Tabitha Brown (actress)

Brown was born in Eden, North Carolina.[5][11] She was raised in Stoneville, but grew up and did schooling in Eden.[7] She started studying fashion design at Miami International University of Art & Design, but dropped out at age 19 and moved to Laguna Niguel, California.[12] After struggling financially, she returned to North Carolina, this time moving to Greensboro, where she lived for five years.[12][11][13] In Greensboro, she gave birth to her daughter Choyce, her firstborn.[14][15]

In 2002, Brown got a job as the co-host of a local late-night show, where she interviewed celebrities who performed at Greensboro Coliseum Complex.[12] In 2004 she moved with her husband to Los Angeles where she tried out stand-up comedy.[5] After failing to land as a TV actress, Brown spent five years working at a Macy's in Century City.[14][5] After six months of being settled in, Brown began bouncing between North Carolina and Los Angeles to care for her mother who had developed ALS.[12]

Brown had spent three years taking care of her mother.[7] Following her mother's death in 2007,[16] Brown began her career acting small roles in several indie films and direct-to-video films.[12][17] She gave birth to her son, Queston, in 2012.[12][15] Brown consequently developed chronic pain and fatigue and could not work for a year.[12] Brown was introduced to veganism after her daughter had suggested adopting it to help with her recovery.[12][15]

In late 2017, Brown was running out of disability insurance funds, which led to her becoming an Uber driver in October 2017,[7] in order to make ends meet as a "struggling"[18] part-time actress.[16] Her video review from December 2017 of a Whole Foods Market vegan BLT sandwich went viral, after which the company hired her as a brand ambassador to travel the country.[7][16] In early March 2020, she created a TikTok account on which began sharing vegan recipes, cooking tips, family moments, and encouraging advice, amassing 2 million followers in the space of five weeks.[5][6] Brown had also been broadcasting live cooking shows and product reviews on Facebook live since early 2018.[19][20]

In late April 2020, Brown was signed to Creative Artists Agency.[21] In late June 2020, she was also given her own show, All Love, on Ellen Digital Network, a network operated as subsidiary of Ellen Digital Ventures, a collaborative venture between Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros’ Digital Networks.[20][22]

Brown told USA Today about why she believes she failed as an actress in her early career:[23]

For years, I always covered my accent because I was told to. I always wore my hair long and straight because I was told to, always trying to be a certain look to fit in to what I thought Hollywood wanted me to be. I often think that some of the reason I got sick is because I was suffocating the real me.

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