Heather Headley (born October , ) is a Trinidadian-American singer,
songwriter, record producer, and actress. She won the Tony Award for
Best Actress in a Musical for the titular role of Aida. She also won
the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for her album
Audience of One. In , she recurred as Gwen Garrett on the NBC medical
drama television series Chicago Med.Headley was born in Trinidad, the
daughter of Hannah and Eric Headley (Barbadian). In , she moved to
Fort Wayne, Indiana in the United States at the age of fifteen with
her mother and brother Eric Junior when her father was offered a job
as pastor of McKee Street Church of God with headquarters in Anderson,
Indiana. Headley attended Northrop High School, and was a member of
their resident show choir, Charisma, and starred as Fanny Brice in the
school's production of Funny Girl. After graduating from Northrop High
School, Headley attended Northwestern University from to , to study
communications and musical theatre until the last day of her junior
year, when she made the decision to become a part of the musical
Ragtime and drop out of school.In , Headley married Brian Musso, an
investment advisor who briefly played for the New York Jets. Both
attended Northwestern University. On December , , they welcomed their
first child John David. Headley had her second son Jordan Chase August
, . In April , the couple welcomed a third child, a daughter.
songwriter, record producer, and actress. She won the Tony Award for
Best Actress in a Musical for the titular role of Aida. She also won
the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album for her album
Audience of One. In , she recurred as Gwen Garrett on the NBC medical
drama television series Chicago Med.Headley was born in Trinidad, the
daughter of Hannah and Eric Headley (Barbadian). In , she moved to
Fort Wayne, Indiana in the United States at the age of fifteen with
her mother and brother Eric Junior when her father was offered a job
as pastor of McKee Street Church of God with headquarters in Anderson,
Indiana. Headley attended Northrop High School, and was a member of
their resident show choir, Charisma, and starred as Fanny Brice in the
school's production of Funny Girl. After graduating from Northrop High
School, Headley attended Northwestern University from to , to study
communications and musical theatre until the last day of her junior
year, when she made the decision to become a part of the musical
Ragtime and drop out of school.In , Headley married Brian Musso, an
investment advisor who briefly played for the New York Jets. Both
attended Northwestern University. On December , , they welcomed their
first child John David. Headley had her second son Jordan Chase August
, . In April , the couple welcomed a third child, a daughter.
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