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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 15, 2022 7:48:05 GMT -5
Reba McEntire. During the six season run of her sitcom, she also had multiple country radio hits. She's also in the terrific Tremors from the early 90s, and of course had a successful Broadway stint just before her sitcom. Wow, oddly just a few hours after I posted this, I saw this tweet: That's from Tremors lol
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Post by Juanca on Feb 15, 2022 19:02:29 GMT -5
Olivia Newton-John started her career as an actress, then as a singer, and then Grease came.
Kylie Minogue was a big soap opera star before her pop music career started, and she’d go back to acting intermittently.
Faith Hill has had some successful acting stunts from the Stepford Wives to currently 1883.
Mary J Blige had done some acting in supporting roles especially in the 2010s, and then boom! a huge role in Mudbound.
In Latin America we have several examples, but the most well known are: Thalía, with very successful careers in music and telenovelas. Ricky Martin, from a singer in Menudo to actor/singer in Muñecos de papel, to solo singer, to General Hospital, to English music career.
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Post by dremolus - solarpunk on May 20, 2022 3:48:09 GMT -5
Madonna Janet Whitney Brandy Vanessa Williams Beyonce Diana Ross Aaliyah I know there rest had big roles on TV and movies but what acting gigs did Janet have?
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Post by SabrinaFan on May 20, 2022 9:18:35 GMT -5
Thought of a few more that haven't been mentioned: Sabrina Carpenter - she's still doing acting but it seems her music is the focus they said successful Them's fightin' words lol.
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Post by Au$tin on May 22, 2022 22:48:10 GMT -5
Madonna Janet Whitney Brandy Vanessa Williams Beyonce Diana Ross Aaliyah I know there rest had big roles on TV and movies but what acting gigs did Janet have? Janet was the female lead in Nutty Professor 2 as an adult, for one. That's where "Doesn't Really Matter" comes from, after all. But she was also a child actor with a pretty large role in Good Times in the 70s. I think she also had a recurring role in Diff'rent Strokes (I never saw that one, but I seem to recall reading that before) and was in a Tyler Perry movie.
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Post by jenglisbe on Jun 1, 2022 19:36:18 GMT -5
I know there rest had big roles on TV and movies but what acting gigs did Janet have? Janet was the female lead in Nutty Professor 2 as an adult, for one. That's where "Doesn't Really Matter" comes from, after all. But she was also a child actor with a pretty large role in Good Times in the 70s. I think she also had a recurring role in Diff'rent Strokes (I never saw that one, but I seem to recall reading that before) and was in a Tyler Perry movie. She was also the lead in Poetic Justice, which is where "Again" stemmed from.
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Post by Private Dancer on Jun 2, 2022 1:44:45 GMT -5
I know there rest had big roles on TV and movies but what acting gigs did Janet have? Janet was the female lead in Nutty Professor 2 as an adult, for one. That's where "Doesn't Really Matter" comes from, after all. But she was also a child actor with a pretty large role in Good Times in the 70s. I think she also had a recurring role in Diff'rent Strokes (I never saw that one, but I seem to recall reading that before) and was in a Tyler Perry movie. And Janet played in Fame right before she became famous.
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Post by bjordan on Aug 5, 2022 14:23:43 GMT -5
Y’all have Brandy to add to list. She had a successful singing & acting career for almost 30 years. In 1996, when “Sittin Up In My Room” became a massive hit, Moesha made its debut on UPN on January 23, 1996 when I was about 2 years old.
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Post by big2000 on Aug 30, 2022 12:49:01 GMT -5
Dove Cameron is the latest Disney Channel actress to have a successful music career.
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