Jennifer Holliday

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Broadway performer actress human singer

Jennifer Holliday is an American singer and actress best known for originating the role of Effie White in the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" and delivering its iconic showstopper "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going."

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Label Occurrences
Jennifer Holliday canonical 12
Jennifer Holliday (workshop/early versions association) 1
Jennifer Holliday won Tony Award for Dreamgirls performance including this song 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway performer ⓘ
actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
broadwayShow Dreamgirls ⓘ
Your Arms Too Short to Box with God ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1960-10-19 ⓘ
debutOnBroadway 1981 ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Holliday ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
gospel music ⓘ
soul ⓘ
givenName Jennifer ⓘ
GrammyAwardFor And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
surface form: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
hasDiscographyEntry Feel My Soul ⓘ
surface form: Feel My Soul (album)

I'm On Your Side ⓘ
surface form: I'm On Your Side (album)

On & On (album) ⓘ
Say You Love Me (album) ⓘ
The Song Is You (album) ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.thejenniferholliday.com/ ⓘ
hasRecording Feel My Soul ⓘ
I'm On Your Side ⓘ
Say You Love Me ⓘ
influencedBy gospel music tradition ⓘ
knownFor originating the role of Effie White in the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls" ⓘ
performing the song "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
medium recorded music ⓘ
stage ⓘ
television ⓘ
name Jennifer Holliday self-link ⓘ
notableAppearance original Broadway production of "Dreamgirls" ⓘ
notableSong And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going ⓘ
notableWork Dreamgirls original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
surface form: Dreamgirls
occupation actress ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
religiousBackground Christian (gospel-influenced) ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
TonyAwardFor performance as Effie White in "Dreamgirls" ⓘ
vocalType powerful belter ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls version) → originalStagePerformer → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
Effie White → portrayedBy → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going → originalPerformer → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going → performedBy → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going → recordedBy → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going → awardsContext → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jennifer Holliday won Tony Award for Dreamgirls performance including this song
Dreamgirls (song) → performer → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
I Want to Know What Love Is → featuresBackingVocals → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
Jennifer Holliday → name → Jennifer Holliday self-link ⓘ
I Am Changing → originalPerformer → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
I Am Changing → notablePerformer → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
I Am Changing → recordedAsSingleBy → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
Dreamgirls (1981 Broadway musical) → notableOriginalCastMember → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
Deena Jones → portrayedBy → Jennifer Holliday ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jennifer Holliday (workshop/early versions association)