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Heather Headley
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It sits within the topics 1974 births, 20th-century American actresses and 21st-century American actresses.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Heather Headley - Audience of One
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Barataria, Trinidad, West Indies
Heather Headley is a Trinidadian-born American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the titular role of Aida. She also won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for her album Audience of One.
Known for
- The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl — Self2025
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Respect — Clara Ward2021
- The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II — Self2020
- Sweet Magnolias — Helen Decatur2020
- American Theatre Wing Centennial Concert2018
- Chicago Med — Gwen Garrett2015
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial — Self2009
- Andrea Bocelli - Live In Tuscany — Self2007
- Breakin' All the Rules — Self (Singer)2004
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1974
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 150,227
- Total plays
- 1,160,588
Tags
Heather Headley (born October 5, 1974) is a Tony Award-winning and Grammy Award-winning R&B singer and actress from Trinidad and Tobago. Headley began playing the music of her native country at a young age, including calypso, reggae and soca. She moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana in the United States at the age of fifteen when her father was offered a job as pastor of McKee Street Church of God (in Anderson, Indiana). After graduating from Northrop High School, Headley attended Northwestern Univers
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Heather
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Place of birth
- Barataria
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Sarah Siddons Award
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- www.heatherheadley.com
- Image
- HeatherHeadley-byPhilipRomano.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1974-10-05
- start of work period
- 1997-00-00
- social media followers
- 234000
- Commons category
- Heather Headley
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