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Angie Stone
ActorBorn December 18, 1961 (63 years)
Angie Stone (born Angela Laverne Brown, December 18, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, and has won two Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. In 2021, she received the Soul Music Icon Award at the Black Music Honors.
She rose to fame in the late 1970s as member of the hip hop trio The Sequence. In the early 1990s, she became a member of the R&B trio Vertical Hold. Stone would later release her solo debut Black Diamond (1999) on Arista Records, which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and spawned the single "No More Rain (In This Cloud)".
After transitioning to J Records, she released her second album, Mahogany Soul (2001), which included the hit single "Wish I Didn't Miss You"; followed by the albums Stone Love (2004) and The Art of Love & War (2007), her first number-one album on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
She ventured into acting in the 2000s, making her film debut in the 2002 comedy film The Hot Chick, and her stage debut in 2003, in the role of Big Mama Morton in the Broadway musical Chicago. She has since appeared in supporting roles in films and television series as well as several musical productions, including VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club and TV One's R&B Divas, and movies such as The Fighting Temptations (2003), Pastor Brown (2009) and School Gyrls (2010).
She rose to fame in the late 1970s as member of the hip hop trio The Sequence. In the early 1990s, she became a member of the R&B trio Vertical Hold. Stone would later release her solo debut Black Diamond (1999) on Arista Records, which was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and spawned the single "No More Rain (In This Cloud)".
After transitioning to J Records, she released her second album, Mahogany Soul (2001), which included the hit single "Wish I Didn't Miss You"; followed by the albums Stone Love (2004) and The Art of Love & War (2007), her first number-one album on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
She ventured into acting in the 2000s, making her film debut in the 2002 comedy film The Hot Chick, and her stage debut in 2003, in the role of Big Mama Morton in the Broadway musical Chicago. She has since appeared in supporting roles in films and television series as well as several musical productions, including VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club and TV One's R&B Divas, and movies such as The Fighting Temptations (2003), Pastor Brown (2009) and School Gyrls (2010).
Filmography
| 2021 | Entanglement · as Sadie |
| 2019 | BET Her Presents: The Waiting Room (TV Series) · as Zola |
| 2018 | Behind the Movement · as Soloist |
| 2016 | To Love the Soul of a Woman · as Ursula Sanders |
| 2016 | Saints & Sinners (TV Series) · as Rowena |
| 2015 | Love N Success · as Deion's Mom |
| 2015 | In The Cut (TV Series) · as Thelma |
| 2014 | My Other Mother · as Delores |
| 2014 | Where's the Love? · as Wife One |
| 2014 | Ride Along · as Market Shopper |
| 2013 | Scary Movie V · as Kendra's Cousin |
| 2013 | Caught on Tape · as Diane |
| 2013 | Dreams · as Marlene |
| 2012 | The Rickey Smiley Show (TV Series) · as Crazy Skate Attendant |
| 2012 | A Cross to Bear · as Sunshine |
| 2012 | Wonder Girls · as Betty Charleston |
| 2010 | Baby Mama's Club · as Mrs. Jackson |
| 2009 | School Gyrls · as Headmaster Jones |
| 2009 | Pastor Brown · as Rick Fredericks |
| 2006 | Lincoln Heights (TV Series) · as Octavia |
| 2003 | The Fighting Temptations · as Alma |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) |
| 2002 | The Hot Chick · as Madame Mambuza |
| 2001 | Candy Dulfer - Live in Amsterdam · as Vocals |
| 2000 | Girlfriends (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Moesha (TV Series) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Guest |