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Erykah Badu

Erykah Badu

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 26, 1971 (54)
Birthplace Dallas, Texas, USA
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Sep 13, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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, cer ... ebral 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. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

Filmography

The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson

2024

as Lucille

What Men Want

What Men Want

2019

as Sister

The Land

The Land

2016

as Turquoise

They Die by Dawn

They Die by Dawn

2013

as Stagecoach Mary

House of D

House of D

2005

as Lady / Bernadette

The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules

1999

as Rose Rose

Blues Brothers 2000

Blues Brothers 2000

1998

as Queen Moussette

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Hargrove

Hargrove

2022

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Hand of God

as April

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 28, 2014

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 25, 1992

All That

as Self - Musical Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 16, 1994

New York Undercover

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1994

VERZUZ

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 2020

MTV Unplugged

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 26, 1989

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

The Chris Rock Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 07, 1997

Chappelle's Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 2003

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

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