Persia White Biography
Persia White is a Bahamas-born American actress, singer, and musician who is best known for her roles as Denise Williams on the short-lived television series Breaker High and as Lynn Searcy on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends, which originally aired from 2000 until 2008. She is also famous as a member of the band XEO3, and as a solo singer who released her debut album, Mecca, in 2009. Her appearance as Abby Bennett Wilson in Vampire Diaries also rose her to fame.
Persia White Age
How old is Persia White? White is 51 years old as of 2023. She was born on October 25, 1972, in Nassau, Bahamas. In addition, she celebrates her birthday on November 25th every year.
Persia White Family
Persia Jessica is the daughter of an Irish-American mother and a Bahamian father. She spent her early years in the Bahamas. However, when she was three years old, her father got paralyzed in a car accident and moved to Miami to seek better medical care. Her mother relocated with the children to South Florida two years later but did not reunite with their father.
Jessica has three siblings who were raised together.
Persia White Husband
White is married to her husband, Joseph Morgan. The duo dated for three years and later married on July 5, 2014, in Ocho, Rios, Jamaica. Morgan is a fellow Vampire Diaries actor.
Previously, Persia was engaged to singer Saul Williams, her boyfriend of five years, and they married in 2008. The duo met in 2003 when Saul made a guest appearance on the TV show “Girlfriends.” However, she announced their separation on January 17, 2009, via her Myspace blog.
Persia White Daughter
Jessica White is blessed with a beautiful daughter, Mecca White, who was born in 1995.
Persia White Education
Persia attended the Miami Coconut Grove Children’s Theater. As a teen, she studied dance, acting, singing, and painting. Immediately after high school, the actress signed with the Ford Agency and obtained her Screen Actors Guild card before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue acting.
Persia White Career
The American actress began her career as an actress at an early age. She has acted in a number of independent films, including Red Letters (in which she co-starred with Peter Coyote) and Blood Dolls, a cult horror film. She appeared in the made-for-TV films Operation Sandman, in which she acted alongside Ron Perlman, and Suddenly, in which she starred alongside Kirstie Alley.
Angel, NYPD Blue, The Steve Harvey Show, Brooklyn South, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are among the actress’s television credits, as are regular parts on Breaker High with co-star Ryan Gosling, Sister as Anya, and Girlfriends as Lynn. In addition, in 2008, she played Dawn in the film The Fall of Night. Chrisette Michele’s video for “Be OK” features her as well.
Aside from acting, she also co-produced the award-winning documentary Earthlings, which was narrated by Joaquin Phoenix. For her role in Dysfunctional Friends, she earned the prize for Best Performance by an Actor at the American Black Film Festival in July 2011. She also had a semi-recurring role in The Vampire Diaries as Bonnie’s mother.
In an episode of the ABC comedy series Black-ish in 2019, she reunited with her girlfriends’ co-stars Tracee Ellis Ross, Jill Marie Jones, and Golden Brooks.
In addition, the actress is a vegetarian, a supporter of human and animal rights, and an environmentalist. PETA named her Humanitarian of the Year in 2005. She is also a member of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s board of directors.
Persia White Net Worth
White has an estimated net worth of $700,000. Her income is mainly from her successful career as an actress.