Heather Headley is a Trinidadian-born American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the titular role of Aida. She also won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for her album ‘Audience of One.’ In 2018, she recurred as Gwen Garrett on the NBC medical Drama television series Chicago Med, but that is only part of her story.
Headleys’ 2002 debut album titled “This Is Who I Am” included two songs, “He Is” and “I Wish I Wasn’t,” that placed on the Top 5 R&B and Dance charts. The album also landed her two Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
Between 2002 and 2012, Headley would go on to release three more albums including 2006’s “In My Mind,” 2009’s “Audience of One” and 2012’s “Only One In The World.” Naturally, she landed even more Grammy nominations and other accolades.
In 2019, Headley was cast as one of the three leads in the Netflix series Sweet Magnolias, and in 2021, Headley starred as gospel legend Clara Ward in ‘Respect, the Aretha Franklin Biopic.
Heather Headleys’ “In My Mind” is now a RNTV Noire Classic that we hope you will enjoy.
