American R&B singer (born 1997) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), known professionally as H.E.R. (an acronym for "Having Everything Revealed"), is an American R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She won two Grammy Awards in 2019, another one in 2021 and the Academy Award for Best Original Song also in 2021.
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Birth name | Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson |
Also known as | Gabi Wilson |
Born | Vallejo, California, U.S. | June 27, 1997
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Years active | 2011 –present |
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Website | her-official |
Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson[1][2] was born in Vallejo, California[3] to a Filipina-American mother and an African American father and raised in California's San Francisco Bay Area.[4][5]
Her first album H.E.R. (2017), was nominated for five Grammy Awards, winning Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Album.
Her second album, I Used to Know Her, was nominated for five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year for "Hard Place".
In 2021, she won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "I Can't Breathe" and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Fight for You" from the movie Judas and the Black Messiah with her also winning the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance.
Her debut full-length album Back of My Mind was released in June 2021.
In August 2021, she was cast in the upcoming movie remake version of The Color Purple, playing the role of Squeak.[6][7]
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