Gina Belafonte (born New York City, September 8, 1961) 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 (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 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.
Partial filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1984 Beat Street Elizabeth 1988 Bright Lights, Big City Kathy Tokyo Pop Holly 1989 Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring Narrator Short documentary film 1996 Kansas City Hey-Hey Club Hostess 1998 Operation Splitsville Bernice 2011 Sing Your Song Self Documentary film; also producer 2016 Courting Des Moines Senator Gina Piccollo 2018 BlacKkKlansman Gina B. 2024The Lost Holliday Meredith Clayton-Perrineau
Television Year Film Role Notes 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"
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