Gillian White
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Gillian White is an actress and soundtrack born in Los Angeles, CA to parents of African-American, Blackfoot Indian and Irish descent. She was a star basketball player, Homecoming Queen and honors student in high school. After receiving a scholarship from the LAPD to attend Howard University, she changed her major to Human Communication and minored in Dramatic Arts. She has been in the business for over 20 years, starting with music videos and then moving on to television and feature films. Her favorite roles to date are playing the Amazon warrior, Amoria, on Xena: Warrior Princess and the recurring villain, China Lee Arvin on Days of Our Lives. She married her best friend and fiancé, actor, director and martial arts star, Michael Jai White in a lavish ceremony in Thailand. They have two daughters from her previous marriage and three stepchildren from their new marriage. They are quickly becoming Black Hollywood's newest IT couple due to their very public loving relationship that focuses on their family, health & fitness, upcoming projects and their genuine happiness together.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day January 19, 2016
Birth Place  Los Angeles, California, United States
Age 8 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Aquarius

💰 Net worth: $12 Million (2024)

Gillian White, an acclaimed Actress and Soundtrack artist in the United States, is reported to have a substantial net worth of around $12 Million by 2024. With her remarkable talent, dedication, and versatility in the entertainment industry, Gillian White has made a significant impact on both the big screen and the music scene. Her talent and hard work have not only earned her critical acclaim but also financial success. As her career continues to flourish, it comes as no surprise that Gillian White's net worth is expected to continue its upward trajectory in the years to come.

Biography/Timeline

1959

She studied at the University of Auckland from 1959–62, and Victoria University of Wellington in 1963, graduating BMus Hons in 1964. She then studied composition at the University of Sydney with Peter Sculthorpe from 1964–65, graduating MMus in 1966. That same year she attended a composition course given by Peter Maxwell Davies in Adelaide and in 1967 travelled to England to continue studying with him.

1969

She worked in London composing and copying music for two years and then with the assistance of a New Zealand Arts Council grant worked in Portugal and Italy from 1969-70. For the next seven years she continued freelance composing, principally based in the UK. Her first opera Tristan and Iseult was composed in 1975 and premiered in 1978. From 1978-80 she held an English academic post, having been during that time Composer in Residence for Northern Arts attached to Newcastle University.

1981

In 1981 she returned to New South Wales, to join the staff of the Composition School at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She was for four years Head of Composition there, before taking early retirement in 1996.

1999

Currently she divides her time between Sydney and Dunedin. In 1999 her opera, Outrageous Fortune, won the SOUNZ Contemporary Award and she was honoured with membership to the New Zealand Order of Merit.

2000

In 2000, she became one of the inaugural Artist Laureates of the New Zealand Arts Foundation and is now a governor of the organisation. During 2000 and 2001 she was Composer in Residence at the Auckland Philharmonia and her major orchestral work, The Improbable Ordered Dance, written during the Residency won the 2001 SOUNZ Contemporary Award.

2008

In the Queen's Birthday 2008 Whitehead was appointed as a Distinguished Companion of The New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music.

2009

In 2009 titular honours of 'Dame' and 'Sir' were restored to the New Zealand Royal Honours System. In the Special Honours 2009 Whitehead accepted the offer to redesignate the Distinguished Companion to a Dame Companion which included the appellation of 'Dame'.

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