Coco Austin

Austin in 2012, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Nicole Natalie Austin

Place of Birth: Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Birth: March 17, 1979

Ethnicity: Serbian, English

Coco Austin is an American actress, dancer, model, and television and internet personality. She is also known as Coco, Coco Marie, Coco-T, and Coco Marie Austin.

She was raised in Palos Verdes. Her mother is of ethnic Serbian (Yugoslavian) descent. Coco is married to rapper, actor, and executive Ice-T, with whom she has a daughter. As a small child, her brother would mispronounce her name, saying “Cole Cole” or “Co-co” in place of Nicole. Eventually, her family began addressing her as Coco.

Austin with husband Ice-T in 2009, photo by lev radin / Shutterstock.com