Headley sings the end title song of Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride with Kenny Lattimore. She again garnered rave reviews for her stirring and soulful vocals which led to appearances on David Letterman, Rosie O'Donnell, and other nationally syndicated television talk shows. Next came Broadway, originating the role of 'Nala' in Disney's groundbreaking smash musical sensation The Lion King. As the understudy for 'Sara,' she garnished critical acclaim for her performances. While attending the prestigious Northwestern University program for theatre and music, Heather auditioned for and won a role in the original production of the Tony Award-winning Ragtime. Heather has been enthralled by music and singing since the age of two, captivated by the distinct island rhythms of her native Trinidad. The ten largest countries by population, 1900 to 2100Įnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.HEATHER HEADLEY is the recent recipient of the American Theatre Wings 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, preceded by the New York critics’ Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Musical, and an Outer Critics Award nomination.Reading Josephus and the New Testament in sync.
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She does want to return to Broadway but it will be hard for her to top her own performance in “Aida”. She wants to make music that helps people through uncertain times, that people can still listen to ten years from now. So despite her amazing voice, her songs are somewhat flat and her success has been good but not great. She sleeps in Mickey Mouse pyjamas and even her marriage is happy. But because she lives in a dream come true, she cannot even begin to sing about the brokenness of life, like Billie Holiday or even Faith Evans. Her singing voice is sweet and powerful and her songs express her experience of life. In Trinidad she did not even know about Broadway. She went on to win a Tony as best actress.Īfter “Aida”, Headley became an R&B singer, which was her long-time dream. After singing before the heads of Disney, she got the part of the Nubian princess, the lead female. She was the first Nala.ĭisney had another show in the works, “Aida”. She said yes and never looked back.Īfter only six months on Broadway Disney wanted her to be the female lead in a new Broadway show they were putting together, “The Lion King”. She never got her university degree: the Broadway play “Ragtime” asked her if she wanted to become Audra McDonald’s understudy. She won the title of Miss Indiana Black Expo (1991) and was a star singer at high school and later at Northwestern University near Chicago, where she studied music. When she was 15 she came to America: her father got a position at a church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. When she was 11 she fell in love with the music of Ella Fitzgerald and learned to sing like her. She would sing even when the church was empty, imagining there was an audience. She grew up singing in her parents’ church, the Barataria Church of God. It keeps her grounded and down to earth.Įver since she was a little girl she wanted to be a singer. She is an old-fashioned girl from Trinidad, a pastor’s daughter who takes her Christian faith seriously. Both People and Ebony magazines have put her in their lists of the most beautiful people.Īs beautiful as she is, you will never see her half-naked on the cover of a magazine. West Indian women with high cheekbones are just the sort of women I go for. She is also an R&B singer of middling success whose best-known songs so far are “He Is” (2003), “I Wish I Wasn’t” (2003) and “In My Mind” (2005).Īccording to this blog she is the ninth most beautiful woman in the world and the fourth most beautiful black woman. Heather Headley (1974- ) is a singer and actress from Trinidad who is best known for appearing in “Aida” on Broadway, for which she won a Tony in 2000.
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