Heather Headley(I)

Actress
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Three South Carolina women, best friends since high school, shepherd one another through the complexities of romance, career and family.

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Sweet Magnolias (2020– )

Won a 2000 Tony Award for Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a Musical for her role in "Aida". Released her debut album in 2002, "This is who I am". Moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana at age 15. As a student in university, she performed at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, in "Dreamgirls" and "The World Goes Round". Is of Trinidadian descent.

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Awards
- 1 win & 5 nominations

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Known for

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

5.9

Rosa Negra Singer

2004

Respect

6.6

Clara Ward

2021

Sweet Magnolias

7.3

TV Series

Helen Decatur

The Lion King

8.8

Nala

1997

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Actress

Sweet Magnolias
7.3
TV Series
- Helen Decatur
- 2020–2023
Respect
6.6
- Clara Ward
- 2021
Chicago Med
7.6
TV Series
- Gwen Garrett
- 2018–2021
The Lion Guard
6.4
TV Series
- Fikiri (voice)
- 2019
She's Gotta Have It
6.9
TV Series
- Dr. Clara Jamison
- Dr. Jamison
- 2017–2019
Breakin' All the Rules
5.6
- Heather Headley
- 2004
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
5.9
- Rosa Negra Singer
- 2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Cookbook
8.2
Video
- Pocket Queen
- 2001
Kenny Lattimore & Heather Headley: Love Will Find a Way
Music Video
- Heather Headley
- 1998
The Lion King
8.8
- Nala
- 1997

Soundtrack

Respect
6.6
- performer: "When the Saints Go Marching in", "We're Marching to Zion"
- 2021
The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2
7.1
TV Special
- performer: "You'll Be in My Heart"
- 2020
The Lion Guard
6.4
TV Series
- performer: "As You Move Forward"
- 2019
She's Gotta Have It
6.9
TV Series
- performer: "I Wish I Wasn't"
- 2017
The 70th Annual Tony Awards
8.1
TV Special
- performer: "Mysterious Ways"
- 2016
Getting Played
4.6
TV Movie
- performer: "Fallin' For You"
- writer: "Fallin' For You"
- 2005
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
5.7
- performer: "Ain't It Funny"
- 2005
Breakin' All the Rules
5.6
- performer: "He is"
- 2004
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
5.9
- performer: "Represent - Havana Nights", "Represent Cuba"
- 2004
The 55th Annual Tony Awards
6.9
TV Special
- performer: "Summertime"
- 2001
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
- performer: "He Touched Me", "Elaborate Lives"
- 2001
Golden Dreams
6.2
Short
- performer: "Just One Dream"
- 2001
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride
6.4
Video
- performer: "Love Will Find a Way"
- 1998

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- Heather Headley
Height
- 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
Born
- October 5, 1974
- Barataria, Trinidad, West Indies
Spouse
- Brian MussoSeptember 6, 2003 - present (3 children)
Other works
Album: "This Is Who I Am".
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- 1 Article

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Trivia
Mother, with husband Brian Musso, of two sons, John David Musso (b. December 1, 2009) and Jordan Chase Musso (b. August 18, 2014), and one daughter (b. April 2019).