Gabrielle Union was born in Omaha, Nebraska but mostly grew up in Pleasanton, California.
her road to acting started in an interesting path, Gabrielle Union took a job at model agency in college as an intern and was asked to by them to become a model. Being a break college student she become a model for the cash and appeared in things things like teen magazine. From there Gabrielle Union soon took on small guess spots on tv shows such as friends, a save by the bell spin off and moesha.
