Heather Headley

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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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

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United States

Active from

1974-10-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

150,227

Total plays

1,160,588

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

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Music

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

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