Changes: Heather Headley

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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.

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+{{Infobox Real Person
-|name = Heather Hedley
+|image = Heather-headley-picture-2.jpg
+|name = Heather Headley
-|born = October 5, [[1974]] (age 38)<br>
-Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago
+|born = [[October 5]], [[1974]] (age 45)<br>Barataria, Trinidad and Tobago
+|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
+|years active = [[1997]]-present
-|years active = [[1997]]–present}}'''Heather Headley''' (born October 5, 1974) is a Trinidadian-American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has won one Tony Award and one Grammy Award.
+|spouse = Brian Musso ([[2003]]-present)
+|children = John
+}}'''Heather Headley''' is a Trinidadian-American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress who has won one [[Wikipedia:Tony Award|Tony Award]] and one [[Wikipedia:Grammy Award|Grammy Award]].
 ==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 title role in the Broadway adaptation of ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'', earning the Tony Award for Best Actress in 2000. {{DEFAULTSORT:Headley, Heather}}
+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]]''.
-[[Category:1974 births]]
+==Disney Role==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
+Nalac.JPG|'''[[Nala]]'''<br>(''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]''; musical)
+Kitendo.png|'''[[Fikiri]]'''<br>(''[[The Lion Guard]]'')
+</gallery>
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Headley, Heather}}
+[[Category:1970s births]]
 [[Category:People]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Females]]
-[[Category:American stage actors]]
 [[Category:Aida]]
 [[Category:The Lion King]]
-[[Category:American film actors]]
+[[Category:Singers]]
-[[Category:American musical theatre actors]]
+[[Category:Songwriters]]
+[[Category:Actresses]]
+[[Category:The Lion Guard]]
+[[Category:Disney Junior Actors and Actresses]]
+[[Category:Producers]]
+[[Category:African American people]]
+[[Category:Voice actresses]]