Karen Malina White is 57 years old holds an American nationality and belongs to the African-American ethnic race. She is an American film and television actress.
She is best known for her roles as Kaneesha Carter in the 1989 drama film Lean on Me; as Charmaine Brown during the two final seasons of The Cosby Show from 1990 to 1992 and its spin-off A Different World from 1992 to 1993; Nicolette Vandross in Malcolm & Eddie from 1996 to 2000; and as the voice of Dijonay Jones on the Disney Channel animated comedy The Proud Family from 2001 to 2005.
Karen Malina White’s parents: Who are her father and mother?
White was born into a middle-class family and raised by both her parents namely Jesse White her father and Celia Cohn her mother. She was raised as an only child in Philadelphia by her father who was a firefighter and her mother who was a seamstress. She has no siblings. She was born on September 13, 1964, and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Though there is not much information about White parents, White studied at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. After graduating high school, White continued her studies at Howard University, where she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.
During her senior year, White won the title of “Miss Howard University” and landed her first role as an actress.
White mother is late and that of her father is unknown.
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