Girlfrieds- Unaired Pilot (1999) Before Girlfriends became the iconic series we know, its unaired pilot had a very different cast lineup. In that early version, Leslie Silva played Toni Childs and Christina Cox played Lynn Searcy. By the time the show officially launched in 2000, those roles were recast with Jill Marie Jones as Toni and Persia White as Lynn—completing the powerhouse quartet alongside Tracee Ellis Ross and Golden Brooks. It’s one of those fascinating “what if” moments in TV histo