Karen Malina White

Personal context

Summary

Karen Malina White is an actor known for Lean on Me, The Cosby Show, A Different World, Malcolm & Eddie, and voicing Dijonay Jones in The Proud Family. Her work includes black family and college settings, as well as comedy and drama across television, film, and theater. White has said that seeing a dark-skinned black woman on screen helped her imagine acting as a possibility, and that representation matters for black and brown girls. No public record of party campaigning, political donations, or activist affiliations is evident.