Gina Belafonte

Gina Belafonte is an American actress, film and stage producer, and civil rights activist. The youngest daughter of activist, dancer, Julie Belafonte and singer, actor, and activist Harry Belafonte, she has appeared in such films as Bright Lights, Big City, Tokyo Pop, and BlacKkKlansman. 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 Social Justice, impact production company, founded by her father.

Early life

Belafonte was born on September 8, 1961, at Mount Sinai Hospital 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. At age five, Gina Belafonte attended the Ethical Culture School in New York City alongside her brother David.