She had a role in the 2010 Danneel Harris and Arielle Kebbel film Mardi Gras. She appeared in the film Law Abiding Citizen in 2009. Since then, she has appeared in leading roles in films such as Malibu's Most Wanted, King's Ransom and The Honeymooners. A year later, she starred in the action-drama Paid in Full, a film directed by Charles Stone III. In 2001, Hall landed the role of Coretta Lipp on the prime-time drama Ally McBeal, which was originally a recurring role over several episodes but was made a main character in the 5th season of the show.
The Scary Movie films would become some of her best known roles.
Hall gained more recognition with her role in the comedy-horror-spoof Scary Movie (and the sequels Scary Movie 2, Scary Movie 3, and Scary Movie 4) portraying the sex-crazed Brenda Meeks, and the TV movie Disappearing Acts. As a key member of the all-star cast, she welcomed rising-star status in " black- Hollywood". It signaled a pivotal point for Hall's career. And it was really a big deal because I'd never been on a set before." to stay and it led to a third film and a fourth film. And then, at that point, I was visiting L.A. I met Sanaa Lathan on it, and we did Love and Basketball together, which was my second film. Hall reflected: "It was my very first movie. She left a lasting impression on viewers with her portrayal of the character Candace "Candy" Sparks. She played Candy in the 1999 film The Best Man. Her television career began with a role on the soap opera Loving, and guest appearances on the Fox police drama New York Undercover. In 1997, Hall appeared in her first television commercial at the age of 26. She began a career in the entertainment industry, starting off with a guest appearance on Sadat X's 1996 album Wild Cowboys on the track, "The Interview". And I know my father would have wanted me to finish school. And so I think that started me thinking about what I really wanted to do in life. But when you lose someone that you spend most of your life with, and you’re young, you do. "When you’re young, you don’t grasp the gravity of life. And I think when sudden events that are painful happen in your life, you know, they redirect your course," Hall reflected. She wanted a career with impact and envisioned a career in writing or journalism, but Hall's first semester of graduate school changed drastically when her father died of a stroke.
I would've been a professional student." I could've gone to school until I was 75 years old as long as somebody would've paid my rent. Reflecting on college, Hall said: "I loved being a student. She later enrolled at New York University, where she earned a master's degree in journalism in 1997. After graduating from Immaculata College High School, Hall enrolled at Fordham University in the Bronx, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in English in 1992. If you are one of these people, here's where you can catch "When the Bough Breaks.Hall was born the daughter of a contractor and electrician father, Odie Hall, and a teacher mother, Ruby.
Club's review called it "enjoyable trash, but trash nonetheless," and said it was a "textbook potboiler." Some people love that sort of thing, and for them this is a watch full of guilty pleasures. In 2016, when the film debuted as a Sony Screen Gems movie, it made $30 million off a $10 million investment, according to Box Office Mojo - so not a big hit, but at least it recouped its production costs. The critics didn't exactly love it, bestowing it with a fairly dismal 12% critics score on the Rotten Tomatoes review site, but audiences were kinder, putting it at a 45% almost-but-not-quite fresh. If you're a fan of this trope, you might want to check out a movie from 2016 that hits all the expected notes - from an unrequited crush on the husband to a confrontation between wronged wife and young, mentally unstable child-bearer. It's called "When the Bough Breaks," and it stars Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall as a New Orleans couple who hire a surrogate, Anna (Jaz Sinclair from "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"), to carry their child to term. Plenty of similarly themed thrillers were made in the '90s, but there are more recent versions of this formula, too: think Lifetime movies. Some viewers have a certain fascination with thrillers about women involved with childcare or pregnancy, who turn psychotic and violent.