Gillian Iliana Waters (also known as Gillian Iliana White) is an American actress. She is the wife of American actor and martial artist Michael Jai White.
Wiki/Biography
Gillian Iliana Waters was born on Thursday, January 16, 1975 (45 years old in 2020), in Los Angeles, California. Her star sign is Capricorn. She grew up in Altadena, California.
Gillian Eliana Walters childhood photo
She graduated with honors from the John Muir High School Early College Magnet School in Pasadena, California. She wanted to be an FBI agent and received a scholarship from the Los Angeles Police Department to attend Howard University to study Justice Administration; however, she changed her mind and majored in Human Communication with a minor in Theatre Arts at Howard University.
appearance
Height: 5′ 7″
Eye color: dark brown
Hair color: Black (dyed blonde)
Family and Race
She is of African American, Blackfoot Indian, and Irish descent.
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name is Victor Waters and her mother’s name is Cheryl Waters.
Gillian Iliana Waters and her parents
She has an older sister named Heather Linden Kodama and a younger brother named Lamar A Waters.
Gillian Iliana Waters’s sister
Gillian Iliana Waters and her brother
Husband, Relationship and Children
On January 18, 2005, she married Antonio Brown. She and Brown have two daughters: Alaia Waters (born in 2001) and Niahla Waters (born in 2008). In 1997, she first met actor Michael Jai White at a party. They broke up after less than a year of dating, but remained friends. Gillian and Michelle began dating again in 2012. On July 3, 2015, she married Michael Jai White in Thailand.
Gillian Iliana Waters and Michael Jai White wedding photos
She has three stepchildren from Michael’s previous marriage to gynecologist Courtney Chatman: two stepsons named Devin White (born 1990) and Jai Jordan White (born 1995), and one stepdaughter named Morgan Michelle White (born December 24, 2008).
Michael Jai White and his children
Gillian Iliana Waters and Michael Jai White with their daughter
Profession
In 1996, she made her debut in the music video for the song “Hey Lover” by American rap artist LL Cool J and the band Boyz II Men.
She subsequently played “Dr. Dre’s wife” and tango partner in Dr. Dre’s music video “Been There, Done That” (1996).
She made her television screen debut as the character of “Rhonda” in the TV series Martin (1996).
She has appeared in television series such as Malcolm & Eddie (1997), The Wayans Brothers (1996-98), Ally$$ (1998), Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998), For Your Love (1999), Xena: Warrior Princess (2000), The Parkers (20001), My Wife and Kids (2002), The Ghost Whisperer (2005), Days of Our Lives (2007), The Exes (2014), Strange Angels (2018), NCIS: Los Angeles (2019), Black-ish (2020), The Oval (2020), and In the Cut (2020). She made her screen debut as “Shante” in the film How to Be a Baller (1997).
Gillian Iliana Waters, How to Be a Ball Player (1997)
She has appeared in films such as Jackie Brown (1997), The Breaks (1999), Bamboozled (2000), Sister’s Keeper (2007), Back Then (2012), Cops and Robbers (2017), Welcome to Sudden Death (2020), Take Back (2021) and The Hit.
Facts/Trivia
- She was affectionately called “Jill” by her family and close friends.
- In high school, she was a student-athlete and a player in basketball and baseball.
Gillian Iliana Waters high school athlete photo
- In 2019, she made her debut as a co-producer on the film Outlaw Johnny Black.
- She loves dogs very much and has a pet dog.
Gillian Iliana Waters and her pets
Categories: Biography
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