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Erykah Badu
Actor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born February 26, 1971 (53 years)
Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), better known by her stage name Erykah Badu, is an American recording artist, record producer and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo soul sub-genre, and for her eccentric, cerebral musical stylings and sense of fashion. She is known as the "First Lady of Neo-Soul" or the "Queen of Neo-Soul".
Early in her career, she was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday. She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a range of supporting roles in movies such as Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House Rules, and House of D, she is also very prominent in the documentary film Before the Music Dies.
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Early in her career, she was recognizable for wearing very large and colorful headwraps. For her musical sensibilities, she has often been compared to jazz great Billie Holiday. She was a core member of the Soulquarians, and is also an actress having appeared in a number of films playing a range of supporting roles in movies such as Blues Brothers 2000, The Cider House Rules, and House of D, she is also very prominent in the documentary film Before the Music Dies.
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Filmography
| 2024 | The Piano Lesson · as Lucille |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Auction Attendee |
| 2019 | What Men Want · as Sister |
| 2016 | Legends of Chamberlain Heights (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2016 | |
| 2014 | Hand of God (TV Series) · as April |
| 2013 | They Die by Dawn · as Stagecoach Mary |
| 2011 | Black Dynamite (TV Series) · as Fatback Taffy |
| 2011 | Re: Generation · as Cast |
| 2009 | Say My Name · as Cast |
| 2004 | House of D · as Lady / Bernadette |
| 2003 | Chappelle's Show (TV Series) |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules · as Rose Rose |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 · as Queen Moussette |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) |
| 1994 | New York Undercover (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |