BLACK CHILD ACTORS WHO DISAPPEARED FROM THE SPOTLIGHT: Where Are They Now?

[Music] [Music] back in the 90s and 2000's it seemed like black children were taking over the acting world if you're in my age demographic which is 20s to early 30s you probably grew up watching these young actors and you are probably curious about what they're up to today here's what happened to some of these young black actors and actresses [Music] we all remember Troy from the 90s Spike Lee film Crooklyn Troy was the independent only daughter of woody and Carolyn Carmichael she was played by a young actress from New York by the name of Zelda Harris after Crooklyn Zelda made appearances on the baby-sitters club and another Spike Lee film he got game and a few small roles on television but she didn't really have gigs after 2002 in 2007 she graduated from Princeton University and today she's focused on her music and is the lead vocalist in her band Zelda and the lo-lo's [Music] oh and she can play the hell out of a saxophone too [Music] she's also still good friends with her Crooklyn co-star that played mini the Puerto Rican girl with the pigtails played by T Asha rains you know you're not supposed to call mommy's drawers [Music] many of us remember Parker McKenna Posey as Katie Kyle on my wife and kids from 2001 to 2005 after the show she had a number of minor roles on TV until 2019 when she joined the cast of the BT drama series games people play that was her first major role since my wife and kids her Instagram followers started inflating when people realized that she was the little girl for my wife and kids who was all grown up now as for her personal life she recently had a relationship with a youtuber that ended in a domestic dispute she was granted a restraining order which required him to stay at least 200 feet away from her [Music] do you guys remember Jodie and Yvette son Jojo from baby boy they're all grown up now and I say day because Jojo was actually played by twins named khylin and Kaylin Bolton baby boy looks like it was their only acting role according to the internet but I did find an audition tape of the two which indicates that they wanted to continue their acting careers the Los Angeles natives now live in Texas since they're both in the US Army now and one of them is even married with a kid you either remember Vanessa baton from Gullah Gullah island or as Keenan's little sister Kyra on Kenan & Kel and this is my boyfriend can I already know cow oh yeah well when after 1997 Vanessa sorta faded into obscurity she graduated from Florida State University with a degree in sociology and in media productions with a minor in English today she's a writer and producer and has starred in webseries that she wrote and produced herself recently she won a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance in the web series titled Giants she is now a wife and mother from dr. Dolittle to the proud family Kyla Pratt is one of the most memorable young actors of her time and you're watching Disney Channel like many other child stars she started her acting career at a young age Kyla appeared in so many shows and movies like Barney the baby-sitters club Fat Albert and love and basketball and she landed starring roles on the UPN sitcom one on one and Disney Channel's proud family when Kyla became an adult her acting career slowed down a bit she took time to enjoy her life privately and quietly gave birth to her two daughters born in 2010 and 2013 we didn't even know that you were trying to keep it a secret I wasn't trying to keep it a secret I just decided that I didn't want to announce anything I have a lot of girlfriends in the industry who have had babies already and they deal with such negativity whether they were married or not married with the guy yeah and I just didn't want to deal with it and I feel like being pregnant is supposed to be the happiest time of your life and you don't know so at least you had your family yeah why are you hiding it I'm like I wasn't hiding anything I went to Disneyland eight months pregnant I'm like I wasn't in the house watching paint dry like I was hanging out I had a huge baby shower with like 200 people I was doing everything huge it just I just asked people to respect my privacy and not post pictures and then I died tell the public when I felt like it like there's my personal after her hiatus she returned to television and was cast as a recurring character in the BEP romantic comedy let's stay together and had a lead role on the ABC Family drama recovery road and she is set to have a voiceover role in lin-manuel Miranda's animated film VEVO Kimani Griffin's most notable roles were Bobby in the sitcom all of us and been in daddy daycare he always played the role of an adorable child on screen and had many voiceover gigs in movies like Happy Feet rise of the guardians and most recently Sofia the first the talent clearly runs in a family because his younger sister Anila plays the role of Zola on Grey's Anatomy now as an adult Kimani is pursuing a higher education and is a member of his school's Speech and Debate team you may remember Elisha Allen as Lindsay from are we there yet or School of Rock some of you probably may not even know that she was the voice of the side-table drawer on the children's television series Blue's Clues over you to invite you to our she even had roles in out of the box and Sesame Street after are we there yet Alicia took time to focus on her academics and earned herself a Bachelor of Arts degree and a master's in communication science and disorders now know there's a lot more child actors that y'all are curious about but don't worry because I will be making more parts to this video so go ahead and drop some names in the comments below make sure you click that notification bell so that you can be notified when we do upload that video make sure you like this video and subscribe for more content [Music] you

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Length: 8min 50sec (530 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 09 2019