Tabitha Bonita Brown (née Thomas; born February 4, 1979) is an American actress, Emmy winning host, social media personality, entrepreneur, & author.

[10] Born in North Carolina, Brown studied fashion briefly before leaving school to pursue acting.

[12][11][13] 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.

[7] After failing to land as a TV actress, Brown spent five years working at a Macy's in Century City.

[14][7] Six months after the move to California, Brown began traveling between North Carolina and Los Angeles to care for her mother who had developed ALS.

[12][17] In late 2017, Brown was running out of disability insurance funds, which led to her becoming an Uber driver in October 2017,[9] in order to make ends meet as a "struggling"[18] part-time actress.

[15] 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.

[9][15] In early March 2020, she created a TikTok account on which she began sharing vegan recipes, cooking tips, family moments, and encouraging advice, amassing 2 million followers in the space of five weeks.

[27] In 2022, William Morrow published Brown's debut cookbook Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations.

[31] Essence magazine reported Brown went on a two-week book tour that ended with a final appearance at the Regent Theatre in Los Angeles.

[45] In 2025, Target announced their decision to end several diversity equity and inclusion programs that had been created as a response to the murder of George Floyd.