Cat White

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Cat White
Born
Catherine Joy White

May 1993 (age 31)
Northampton, East Midlands, England
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
  • author
Years active2019–present
Relatives Laura White (sister)
Website www.catwhite.co.uk

Catherine Joy White is an English actress, producer, author and gender advisor for the United Nations (UN). White began her career with the UN as an intern whilst studying at university, later becoming a contracted advisor for them. She then made her debut as an actress in 2019, and set up her own production company, Kusini Productions, which saw her receive an accolade at the British Urban Film Festival for one of her short films. She has also authored a non-fiction novel, This Thread of Gold, which was published in 2023.

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Life and career

Catherine Joy White was born to a Jamaican mother and an English father, alongside sister Laura and another sister. [1] [2] [3] She grew up in Northampton, but also spent time in Wales and Yorkshire, where her mother and father descended from, respectively. [2] White later lived between Paris and Geneva intermittently. [4] White obtained degrees in English and French at the University of Warwick from 2012 to 2016. During her time at Warwick, she taught in Madagascar, worked as an English language assistant at a French secondary school, translated for a French magazine, completed an internship with the UK government and became an intern at UNESCO. [5] Then from 2016 to 2017, she obtained a Women's Studies degree from the University of Oxford, in which she achieved a high distinction. [4] During this, she continued her work with UNESCO, becoming a freelance contractor specialised in gender work. [5]

In 2018, White began acting in theatre productions including Shudder, The Watsons and Petroleuse . [4] Then in 2019, White made her television debut in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors . [6] [7] A year later, she set up her own production company, Kusini Productions. The aim of her company is to be a female-led platform created to champion voices of Black women. [8] In 2021, Dialogue Books signed a deal with White to publish a narrative and an essay collection about Black women. [9] From 2021 to 2022, White appeared in a recurring role on the Channel 4 comedy series Threesome . [10] [11] In 2022, White was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 list and appeared in the Prime serie Ten Percent . [12] In 2023, White released her first novel with Dialogue, a non-fiction book that is centred around historical Black women. [13] [14] It received critical acclaim, with i newspaper describing it as "an essential new book". [15] A chapter of the book is set to be adapted into an animated short film, To My Daughter, which she wrote and will direct. She wrote the chapter after she was enraged about Roe v. Wade was overturned in America. [16]

Filmography

As actress
YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Doctors Jude OlsenEpisode: "Trapped"
2020 Dracula BethEpisode: "The Dark Compass"
2021Farewell She GoesSophiaShort film
2022 Ten Percent LauraGuest role
2022Kill Them with KindnessGeorginaShort film
2021–2022 Threesome JosephineRecurring role
2022Fifty-Four DaysRubyShort film
2023 Black Mirror UncreditedEpisode: "Joan Is Awful" [17]
As producer
YearTitleNotes
2021The TrackShort film
2021Farewell She GoesShort film; also writer
2022CeresShort film
2022Rambler ManShort film
2022Fifty-Four DaysShort film; also writer and director

Stage

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2018Shudder Soho Theatre [18]
2018–2019 The Watsons Miss Osborne Chichester Festival Theatre [19]
2019 Petroleuse Octavia Lyric Theatre [20]
2019 Dear Audrey Scarlett Trafalgar Theatre [21]

Bibliography

Awards and nominations

YearOrganisationCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 EntertainmentHerselfIncluded [22]
2022 British Urban Film Festival Best Short FilmFifty-Four DaysWon [23]
2023Beeston Film FestivalBest East Midlands FilmFifty-Four DaysWon [23]

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  3. ↑ White, Laura [@laurabeatricewhite] (18 June 2020). "I am mixed race. Dual heritage. Biracial. And I am whole. I am a cocktail of fried dumplings for breakfast and walks in the Yorkshire moors. Of middle class and working class, of large family and of small. Of gospel music and carnival dance and singing we'll meet again. Of a small British town and the Jamaican countryside, that moved to Wales to start again. Of hair that's free and refuses to stay put no matter how much I used to will it straight. Of Christmas filled with noise and of laughter and debates. From a Northern soul and a Jamaican heart came three children born of love. I am mixed race. Dual heritage. Biracial. And I am whole" – via Instagram.
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