| Gina Belafonte | |
| Birth Date: | 8 September 1961 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, US |
| 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, 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. 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 | class=unsortable | Notes | class=unsortable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Beat Street | Elizabeth | [5] | |||
| 1988 | Bright Lights, Big City | Kathy | [6] [7] | |||
| Tokyo Pop | Holly | [8] | ||||
| 1989 | 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 | class=unsortable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | All My Children | Polly | 1 episode | |
| 1991â1993 | 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" | ||