K. D. Aubert

K. D. Aubert
Aubert in 2007
Born	Karen Denise Aubert (1978-12-06) December 6, 1978 (age 46) [1] Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Other names	K.D. Rose
Occupation(s)	Actress, fashion model
Years active	1999–present

K. D. Aubert (born December 6, 1978), also known as K.D. Rose, is an American actress and fashion model.^[2] She owns her own record label, Roseland.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Aubert was born in Shreveport, Louisiana on December 6, 1978. The K.D. initials stand for Karen Denise. She describes herself as "African-American with a dash of Creole".^[3] She grew up in Riverside and Los Angeles. She attended San Diego State University, where she played on the Aztec softball team.^{[citation needed]}

Career

She was discovered working behind the make-up counter at Macy's.^[4] She has modeled for Victoria's Secret, Noxzema, Frederick's of Hollywood, Escada and many more. She co-hosted MTV's Kidnapped and has gone on to star in several films and music videos.^[4]

Aubert is also one of the four original Fantanas, a female group of spokesmodels appearing in TV commercials for the soft drink Fanta. She was the Strawberry Fanta.^[5] She is featured as the Strawberry Fantana with her fellow Fantanas in the Maxim magazine online girl^[6] gallery and was ranked #91 and #97 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2003,^[7] and 2004.^[8] Aubert was in an Old Spice commercial with Greg Jennings of the Green Bay Packers.^[9] She has also been in commercials for Bacardi, Miller Lite, Go Daddy, Beats By Dr. Dre, and Cola. Karen has just finished a commercial with George Clooney and Nespresso.^[10]

Aubert's big break came when she was cast as Donna in Friday After Next which was directed by Marcus Raboy and produced by Ice Cube.^[11] She also had two roles in Hollywood Homicide.^[12] She also starred in DysEnchanted as Little Red Riding Hood with Jim Belushi. She played Giselle in Soul Plane.^[13] She also played Eliza in Frankenfish.^[14] In 2005, Aubert played Cherise in In the Mix.^[15] In 2007, Aubert was cast as Julie the Waitress in The Grand.^{[citation needed]} In 2008, Aubert played April May in Surfer, Dude.^[16] In 2013, Aubert was nominated and won an Africa Movie Academy Award for her role in Turning Point, as well as the Turning Point cast, who also won several awards at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards AMAA.^[17] In 2018, Aubert was cast in a film called She Ball, directed by Nick Cannon.^[18]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	The Scorpion King	Harlot
	Friday After Next	Donna
2003	Hollywood Homicide	Shauntelle/Streetcar Blanche
2004	DysEnchanted	Little Red Riding Hood	Short
	Soul Plane	Giselle
	Frankenfish	Eliza	TV movie
2005	In the Mix	Cherise
2007	The Grand	Julie the Waitress
2008	Surfer, Dude	April May
2009	Still Waiting...	Trina	Video
2012	In Sickness and in Health	Tangie	TV movie
	Turning Point	Stacey
	Silent No More	Vivica
2013	Between Sisters	Aneesa	TV movie
	My Sister's Wedding	Sharon
2014	Percentage	Jackie
	Lap Dance	Jade Lee
2015	What Now	Katrina
2016	My B.F.F.	Dr. Boudreaux
2017	2016	Eve
2018	It's a Date	London Greer
2020	The Perfect Mate	Cherish Adams
	She Ball	Makeda
2023	Sisters	Tara
	A Sir Charles Christmas	Chante
	Momma Said Come Home for Christmas	Leticia
	Bomb Pizza	Rashonda
	Born 2 Hustle	Damaria aka Fence

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Kidnapped	Herself/Co-Host	Main Co-Host
2003	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Nikki Wood	Supporting Cast: Season 7
2005	Bones	Toni	Episode: "The Man in the Bear"
2006	Inked	Herself	Episode: "Crossing the Line"
2008	CSI: NY	Maude	Episode: "You Only Die Once"
2011	Entourage	Vince Ex	Episode: "Second to Last"
2014	Franklin & Bash	Model	Episode: "Love Is the Drug"
	Married for Real?!	Zoey	Episode: "The Issue"
2015	Key & Peele	Passed Out Woman	Episode: "The End"
2016	Uncle Buck	Sorority Sister	Episode: "Brothers"
2017	Too Close to Home	Tina	Episode: "Blurred Lines"
2018	Rich Africans	Michelle	Main Cast
	Ladies of the Law	Trixie	Main Cast

Music Videos

Year	Song Title	Artist
1999	"You"	Jesse Powell
	"What'chu Like"	Da Brat featuring Tyrese
2002	"Trade it All Part II"	Fabolous featuring P. Diddy
2003	"Into You"	Fabolous featuring Tamia
	"Your Pop's Don't Like Me"	Nick Cannon
2004	"Number One"	John Legend featuring Kanye West
	"Karma"	Lloyd Banks featuring Avant
2005	"Number One Spot"	Ludacris
2006	"I Don't Like the Look of It"	Da Backwudz
2007	"Ridin'"	Belly featuring Mario Winans
2008	"She Got Her Own"	Ne-Yo featuring Jamie Foxx & Fabolous
	"Got it For Me"	Slique
2010	"Lay It Down"	Lloyd
	"Down On Me"	Jeremih featuring 50 Cent
2024	"Bachelor"	Turbo & Gunna

Video game appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Def Jam Icon	Platinum	Voice role and likeness

References

1. https://www.girl.com.au/celebrities/k.-d.-aubert.htm
2. "K.D. Aubert aka K.D. Rose presented by VannDigital.com". 2015-06-09. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
3. "K.D. Aubert presented by Cutiecentral.com". 14 July 2007. Retrieved February 29, 2008.
4. "K.D. Aubert – From a Creole Beauty to International Model and Actress". kreolmagazine.com. International Kreol Magazine. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
5. "Meet The Actors Behind Your Favorite Commercial Characters - Greeningz". 28 February 2017.
6. "The Fantanas Pictures, The Fantanas Videos, The Fantanas News on Maxim". 2007-09-30. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
7. "FreeJose.com". Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2003. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
8. "FreeJose.com". Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2004. Archived from the original on May 12, 2009. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
9. "mankindunplugged.com - Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver Greg Jennings Old Spice Commercial [Video]".
10. "A Commercial Worth Watching - George Clooney - Nespresso - Entertainment World". Archived from the original on 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
11. "Friday After Next Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
12. "Hollywood Homicide". Rotten Tomatoes.
13. "Soul Plane". Metacritic.
14. "Frankenfish | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
15. "In the Mix Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
16. "Surfer, Dude". Rotten Tomatoes.
17. Writer, VINCENT JACKSON, Staff. "Egg Harbor City actor in an (African) Oscar-nominated film". Press of Atlantic City.
18. "Nick Cannon & Chris Brown Have A Movie In The Works". Vibe. 19 December 2017.

External links

• K. D. Aubert at IMDb