Gina Belafonte | |
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Born | New York City, New York, US | September 8, 1961
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Father | Harry Belafonte |
Gina Belafonte (born September 8, 1961) is an American actress, film and stage producer, and civil rights activist. The youngest daughter of singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte, [1] she has appeared in such films as Bright Lights, Big City , Tokyo Pop (both 1988), and BlacKkKlansman (2018). Belafonte served as a producer on Sing Your Song , a 2011 documentary film about her father. She co-founded The Gathering for Justice, a nonprofit organization whose aim is to end child incarceration and eliminate the racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and is the CEO of Sankofa.org, a nonprofit founded by her father. [1]
Belafonte was born on September 8, 1961, at Mount Sinai Hospital [2] in New York City, New York, to Harry Belafonte and his then-wife Julie Robinson Belafonte. [1] As a young child, she visited Africa as well as the West Indies. [3] At age six, Gina Belafonte attended the Ethical Culture School in New York City alongside her brother David. [4]
Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1984 | Beat Street | Elizabeth | [5] | |
1988 | Bright Lights, Big City | Kathy | [6] [7] | |
Tokyo Pop | Holly | [6] [8] | ||
1989 | Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring | Narrator | Short documentary film | [9] |
1996 | Kansas City | Hey-Hey Club Hostess | ||
1998 | Operation Splitsville | Bernice | ||
2011 | Sing Your Song | Self | Documentary film; also producer | [10] |
2016 | Courting Des Moines | Senator Gina Piccollo | ||
2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Gina B. | ||
2024 | The Lost Holliday | Meredith Clayton-Perrineau |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1987 | All My Children | Polly | 1 episode |
1991–1993 | The Commish | Carmela Pagan | 33 episodes |
1997 | Duckman | Wanda | Voice role; episode: "Aged Heat 2: Women in Heat" |
Johnny Bravo | Newscaster / Computer | Voice roles; episode: "Hip Hop Flop/Talk to Me, Baby/Blanky Hanky Panky" | |