Aaliyah was raised by her father, mother and brother Rashad Haughton in Detroit. At age 9 she appeared on "Star Search" (1983), the TV program and sang "My Funny Valentine", a song which her mother had sung years earlier. At age 11, she sang with Gladys Knight in a five-night stint in Las Vegas. In 1992, she began to work on her debut album with the help of singer R. Kelly. The album, "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number" was released in 1994 and received heavy praise.
[12] Grande played the character Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television show Victorious, which premiered March 2010. Grande was also featured in Dream Magazine as the cover girl for the August 2011 issue. [14] In 2011, Ariana voiced an animated fairy, Princess Diaspro, on the Nickelodeon series Winx Club and starred as Snow White along with Charlene Tilton and Neil Patrick Harris in the Pasadena Playhouse production of A Snow White Christmas on December 13–23, 2012. [15]
Katarina Jernberg 11/9/11 8C -101 J.M.J Penelope Cruz Sanchez Essay Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born April 28, 1974 to mother Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser and personal manager, and father Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and auto mechanic. She was born and raised in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain. Penelope was the oldest of three siblings; Eduardo, a singer, and Monica, an actress. Penelope owns a clothing store in Madrid and designed jewelry and handbags with her sister for a company in Japan. Cruz started an actress career when she was 15 years old.
Jennifer Lopez Born July 24, 1969, in the Bronx, New York, Lopez began her career as a dancer, appearing in stage musicals and various music videos. In 1990, she won a national competition and earned a spot dancing on the popular Fox comedy television series, "In Living Color," as one of the "Fly Girls." A series of small acting jobs followed, including parts in two more series and a TV movie, Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7, in 1993. Lopez's first feature film was the critically acclaimed Mi Familia, or My Family, in 1995. She also appeared in Money Train (1995), opposite Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson and in Jack (1996), directed by Francis and starring Robin Willson.
Selena was born on 16 April 1971 in Lake Jackson, Texas, USA to Abraham Quintanilla jr and Marcella quintanilla.Selena's father opened a Mexican restaurant in lake jackson.Selena was 9 years old when her father notice her gift of singing. He formed a band using only Selena’s vocals, her brother AB on bass, and her sister Suzette on drums. The group was called LOS DINOS [the damage] frequently performed at the restaurant. In 1981 the family moved to Corpus Christi where Abraham started setting his band up for weddings and parties. Selena and Los Dino's biggest surprise came in 1987, when the then 15 year old Selena won the Tejano Music Award for Female Entertainer of the Year.
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer.She is born on December 2,1981 at McComb,Mississippi and was raised in Kentwood,Louisiana.Her first hits were "Baby One More Time" and "Opps....I Did it Again".Britney was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s.When she was 8 years old, Britney and her mom traveled to Atlanta for an audition in the 1990s revival of The Mickey Mouse Club,but got rejected for being to young.Instead Matt Cassella(directed of Mickey Mouse Club) introduced Britney to Nancy Carson,a New York City talent agent.Nancy was impressed with Spears's talents and suggested enrolling her at the Professional Performing Arts School.Britney was hired for her first professional
Demi Lovato was born August 20, 1992 in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was raised in Dallas, Texas. She started acting when she was seven years old on "Barney" as Angela, appearing in seasons seven and eight, along with her childhood friend Selena Gomez. She has three albums, Don't Forget (released in 2008), Here We Go Again (released in 2009), and Unbroken (released in 2011). Demi starred in Camp Rock with the Jonas brothers, and also ended up getting her own TV series called "Sonny With a Chance." In 2012 Demi got hired as a judge on the 2nd season of the X-Factor.
Better remembered as Hannah Montana, Miley continued her acting and singing career away from The Disney Channel. Although Miley Cyrus maintains the same singing and acting abilities; her image has dramatically changed over the years influencing today’s society. Hannah Montana was a popular show in which a normal teenager girl, Miley, would transform into world renown pop-sensation Hannah Montana by night. Miley played Hannah Montana on and off the air, traveling across the globe wearing a blonde wig, performing in front of millions of young girls who were crazy for her. Miley sang songs which related to girls ages 12 and younger.
Gelsey Kirkland Gelsey Kirkland was born to Jack and Nancy Kirkland in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1952. Her father, Jack was a playwright and an alcoholic, and her mother Nancy, was an actress. Having two parents who were so involved with theater, some say that Kirkland was destined for theater. In her autobiography, Dancing on my Grave, Kirkland says that she was “not born a ballerina. I did not emerge from the womb on pointe, nor did I wear a tutu instead of diapers.” However, one could argue otherwise when witnessing the amazing style and grace of this beautiful ballerina.
After she became successful in the modeling business she decided to get into the television. Her first TV appearance was acting as Jackie, Will Smith's ex-girlfriend, on the series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." She's also appeared in the hit movie “Coyote Ugly“. Today Tyra Banks is one of the top models in the world. In 2000, she began executive producing hosting and head judging America's Next Top Model.