Person Details

Birthday: 1971-01-11 04:28:49

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: The Bronx, New York, Stato di New York, Stati Uniti

Homepage: http://www.maryjblige.com/

Movie Involvements: 55

TV Involvements: 17


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, Free Online Encyclopedia: Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist. She started her career as a backing singer on Uptown Records in 1989. She has released 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige has sold over 80 million records, has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and has also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its second original song "Mighty River" for Mudbound; she also received a nomination for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. In 1992, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?. Her 1994 album My Life is among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[4] and Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. As of 2018, Blige has sold 80 million records worldwide. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. In 2017, Billboard magazine named her 2006 song "Be Without You" as the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and over 75 weeks on the chart. In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. ln 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in "The 100 Greatest Women in Music" list.

Most Famous Work

American Idol
Average
5

American Idol

(2002) Self - Guest
Intimate Portrait
Average
5

Intimate Portrait

(1993) Self
Top of the Pops
Average
7

Top of the Pops

(1964) Self
Classic Albums
Average
8

Classic Albums

(1997) Self
MTV Video Music Awards
Average
8
Ghost Whisperer
Average
8

Ghost Whisperer

(2005) Jackie Boyd
How to Get Away with Murder
Average
8
Power Book II: Ghost
Average
8

Power Book II: Ghost

(2020) Monet Stewart Tejada

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Jackie Peace
2023 Self
Self (archive footage)
Self - Host
2022 self
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self - Guest
Rosy (voice)
Self
N/A
2021 Self (archive footage)
Self
Dinah Washington
Self
Self (archive footage)
2020 Doctor Monroe
Nina
Monet Stewart Tejada
Renee Lomito-Smith
Queen Essence (voice)
2019 Self - Guest
Cha-Cha
2018 Self
Self
Irene (voice)
Evil Commander
2017 Self
Florence Jackson
Self
Herself
2015 Self
Evillene
Herself
N/A
Self
Sherry Elliot
Self (archive footage)
Self
Angie
2014 Self
Rolanda
2013 Self
Herself
Platinum Fro
Dr. Betty Shabazz
2012 Justice
Self
2011 Self
2010 N/A
Self - Panelist
Self (uncredited)
Self
2009 Self
Tanya
Self - Guest
N/A
Self
Self
2007 N/A
Self
2006 Self
Mary J. Blige
2005 Jackie Boyd
N/A
Self
2004 Self - Musical Guest
Herself
Self
Self
Self (voice)
Self
2003 N/A
Self
Special Guest Vocalist
Self
Guest
Self - Guest
2002 Self - Guest
2001 Guardian Angel
Herself
Self - Guest
Mom
Self
2000 Self - Guest Appearance
Mary J. Blige
1999 Self - Guest star
Self - Performer
1998 N/A
1997 Self - Guest
Self
Self
N/A
1996 N/A
Self
N/A
1994 N/A
Self
1993 Self
1992 N/A
N/A
1990 N/A
1989 Self
1988 Self
1984 Self
1975 Self - Musical Guest (uncredited)
Self - Musical Guest
1974 Self - Musical Guest
1968 N/A
1964 Self
1959 Self
1952 Self
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Executive Producer
2023 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Writer
Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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