Age: 33
female
Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a pop icon and an influential figure in popular music, Grande is known for her four-octave vocal range, which extends into the whistle register. Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, 39 Guinness World Records, and ten MTV Video Music Awards. She began her career as a teenage actress by appearing in the Broadway musical 13 (2008). She rose to fame as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and its spin-off series Sam & Cat (2013–2014). Grande signed with Republic Records and released her retro-pop and R&B-influenced debut studio album, Yours Truly (2013), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. She blended pop, R&B, and electronic on her second and third albums, My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016), which both achieved international success and contained the singles "Problem", "Break Free", "Bang Bang", "One Last Time", "Into You" and "Side to Side". Personal struggles influenced Grande's trap-infused albums Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019). The former won Grande her first Grammy award, while the latter garnered US number-one singles "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings", and made her the first solo artist to occupy the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100. She subsequently achieved the most number-one debuts in Hot 100 chart history with the title track of her sixth album, Positions (2020), as well as the collaborations "Stuck with U" and "Rain on Me". After a musical hiatus, Grande released her seventh album, Eternal Sunshine (2024), which yielded the US number-one singles "Yes, And?" and "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)". She returned to film acting with the political satire Don't Look Up (2021) and received critical praise for her portrayal of Glinda in the fantasy musical Wicked (2024), earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Ariana Grande
Lucia Ferrero (Lucy Ferris)
for Lucia Ferrero (Lucy Ferris) in La Luce
Suggested by mr95
Boca Raton, 1954. She came from Naples with a voice and a suitcase. Miami didn't know what to do with either. A period romance set in 1954 Florida, La Luce follows Lucia Ferrero, 22, the daughter of a Neapolitan immigrant family who arrived in Boca Raton when Lucia was eight. She is a nightclub singer of extraordinary talent playing the small clubs of the Florida Italian-American community — too good for the rooms she plays, unable to access the rooms she deserves because those rooms are not for people who look like her world. When Miami's most important club owner hears her sing at a private party, the opportunity arrives — but it comes with conditions she didn't plan for, including a management situation that requires her to perform as 'Lucy Ferris' (Anglicized, sanitized) and an entanglement with Marco, a musician from Chicago who plays the club's orchestra and who loves her for the voice she performs and the person behind it simultaneously. The film is a celebration of mid-century Italian-American culture, a love letter to Florida's musical history, and an examination of what it costs to make yourself legible to an industry that prefers a version of you to you. Act One — The Community Hall Lucia singing for the Italian community, for free, for the love of it. The private party. Sid Marsh in the back of the room. Act Two — Lucy Ferris The Miami club. The Anglicized name. Marco watching her perform and watching her perform performing simultaneously. Act Three — Lucia The name on the marquee that matters. The film ends in Italian.
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