<Tr> <Th> Notable work </Th> <Td> The Color Purple </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> http://desretajackson.com/ </Td> </Tr> <P> Desreta Jackson (born April 19, 1975) is a Virgin Islander actress, producer and entrepreneur . She is best known for her role as Young Celie in the movie The Color Purple . </P> <P> Jackson was born in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and immigrated to the United States at the age of nine . Her family settled in a skid row area of Los Angeles and her mother collected cans to support her . After two years, her mother found housing in South Central Los Angeles . After acting in a scene in a school play, she told her mother that she wanted to take drama classes . Her mother enrolled her in acting classes to keep her away from gang activity where they lived in California . </P>

Who played celie as a child in the color purple