Early life

Anthony was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents are both Nuyorican, people of Puerto Rican heritage born and raised in New York City. Anthony (who describes herself as an Afro-Puerto Rican) has a younger brother and two younger sisters. As a young child, she was involved in many activities, but music was her main interest. She went to Howard University, where she studied communications.

Career

At the age of 15 La La began her entertainment career in radio at Atlanta Hot 97 station. After a short internship at that station, and while still in high school, she was given her own show, the wildly popular Future Flavas, alongside rapper/actor Ludacris.

At 19 La La got an offer from Los Angeles's 92.3 The Beat to co-host her own radio show, The B-Syde. After a successful run on the radio La La left the station in 2001 and joined the MTV family. Although she had no previous on-TV experience, La La became one of the network’s premiere talents and went on to co-host two of their most popular shows, Direct Effect and Total Request Live. During her time at MTV La La interviewed many high-profile stars including Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Will Smith and Angelina Jolie, among others.

In 2003 La La left the network to launch her own production company Krossover Productions and was a producer on Mike Tyson’s critically acclaimed documentary, Tyson. Directed by Oscar and Golden Globe nominee writer/director James Toback, Tyson was named the winner of the Regard Knockout Award in France and debuted to a standing ovation in 2009’s Cannes Film Festival. La La and Krossover Productions also produced a feature film with director/producer Brett Ratner, and a starring role in The Gun.

La La made her film debut in 2001 in romantic comedy Two Can Play That Game. She starred in the 2012 film, Think Like a Man, alongside Gabrielle Union and Taraji P. Henson and the 2013 film Baggage Claim alongside Paula Patton and Derek Luke. La La had guest starring roles in the CBS crime drama, "NYC 22" and the popular VH1 scripted show, Single Ladies. Other film credits include Urban Massacre (2002), Monster Island (2004), and You Got Served (2004).

In October 2011 La La made her stage debut in the off-Broadway production of Love Loss and What I Wore. La La also starred in and executive produced five seasons of La La's Full Court Wedding, one of VH1’s highest rated shows, which chronicled the time leading up to her wedding to NBA star Carmelo Anthony.

On February 2, 2012, she launched MOTIVES by La La, at the Market America World Conference held at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida. Inspired to create a cosmetic line for women of color ranging in color variation, her cosmetic line consists of multiple mineral-based products for face, cheeks, eyes, lips and nails ranging from $16 to $40.

In 2013, La La created a clothing line, "5th & Mercer", a capsule collection exclusive to Shopbop.com and she continues to work on new designs for the line.

On January 28, 2014, La La released her debut book titled The Love Playbook in which she shares how she found love and success on her own terms. The book climbed to #1 on the Barnes & Noble Best Seller list and on February 7 hit #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. La La’s second book, entitled The Power Playbook was released in May 2015.

Anthony produced the Broadway production of Danai Gurira's Eclipsed in 2016.

Personal life

La La became engaged to basketball player Carmelo Anthony on Christmas Day 2004. Their son, Kiyan Carmelo Anthony, was born on March 7, 2007. They were married by Michael Eric Dyson on July 10, 2010 at Cipriani's in New York before 320 guests. The ceremony was filmed by VH1 and aired as part of a reality series on the couple, titled La La's Full Court Wedding. The couple's life together is chronicled on their continuation series, La La's Full Court Life.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Two Can Play That Game	DJ
2002	Urban Massacre	Pam Jackson
	Total Request Live	Herself	TV series
2002-2006	Direct Effect	Host	TV series
2003	50 Cent: The New Breed	Herself	Documentary
	Sex and the City	MTV Interviewer	TV series; episode: "The Post-it Always Sticks Twice"
	The Real World: Paris	Host	TV series; episode: "French Kissing and Telling, The Real World: Paris Reunion"
2004	You Got Served	Herself
	Monster Island	Herself	TV movie
	One on One	Kendra	TV series; episode: "Phatheadz"
	Soul Plane	Herself
	Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno	Host	TV series; episode: "Montezuma's Revenge: Inside the Inferno Reunion Show"
2005	Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2		TV series; episode: "Battle of the Sexes 2: Reunion - Secrets from Elimination Hill"
2006	Da Jammies	Angelique	Voice
	Flavor of Love	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion: After the Lovin"
	Chappelle's Show	Herself	TV series; episode: #3.2
	Flavor of Love 2	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion: After the Lovin"
2007	I Love New York		TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
	Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School		TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
2008	I Love New York 2		TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
	Flavor of Love 3		TV series; episode: "Reunion: After the Lovin"
2009	For the Love of Ray J		TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
	Charm School with Ricki Lake	Judge/Dean
	Real Chance of Love	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
2010	La La's Full Court Wedding	Herself	TV series
	For the Love of Ray J 2	Host	TV series; episode: "Reunion Show"
	Gun	Mona	Movie
2011-2014	La La's Full Court Life	Herself	TV series
2012	Think Like a Man	Sonia	Film
2013	Baggage Claim	Tanya
	Keeping Up with the Kardashians	Herself	Episode: "Agree to Disagree"
	Law and Order: Special Victims Unit	Ana	Episode: "Poisoned Motive"
2014	Think Like a Man Too	Sonia	Film
	Power	Lakeisha	TV series
2015	Chi-Raq	Hecuba	Film
	Unforgettable	Delina Michaels	TV series

[ Source: Wikipedia ]