Disney Wiki
Register
Disney Wiki
(Editing a gallery)
(Editing a gallery)
(13 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 2: Line 2:
 
|image = Heather-headley-picture-2.jpg
 
|image = Heather-headley-picture-2.jpg
 
|name = Heather Headley
 
|name = Heather Headley
|born = [[October 5]], [[1974]] (age 44)<br>Barataria, [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
+
|born = [[October 5]], [[1974]] (age 45)<br>Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago
|nationality = [[File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg.png|20px]] Trinidadian<br>[[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
+
|nationality = [[File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.png|20px]] Trinidadian<br>[[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
 
|occupation(s) = Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress
 
|occupation(s) = Singer, songwriter, record producer, actress
 
|years active = [[1997]]-present
 
|years active = [[1997]]-present
Line 12: Line 12:
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
In [[1997]], she originated the role of [[Nala (The Lion King)|Nala]] in ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'', the Broadway musical. Headley's performance was well received, and she then originated the [[Aida (character)|title role]] in the Broadway adaptation of ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'', earning the [[Wikipedia:Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Tony Award for Best Actress]] in [[2000]]. She sang in a duet with fellow R&B singer Kenny Lattimore in the end title version of "[[Love Will Find A Way|Love Will Find a Way]]" from ''[[The Lion King II: Simba's Pride]]''.
 
In [[1997]], she originated the role of [[Nala (The Lion King)|Nala]] in ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'', the Broadway musical. Headley's performance was well received, and she then originated the [[Aida (character)|title role]] in the Broadway adaptation of ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'', earning the [[Wikipedia:Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical|Tony Award for Best Actress]] in [[2000]]. She sang in a duet with fellow R&B singer Kenny Lattimore in the end title version of "[[Love Will Find A Way|Love Will Find a Way]]" from ''[[The Lion King II: Simba's Pride]]''.
  +
 
==Disney Role==
 
==Disney Role==
  +
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery>
 
Nalac.JPG|'''[[Nala]]'''<br>(''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'' musical)
+
Nalac.JPG|'''[[Nala]]'''<br>(''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]''; musical)
  +
Kitendo.png|'''[[Fikiri]]'''<br>(''[[The Lion Guard]]'')
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  +
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Headley, Heather}}
 
[[Category:1970s births]]
 
[[Category:1970s births]]
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:People]]
 
[[Category:Females]]
 
[[Category:Females]]
[[Category:American stage actors]]
 
 
[[Category:Aida]]
 
[[Category:Aida]]
 
[[Category:The Lion King]]
 
[[Category:The Lion King]]
[[Category:American film actresses]]
 
[[Category:American musical theatre actors]]
 
 
[[Category:Singers]]
 
[[Category:Singers]]
 
[[Category:Songwriters]]
 
[[Category:Songwriters]]
 
[[Category:Actresses]]
 
[[Category:Actresses]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Headley, Heather}}
 
 
[[Category:The Lion Guard]]
 
[[Category:The Lion Guard]]
 
[[Category:Disney Junior Actors and Actresses]]
 
[[Category:Disney Junior Actors and Actresses]]
 
[[Category:Producers]]
 
[[Category:Producers]]
[[Category:African American actors]]
+
[[Category:African American people]]
 
[[Category:Voice actresses]]

Revision as of 00:00, 16 July 2020

Heather Headley is a Trinidadian-American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress who has won one Tony Award and one Grammy Award.

Career

In 1997, she originated the role of Nala in The Lion King, the Broadway musical. Headley's performance was well received, and she then originated the title role in the Broadway adaptation of Aida, earning the Tony Award for Best Actress in 2000. She sang in a duet with fellow R&B singer Kenny Lattimore in the end title version of "Love Will Find a Way" from The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

Disney Role