Early life

White is one of four children born to a white mother and a Bahamian father. Her early years were spent in the Bahamas. White's father was paralyzed in a car accident when she was three. He later moved to Miami to seek better medical care. White's mother moved with her children to the South Florida area two years later, but did not reunite with White's father.

White later joined the Miami Coconut Grove Children's Theater. As a teen, she studied dance, acting, singing, and painting. After high school, White signed with the Ford Agency and obtained her Screen Actors Guild card. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.

Career

White has appeared in various independent films, including Red Letters (opposite Peter Coyote) and the cult horror Blood Dolls. She starred in the made-for-TV movies Operation Sandman (opposite Ron Perlman), and Suddenly, opposite Kirstie Alley. Her television work includes guest starring roles on Angel, NYPD Blue, The Steve Harvey Show, Brooklyn South, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as a series regular role on Breaker High with co-star Ryan Gosling and Hit TV Series Girlfriends as Lynn. In 2008, White appeared in The Fall of Night, as the character Dawn. She can also be seen in Chrisette Michele's video, "Be OK".

In addition to acting, White also co-produced the award-winning documentary Earthlings, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix. In July 2011, White won the award for Best Performance By An Actor in the American Black Film Festival for her work in Dysfunctional Friends.

She also appeared as Bonnie's mother on The Vampire Diaries in a semi-recurring role.

Personal life

White, who is a vegan, is a human and animal rights advocate, and environmentalist. She was honored by PETA as a 2005 Humanitarian of the Year. She is a board member for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

After three years of dating, White married fellow The Vampire Diaries actor Joseph Morgan in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, on July 5, 2014. White has a daughter named Mecca White (born 1995).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Blue Chips		Uncredited
1996	Frankie D.
1996	Suddenly	Trina	Television movie
1999	Blood Dolls	Black Baby
2000	Operation Sandman	Private Winslow	Television movie
2000	Stalled	Leanne
2000	Red Letters	Vanessa Cody
2005	Earthlings	Co-narrator	Co-producer
2007	The Fall of Night	Dawn
2007	Everyday Joe	Gina	Co-producer
2009	Spoken Word	Shea
2011	Kiss the Bride	Trina	Direct-to-video
2011	Mafia	Mel
2012	Dysfunctional Friends	Trenyce
2012	The Marriage Chronicles	Marcia Anson
2012	Guardian of Eden	Clarke
2012	Black November	Tracey
2012	No Mo Games	Morgan
2014	Unity	Narrator	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	NYPD Blue	Margie	Episode: "These Old Bones"
1996	Malibu Shores	Listener	Episode: "Hotline"
1996	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Heather	Episode: "Little Hero"
1996	Goode Behavior	Trish	Episode: "Goode Grades"
1997	Weird Science	Kim	Episode: "Gary Had a Little Cram"
1997	The Burning Zone	Jenny	Episode: "Critical Mass"
1997	Sister, Sister	Anya	Episode: "Three the Heart Way"
1997	The Parent 'Hood	Alexia	Episode: "Tango & Cash"
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Aura	3 episodes
1997	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Molly	Episode: "On the Road"
1997-1998	Breaker High	Denise Williams	44 episodes
1998	Brooklyn South	Cinnamon	Episode: "Cinnamon Buns"
1998	Malcolm & Eddie	Sharon	Episode: "Bowl-a-Drama"
1999	The Steve Harvey Show	Monique	Episode: "All That Jazz"
1999	Clueless	Veronica	Episode: "My Best Friend's Boyfriend"
1999	Another World	Kineisha 'K.C.' Burrell	1 episode
2000-2008	Girlfriends	Lynn Searcy	172 episodes
2001	Angel	Agnes "Aggie" Belfleur	Episode: "Over the Rainbow"
2005	Unscripted	Flirty Girl	Episode #1.8
2012-2013	The Vampire Diaries	Abby Bennett Wilson	6 episodes

Award nomination

Year	Award	Category	Title of work
2008	ALMA Award	Outstanding Female Performance in a Comedy Television Series	Girlfriends'

Mecca

Mecca
Studio album by Persia White
Released	October 31, 2009
Recorded	2005-2009
Genre	Alternative, trip hop
Length	36:30
Label	Hybrid Music
Persia White chronology
Mecca (2009) Singles from Mecca "Wanting" Released: October 7, 2009

Mecca is Persia White's debut album. It was released digitally on October 31, 2009, and on CD on December 8, 2009. The title comes from the name of White's daughter. The final three songs on the album were all featured on the TV series Girlfriends which White acted in.

Track listing

1. "Wanting" - 3:58
2. "Perfect" - 3:15
3. "Receive" (featuring Saul Williams) - 4:15
4. "Pressed Against Gods Thoughts" - 2:02
5. "Haunt" - 3:02
6. "2 Sea" - 1:23
7. "Danger" (featuring Saul Williams) - 3:25
8. "Salvation" - 4:57
9. "Tease" (featuring Tricky) - 3:22
10. "Choices" (Girlfriends season finale song) - 2:47
11. "Past Mistakes" (featuring Tricky) - 4:10

Charities

Persia White supports the following charitable causes: Cancer, Breast Cancer.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]