 27, 2012|archive-date= July 29, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729151655/http://www.eonline.com/news/348582/coco-replaces-holly-madison-in-las-vegas-peepshow |url-status=live}}

Austin and Ice-T starred in the reality television series Ice Loves Coco, which premiered June 12, 2011, on E!{{cite news| title = Ice-T & Coco Austin on Married Life, the Business of Being Ice, & Coco's Bodacious Body| first = Kugel| last = Allison| author-link = Allison Kugel| url= http://www.pr.com/article/1177| newspaper = PR.com| date = May 31, 2011| access-date =May 28, 2011}}Andreeva, Nellie. [https://deadline.com/2011/04/e-orders-reality-series-starring-ice-t-his-wife-125828/ "E! Orders Reality Series Starring Ice-T & His Wife"], Deadline Hollywood, April 26, 2011 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.[http://www.music-news.com/ShowNews.asp?nItemID=75642 "Ice-T to end 'Ice Loves Coco' for talk show"], Music-News.com, February 5, 2014

Personal life

File:Ice-T and Coco at the Tribeca Film Festival.jpg

Austin was married to Mike Williams from 1999 to 2001.{{Cite web |last=Mbuthia |first=Mercy |date=2020-10-30 |title=Natalie Coco Austin bio: age, measurements, sister, net worth |url=https://www.legit.ng/1373513-natalie-coco-austin-bio-age-measurements-sister-net-worth.html |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=Legit.ng - Nigeria news. |language=en}}

Austin and rapper-actor Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow were married in January 2002. They renewed their vows in Hollywood on June 4, 2011.{{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}} In 2006, they made their home in a penthouse apartment they owned in North Bergen, New Jersey.{{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}} 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;{{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| 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}} they actually moved into the house during 2018 and 2019.

On November 28, 2015, they had a daughter, Chanel Nicole.{{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}}{{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}}