Fee Range: $100,000 - $1,000,000
Topics: Popular Female Actresses, Diversity Keynote Speakers, Philanthropy Speakers,
Celebrity speaker, actress, model, and author Gabrielle Union originally planned on attending law school, but her plans soon changed when she was offered a position most people dream about. Because of her beauty and natural ability, she was discovered by several clients during her internship with a modeling agency and was asked to step behind the scenes and in front of a camera. Celebrity speaker Gabrielle Union is currently married to sports speaker for hire Dwyane Wade. In November 2018, the power couple welcomed the birth of their daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, who was born via a surrogate due to her struggles with miscarriages
It didn’t take long for people to start noticing Gabrielle. Her modeling career soon led to small parts in television shows including Saved By the Bell, Sister Sister, Smart Guy and 7th Heaven. These roles eventually steered her towards feature films. Her small parts in Love and Basketball as well as 10 Things I Hate About You, gained her the recognition she needed to break through in the industry and become a star. In March 2019, she teamed up with her husband and sports speaker for hire Dwayne Wade to star in a campaign for Gatorade Zero, a new zero sugar hydrator from the sports-themed beverage. No strangers to intense workouts, the couple routinely share their fitness journey on their personal Instagram accounts, making them the ideal power couple to endorse products to a diverse audience.
Gabrielle’s career took off after her depiction of a sassy cheerleading captain from Compton in the hit movie Bring It On starring Kirsten Dunst. After the film’s release, she won a big role in The Brothers as well as in Oscar-winner Stephen Gaghan’s directorial debut Abandon. In 2003, Gabrielle was cast in her first leading role in the comedy Deliver Us from Eva alongside LL Cool J. Since then, she has been featured in several films including Bad Boys II, Breakin’ All the Rules, Cadillac Records, The Perfect Holiday and Think Like a Man, and Think Like a Man 2.
Celebrity speaker for hire Gabrielle Union has come a long way since her small roles in television shows. She has since made appearances on several episodes of Army Wives, Life, Night Stalker and FlashForward.Most recently, she was cast on the BET network show, Being Mary Jane, where Gabrielle stars as Mary Jane Paul, a rich and glamorous television news anchor that has bad taste in men and has an obsession with chaos.
In addition to her acting career, she has made appearances in several music videos starring several well-known artists such as LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes and Ne-Yo. She has also been featured in a commercial for Neutrogena as well as appeared on the cover of numerous magazines including Ebony, Ocean Drive, Essence, and People.
Union is also the author of a memoir, We’re Going to Need More Wine (2017), and an activist who works on issues around women’s health and violence against women. She is a major advocate for survivals of assault. Gabrielle supports the Young Survivor Coalition, the Rape Foundation and is an Ambassador for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. She also voices her opinions about violence against women on various social media sites and is an avid supporter of charities such as Declare Yourself, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Gibson Girl Foundation and Make The Difference Network. In her spare time, she loves to travel on behalf of these organizations and share her own personal stories and inspire young women around the nation.
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