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Andra Day
Spokane, Washington, USA
Cassandra Monique Batie (born December 30, 1984), known professionally as Andra Day, is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and actress. She is the recipient of various a…
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Cassandra Monique Batie (born December 30, 1984), known professionally as Andra Day, is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Children's and Family Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, along with nomination for an Academy Award. In 2015, she released her debut album, Cheers to the Fall. At the 2016 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best R&B Album and the single, "Rise Up", was nominated for Best R&B Performance. To promote "Rise Up", she performed the song on The View, earning a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for the performance. Day also appeared alongside Stevie Wonder, who is partially credited for her discovery, in an ad for Apple TV in late 2015. In 2020, Day became one of the most-requested artists among Jazz Joy and Roy Global Radio listeners. In 2021, Day made her acting debut with her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels' biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Day received the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for the film's accompanying soundtrack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andra Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2025
Is This Thing On?
Movie Christine
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2025
Hollywood Squares
TV show Self
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2024
A Motown Christmas
Movie Self
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2024
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Movie Aisha
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2024
The Deliverance
Movie Ebony Jackson
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2023
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
TV show Athena
- 2023
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Bel-Air
TV show Andra Day
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2021
We the People
TV show (voice)
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2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Movie Billie Holiday
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2021
Women Who Make History
Movie Self
- 2021
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2020
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
Movie Self
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2020
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV show Self
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2020
One World: Together at Home
Movie Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Desus & Mero
TV show Self
- 2018
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2018
American Idol
TV show Self
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2017
Marshall
Movie Minton's Singer
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2017
Cars 3
Movie Sweet Tea (voice)
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2017
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Movie Self - Performer
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2016
Letter to the Free
Movie
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2016
Greatest Hits
TV show Self
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
The Real
TV show
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2007
Inas Nacht
TV show Self
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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1997
The View
TV show Self - Guest
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1996
The Daily Show
TV show Self
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1992
Morgenmagazin
TV show Self
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1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV show Self - Guest
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1959
The Grammys
TV show Self
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
