Persia Jessica White born October 25 1972 is a Bahamasborn American actress singer and musician White is perhaps best known for her role as Lynn Searcy on the UPN sitcom Girlfriends which originally aired from 2000 until 2008 White is also a member of the band XEO3 and a solo singer who released her debut album Mecca in 2009 She is also known for her role as Abby Bennett Wilson in The Vampire Diaries 20122017 Description above from the Wikipedia article Persia White licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia