Tabitha Brown (actress)

Tabitha Brown
Brown in 2013
Born
Tabitha Bonita Thomas[1]

(1979-02-04) February 4, 1979 (age 45)[2]
Eden, North Carolina, U.S.
EducationMiami International University of Art & Design
Occupations
  • Actress
  • social media personality
  • entrepreneur
  • author
Years active2002–present
Spouse
Chance Brown
​
(m. 2003)​
Children2
Websiteiamtabithabrown.com

Tabitha Bonita Brown (née Thomas; born February 4, 1979) is an American actress, Emmy winning host, social media personality, entrepreneur, & author. She creates online video content incorporating veganism, humor and motivational speaking. Brown has over 5 million followers on TikTok and over 4.2 million followers on Instagram as of March 2023. She has been described by HuffPost as "America's Mom"[3] and her content has been characterized by critics as being "comforting"[4] and "calming".[5][6][7][8][9] She is the host of the Food Network’s first plant-based cooking competition It’s CompliPlated and host of the Emmy winning YouTube children’s show Tab Time.[10]

Born in North Carolina, Brown studied fashion briefly before leaving school to pursue acting. After developing chronic pain and fatigue, Brown switched to a vegan diet to help with relief. She created her TikTok account in 2020 and began amassing followers shortly thereafter.

Brown has appeared in television shows such as The Chi and Good Morning America. In 2021, Brown was awarded the Outstanding Social Media Personality title at the NAACP Image Awards. Her first book, Feeding the Soul (because it's my business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love and Freedom, was published the same year, and she published her first cookbook, Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations, the next. In 2023, she won the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Host.

  1. ^ "Resume – Tabitha Bonita Brown". Nowcasting.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. ^ Tabitha Brown [@IAmTabithaBrown] (February 4, 2019). "It's my birthday!!!! Feb 4th [...] Omg I'm 40 THANK YOU..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Finley, Taryn (May 3, 2020). "How TikTok Star And Actor Tabitha Brown Is Becoming America's Mom". HuffPost. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Shapiro, Ari (May 20, 2020). "Viral Vegan Influencer Makes Comforting TikTok Videos During The Pandemic". NPR. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Abrams, Margaret (July 17, 2020). "Why Tabitha Brown is TikTok's best chef to follow". Evening Standard. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Jackson, Leigh-Ann (June 27, 2020). "She came to L.A. for fame. 20 years later, this auntie is a bonafide TikTok star". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
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  10. ^ Ifeanyi, KC (April 1, 2023). "How Tabitha Brown is building an entertainment empire based on joy". Fast Company.