Union starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the blockbuster film Bad Boys II and played a medical doctor in the CBS drama series City of Angels. She starred with LL Cool J in Deliver Us from Eva in 2003. She is the daughter of Theresa (née Glass), a former dancer, social worker, and phone company manager, and Sylvester C. Union, an AT&T manager and military sergeant. in high school, Union was an all-star point guard in basketball and a year-round athlete, also playing in soccer and ran track. She eventually transferred to UCLA and earned a degree in sociology. Most were in teen movies such as 10 Things I Hate About You and Love and Basketball. Bring It On helped push Union into the mainstream and she began gaining more exposure. She has also starred in the independent drama films Neo Ned and Constellation, the latter of which was released to theaters.
