Kara Brock

Brock was raised in Kansas City, Missouri, where she graduated from Raytown South High School.

After high school, she attended the University of Kansas where she pursued a degree in theater arts. In 1994 she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting, and transferred to California State University, Los Angeles to finish her acting studies.

She began her acting career in 1996 in the recurring role of "Sara" in the television series Moesha, followed by appearances in the television comedies Sister Sister, Grown Ups, The Jamie Foxx Show and Girlfriends. Brock also appeared in the television drama Party of Five, playing the stripper "Dusty" during its final season. She also appeared in the film Love & Basketball.

Brock was pregnant during the taping of the series finale of The Parkers, where her character announced she was expecting, and that the father may have been Freddy (Kel Mitchell). In 2004, Brock appeared in a Nestlé print advertisement while 8 months pregnant with her first child, Nora. Shortly after giving birth, Brock appeared in Crossing Jordan, playing a clerk at a cryobank.

Brock has also appeared in numerous commercials, most notably for the American Cancer Society.

Brock has been married to military and technology consultant Joseph Bustos since 2004. The couple met via the online internet dating site, Match.com. They have three children together: Nora Simone, Sofia Gabriella, and Fiona Helena. Kara is also stepmother to Joey, who can be seen in the mixed martial arts action indie film Maximum Cage Fighting.

• Crossing Jordan (2005)
• Girlfriends (2001–2005)
• The Parkers (1999–2004)
• Party of Five (2000)
• Grown Ups (1999)
• The Jamie Foxx Show
• Sister, Sister
• Moesha (1996)

• Love & Basketball (2000)

• Fecke, Jeff, [1], Minnesota Monitor, 18 June 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2007.

• Kara Brock at IMDb