Keisha (Nash) Whittaker (1972 - 2023)

Born 8 Mar 1972 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Keisha Nash Whitaker was an actress, model, producer, and co-creator of Kissable Couture, a luxury cosmetics line.

Keisha Nash was born 8 Mar 1972. She was a graduate of Lynn Classical High School in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Keisha was an actor and model who met actor Forrest Whitaker on the set of the 1994 film Blown Away after she was cast to play Whitaker’s character's girlfriend. The couple married in 1996 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and had two daughters together, Keisha also had a daughter from a previous relationship.

In 2018, Whitaker filed for divorce from Keisha after 22 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce was finalized in 2021.

Keisha was also the creator of Kissable Couture, a luxury cosmetics line she started with makeup artist A.J. Crimson.

Keisha died in December 2023.

Sources

• Newspaper: "Massachusetts, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current"
  The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 16/ Apr/ 2009; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/443961867/?article=b59786b0-4ef7-11ed-9d6d-1e299e97d0e8&xid=4635 &terms=Keisha_Nash_Whitaker
  Ancestry Record 50048 #4570137926 (accessed 8 December 2023)
  Name: Keisha Nash Whitaker; Residence Date: 16 Apr 2009; Residence Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Newspaper Title: The Boston Globe.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_One_in_a_Million_Baby_Name_Book/wU44gqA3zsEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=keisha+nash+whitaker&pg=PA25&printsec=frontcover

• Obituary: Forest Whitaker's Ex-Wife, Actress Keisha Nash, Dead at 51, 7 Dec 2023. People.com.