The lovely Vivica Fox is celebrating her 51st Birthday today. 51 never looked so good!

Learn more about the birthday girl below.

Actress Vivica A. Fox was born in South Bend, Indiana, on July 30, 1964, and is the daughter of Everlyena, a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a private school administrator.

Vivica Fox’s first big break was in the film, Independence Day (1996), along with Will Smith, and also Set It Off (1996). She has earned critical acclaim for her portrayal of “Maxine” in the 1997 motion picture, Soul Food (1997), which netted her MTV Movie Award and NAACP Image Award nominations. In 2000, she was casted in the medical drama, City of Angels (2000), as “Dr. Lillian Price”. She has had roles in many other movies ever since, such as:Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Two Can Play That Game (2001) and Kill Bill: Vol. 1(2003). In 2004, Fox was in an episode of Punk’d (2003), where her pregnant friend pretended to go into labor, but they became angry when a paramedic appeared to care more about taking pictures than delivering the baby. Vivica also took another television role, from 2004 to 2006, as she starred in the drama series, 1-800-Missing (2003), on the Lifetime Television Network. In 2007, she was a contender on Dancing with the Stars (2005) and stayed until she was voted off in the fourth week. In 1998, Vivica A. Fox married singer Christopher Harvest (aka Sixx-Nine), whom she later divorced in June 2002. She also dated rapper 50 Cent, however this was a brief relationship.

As you can see Vivica has accomplished alot in her 51 years on this planet. Happy Birthday Vivica!!!

Information pulled from Vivica Foxx website.