Brandy Norwood
Biography
Brandy Norwood is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who started as a backing vocalist for youth groups before signing with Atlantic Records. Born in McComb, Mississippi, into a musical family and raised in Carson, California, she broke through with her debut album Brandy (1994), which produced top-ten singles. She became a television star on the sitcom Moesha from 1996 to 2001, winning an NAACP Image Award, and played the title role in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997). Her second album, Never Say Never (1998), yielded the number-one duet The Boy Is Mine, which won her a Grammy. She appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) and later appeared in Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013), Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023), Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024), and The Front Room (2024). She made her Broadway debut in Chicago in 2015 and released the albums B7 (2020) and Christmas with Brandy (2023).
47years old
Turns 48 on February 11in 120 days
- Born McComb
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Brandy Rayna Norwood (birth name)Also credited as Brandy Rayana Norwood, Bran' Nu, Brandy and B Rocka
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 29 years1997 to 2026
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Big break
Whitney Houston, as producer, chose Norwood for the title character in Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1997 Cinderella, a two-hour Wonderful World of Disney special with a multiracial cast. An estimated 60 million viewers watched, the network's best ratings in that time period in 16 years.
A first
Norwood helped write and produce six tracks for the album, among them "The Boy Is Mine", her first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number 1. The duet with Monica stayed at the top of the Billboard charts for thirteen weeks and won the pair a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
A first
Brandy was the first African American to play Cinderella, in the 1997 television film, a role that later inspired actors such as Keke Palmer.
A role that slipped away
Norwood's first film part came in the slasher movie I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, where she played Karla Wilson, after she withdrew from a role in F. Gary Gray's 1996 release Set It Off.
A first
On Broadway in 2017, Norwood and her co-star Lana Gordan made history in Chicago the Musical as the first black co-leads in the show.
Brandy Norwood movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- I Still Know What You Did Last Summer1998 Horror, Mystery, Thrilleras Karla Wilson
IMDb rating 4.889K votes
Most often with
Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together2 more actors
- Kylie CantrallDescendants: Wicked Wonderland (2026) and Descendants: The Rise of Red (2024)
- Paolo MontalbanDescendants: Wicked Wonderland (2026) and Cinderella (1997)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1996 to 2021, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammy Awards | |||
| 1999 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | Won | |
| 1998 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | The Boy Is Mine | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2021 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album | B7 | Won |
| 2014 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | The Game | Won |
| 2001 | Stellar Awards | Won | |
| 2000 | BMI Film & TV Awards | Won | |
| 2000 | Congress of Racial Equality | Won | |
| 1999 | Teen Choice Award for Choice Music – Female Artist | Won | |
| 1998 | California Music Awards | Won | |
| 1996 | American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Won | |
| 1996 | MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie | Won | |
| 1996 | NAACP Image Award for Outstanding New Artist | Brandy | Won |
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