Photo: Shahar Azran/Getty Images; Lanisha Cole Instagram
Cole first landed in the spotlight because of her work on popular game shows likeThe Price Is RightandDeal or No Deal,although she now spends most of her time behind the camera as a professional photographer.
What else is there to know about LaNisha Cole? Read on to learn about her career as a model and photographer, her artist studio in Los Angeles and her life with a newborn.
She was born in Los Angeles
Cole was born and raised in Pasadena, California, and is of Panamanian descent. She continues to live in Los Angeles with her newborn daughter.
She started her career as a model and actress
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She appeared onThe Price Is Rightfor eight seasons and spent two seasons onDeal or No Deal. In addition to modeling for those shows, Cole has also starred in music videos forPharrell,Trey SongzandThe Rootsand has acted in movies likeSoul PlaneandA Beautiful Soul.
After leavingThe Price Is Rightin 2010, Cole sued show producerMike Richardsfor wrongful termination and retaliation, claiming that he treated her differently than other models, causing her “great uncertainty” about her job security, according to theLos Angeles Times. The case was settled in 2013 — but the suit was one of the reasonsRichards was quickly dismissedfrom hostingJeopardy!in 2021 followingAlex Trebek’s death.
She’s an accomplished photographer
Now, Cole spends her time behind the camera. She’s a professional photographer who owns a studio in Downtown Los Angeles.On her photography website, Cole describes herself as “a mostly self-taught photog” whose interest in photography “was sparked through studying many of the talented directors/photographers she’s had the pleasure of working with throughout her 15+ year career.”
She has anInstagram accountexclusively dedicated to showcasing her photos. Cole’s portfolio mostly consists of portraits, as the photographer “prefer[s] to work one on one during her shoots” in order to take “a photo that is real and captures the true nature of each of her clients.”
She produced a film about her father
Cole’s father,Rudy Cole, is a talented painter. She produced a documentary about him,Rudy Cole: Painting Panama, in 2022. “As a producer on this film I could [not] be any prouder to share this moment,“she said on Instagram.
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Both parents announcedthe birth of Onyx Ice Cole Cannonon Instagram. Cole’s post included two black-and-white photos — one of a sleeping Onyx and one of the three of them immediately after the birth — with the caption, “Onyx Ice Cole Cannon, 9-14-22.”
Cannon shared the same photo of the three of them, with a personal message. “Once again, today I am in awe of the Devine [sic] Feminine!” he wrote. “God has given me and @MissLanishaCole the privilege of hosting an Angel here on earth. I vow to protect, provide, guide and love this child to the best of my abilities.”
At just a few weeks old, Onyx Cannon already hasher own Instagram account.
In April 2023, during an interview onThe Howard Stern Show, Cannon was asked to name all of his children.He accidentally left out Onyx’s name. Days later, Cole seemingly responded to the mistake on Instagram.
“It’s not normal to have your life play out in front of an audience, but this is the age we live in,” she wrote. “That being said … no person’s path is linear. There’s going to be blind curves, peaks, valleys, and sometimes we make wrong turns or run into dead ends. Simply correct course and get back on your forward moving path.”
Cole continued: “I pray every day for strength, guidance, and peace. Regardless of where I’m at on my path, I know that God’s got me. And I’ve got Onyx.”
Cannon is very protective of her
As the father of 11 children and counting, Cannon has faced criticism over his growing family and different partners. In the post announcing Onyx’s birth, Cannon alsodirected a message to his detractors. “As we all know, I am not easily triggered and have quite tough skin and have always been an open book but not everyone in my family has that same level of strength,” he wrote. “So I pray and ask others to please project all criticism and cynicism towards ME and not the loving and precious Mothers of my children.”
He also praised Cole as “one of the most guileless, peaceful and non-confrontational kind souls I’ve ever witnessed” who “only deserves to revel in this moment of blissful joy of motherhood.”
Despite Cannon’s plea, Cole has been inundated with criticism since giving birth to Onyx. In December 2022, she decided torespond to those trolling her on Instagram.
She added: “I wouldn’t change a single thing about my journey. I’ve made peace with every decision I’ve made in my life.”
source: people.com
