Karen Malina White

Karen Malina White is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Kaneesha Carter in the 1989 drama film Lean on Me, Charmaine Brown during the two final seasons on The Cosby Show (1990, 1992) and its spin-off A Different World (1992, 1993), Nicolette Vandross on Malcolm & Eddie (1996, 2000), and as the voice of Dijonay Jones on the Disney Channel animated comedy The Proud Family (2001, 2005) and its 2022 Disney+ reboot The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.