Persia Jessica White (born October 25, 1972) is an American actress,
singer and musician. White is perhaps best known for her role as Lynn
Searcy on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends which originally aired from 2000
until 2008. White is also a member of the band XEO3, and a solo singer
who released her debut album Mecca in 2009.White was born one of four
children to an Irish-American 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, and he later moved to Miami to seek
better medical care. White's mother moved with her children to South
Florida 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.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 appearances on Angel, NYPD Blue, The Steve Harvey Show,
Brooklyn South, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as regular roles on
Breaker High with co-star Ryan Gosling, and Girlfriends as Lynn. In
2008, White appeared in The Fall of Night in the role of Dawn. She can
also be seen in Chrisette Michele's video for "Be OK."
singer and musician. White is perhaps best known for her role as Lynn
Searcy on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends which originally aired from 2000
until 2008. White is also a member of the band XEO3, and a solo singer
who released her debut album Mecca in 2009.White was born one of four
children to an Irish-American 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, and he later moved to Miami to seek
better medical care. White's mother moved with her children to South
Florida 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.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 appearances on Angel, NYPD Blue, The Steve Harvey Show,
Brooklyn South, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as regular roles on
Breaker High with co-star Ryan Gosling, and Girlfriends as Lynn. In
2008, White appeared in The Fall of Night in the role of Dawn. She can
also be seen in Chrisette Michele's video for "Be OK."
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