Actor.

A former high school star athlete, an actress, a health and fitness advocate, a wife and a mother, Gillian White personifies the notion that women can indeed have it all.

On January 16, in Los Angeles, California, a rising star was born. Gillian’s rare beauty rests in the unique blend of her African American, Irish and Blackfoot Indian descent. From the very beginning, Gillian had a natural passion for entertaining and athletics. In middle school and high school, Gillian starred in several stage productions. She was also an active cheerleader and star player and captain for her basketball team at John Muir High School. As an honors student, Gillian excelled academically and in 1992, she left Los Angeles and headed east to the prestigious HBCU Howard University in Washington, D.C. where she studied Human Communication with a focus on Interpersonal Relations and Dramatic Arts.

At the age of 19, Gillian’s captivating allure caught the eye of famed music video director, Hype Williams and the budding model was cast to star as LL Cool J’s love interest in the music video for his hit single, Hey Lover, featuring Boyz II Men. The video’s heavy rotation and mass appeal would not only make Gillian an on-campus sensation, but ultimately a star.

Not long after, Gillian landed her first big role on the big screen in Russell Simmons How To Be A Player, opposite comedian Bill Bellamy. In just a few months, Gillian’s rising star earned her a big part on the hit sitcom, Martin, where she gained many more fans playing Rhonda, Cole’s snobby girlfriend.

Career on fire, Gillian would go on to guest star on other hit television shows, including The Wayans Brothers, The Parkers, My Wife & Kids, Malcolm & Eddie, Ghost Whisperer and For Your Love. She also appeared in the major motion pictures, Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown and Spike Lee’s Bamboozled. In 2000, Gillian starred as the Amazon warrior, Amoria in the long running, hit series Xena: Warrior Princess. By 2007, she garnered a recurring role as the love-to-hate villain, China Lee on the hit daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives. In 2015, Gillian guest starred on Nick at Nite’s The Exes, TV One’s Love That Girl and Nickelodeon’s hit show Sam & Cat, where she played the top MMA fighter, Rita Rooney.

In 2016, Gillian returned to the big screen as the female lead in Sony Pictures Never Back Down: No Surrender playing a top publicist for a big fight organization opposite acting veterans Esai Morales and Michael Jai White.

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With more recent guest starring role on ABC’s Black-ish, and a recurring role on CBS’s longtime running soap opera The Young and The Restless, as well as roles on NCIS, In The Cut and Strange Angel, Gillian can also be seen playing the role of the sole female psycho terrorist in the Universal Pictures action film Welcome To Sudden Death premiering on Netflix, where she has a major fight scene doing her own martial arts stunts. She also played the heavy recurring role of US Press Secretary Diane Wilmont on Tyler Perry’s BET White House TV drama The Oval (Season 1 and 2) and took on the task of Associate Producer on her husband’s highly anticipated comedy western Outlaw Johnny Black under their production company Jaigantic Studios.

Released June 18th, 2021 was Gillian’s first major lead role in the 101 Films International action thriller Take Back. Gillian plays the role of Zara, a lawyer whose quiet small-town life with her husband and daughter is disrupted when her secret past catches back up to her, her daughter is kidnapped by sex traffickers and Zara must fight to save her daughter’s life. Also starring Mickey Rourke, this film makes history by making Gillian the first African American female lead martial arts action star.

Adding more action to her resume in 2022, Gillian guest stars as an underground MMA fight champion in the Warner Bros pilot for the FOX network, The Cleaning Lady.

Gillian also just completed starring in the new action drama The Island with her husband, Michael set for release in 2023. Gillian White is definitely one to watch. Her versatility from dramatic and comedic acting roles to kicking ass in action films not

only shows her talent, but her incredible wide range as an actress.

Gillian currently resides in Los Angeles, CA with her husband, fellow actor and action film star and martial artist, Michael Jai White and their three beautiful daughters, Alaia, Niahla and Morgan. She trains daily in martial arts and boxing.

Television. Film. Commercials.…Drama. Comedy. Action.  I DO IT ALL. 😉

Coming soon in Fall 2023- Recurring Guest Star on Season 2 of a hit TV drama on BET+ and look out for the new action drama film The Island (2023) also starring Michael Jai White (Spawn, The Dark Knight) and Jackson Rathbone (The Twilight Saga) July 21st.