Gina 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.

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 six, Gina Belafonte attended the Ethical Culture School in New York City alongside her brother David.