May whitmann is an American actor she began her career as a child actor starring in the films When a Man Loves a Woman One Fine Day Independence Day and Hope Floats and the television series Chicago Hope and Jag bornn 1988 age 36 years Los Angeles California parents Pat music Jeffrey Whitman May Whitman net worth $5 million early life Whitman was born on June 9th 1988 in Los Angeles California United States the only child of voice actor Pat music and personal manager and set construction coordinator Jeffrey whitmann she attended ribbet academy career early roles Whitman started her career at Age 2 in a voiceover for a Tyson Chicken commercial because she could not read acting Coach Andrew mcaren helped her memorize lines at age five wh made her film debut alongside Meg Ryan and When a Man Loves a Woman 1994 playing Ryan's youngest daughter Casey Green she was chosen for the role over 700 other girls who auditioned in 1996 Whitman appeared in two films Independence Day playing Bill Pullman's daughter Patricia Whitmore and one fine day as George Clint's daughter Maggie Taylor the same year Whitman guest starred in the season 3 episode of Friends the one where Rachel quits between 1996 and 1998 she starred in 17 episodes of the David E Kelly medical drama Chicago Hope later she played Sandra Bullock's daughter Bernice puit in Hope Floats Whitman played the role of Chloe Madison on JAG in several guest appearances from 1998 to 2001 before starring in the Fox Family series State of Grace in that series she portrayed Grace a girl from a Catholic background who befriends Hannah Alia shokat a Jewish girl personal life on August 16th 2021 shortly after the Airing of the AL hus episode knock knock knocking on Hood's door Whitman came out as pansexual via Twitter saying she knows she can fall in love with people of all genders and that she wished there were characters representing people like her when she was growing up she is also open about her struggle with endometriosis which went undiagnosed for 15 years on May 12th 2024 she announced she was pregnant