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Carmen was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for her role as Coretta Scott King in Boycott (2001)
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Her professional debut was in a music video when she was eight years old. She then acted on-stage in England and Scotland, and made her film acting debut in Absolute Beginners (1986) when she was twelve.
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Carmen has also worked as a singer, TV host, and veejay.
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In her U.S. television debut, played the title character, Thomas Jefferson's slave mistress, in the mini-series Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000), opposite Sam Neill.
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She met her husband, Jeffrey, on the set of Boycott (2001). She played Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was played by Jeffrey.
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Carmen is married to actor Jeffrey Wright. The two were married in 2000 and have one child together.
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Carmen's father is Nigerian, and her mother is Scottish.
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Carmen's father, Charles, was a Nigerian entrepreneur. He has passed away. Her mother, Elizabeth, is a Scottish tour guide. Her brother, Charles Jr., is a law student.