Girlfriends, one of the best-loved Black sitcoms of the early aughts, just celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Girlfriends follows the journey of four Black women played by a then-barely known cast — Joan , Golden Brooks Maya , Persia White Lynn , and Jill Marie Jones Toni — navigating everyday encounters within their professional and personal lives in Los Angeles.
Her father is African-American and her mother is of Russian, German, and distant Dutch, descent.