Coco Austin

Nicole Natalie Marrow ( Austin; born March 17, 1979), commonly known as Coco Austin, Coco, Coco Marie Austin, Coco Marie, and Coco-T, is an American television personality, actress and model. She has been married to rapper Ice-T since 2002. She has a younger sister, Kristy Williams, and three younger brothers. As a small child, her brother mispronounced her name, saying "Cole Cole" or "Co-co" in place of "Nicole", and eventually her family began calling her that. The family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, when she was ten. She grew up as a tomboy, riding all-terrain vehicles and playing football.

Career At 18, Austin began specializing in swimsuit, lingerie and body modeling for calendars, catalogs and videos. She won the 1998 Miss Ujena contest in Mexico.

Austin played the lead role of Bo Peep in the Las Vegas revue Peepshow from December 2012 to September 1, 2013, replacing Holly Madison.

Austin and Ice-T starred in the reality television series Ice Loves Coco, which premiered June 12, 2011, on E! It ran for three seasons, ending in February 2014. After its cancelation, tabloids reported that Austin and Ice-T were preparing to launch another reality series under Ryan Seacrest's production company. She also made an appearance in rapper Lil' Kim's music video for her single "Go Awff" in 2019.

Personal life

Austin was married to Mike Williams from 1999 to 2001.

Austin and rapper-actor Tracy "Ice-T" Marrow were married in January 2002. In 2006, they made their home in a penthouse apartment they owned in North Bergen, New Jersey. In 2012, they began building a five-bedroom house in Edgewater, New Jersey, which was expected to be completed by the end of that year.

On November 28, 2015, they had a daughter, Chanel Nicole.