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It was inevitable that Nona Gaye would become a singer - she is the granddaughter of Cuban jazz great Slim Gaillard, the niece of R&B singer/songwriter Frankie Gaye and the daughter of soul legend Marvin Gaye. Signed to Third/Stone Atlantic at 14, Nona released "Love for the Future" in 1992, which included the top 20 hit "I'm Overjoyed". But it was acting that give Nona a name of her own. With no acting experience and her agents warning her not to get her hopes up, she won the role of Khalilah Camacho Ali in Ali (2001)opposite Academy Award-nominee Will Smith. Nona went on to play Zee in the "Matrix" sequels, replacing singer Aaliyah after her sudden death in a plane crash. In 2004, Nona provided the voice for Hero Girl in The Polar Express (2004), which also starred Tom Hanks. Nona has plans to return to the music studio as well as the silver screen. "My music will always reflect upon my family's legacy or people's expectations," Nona told Interview Magazine in 2001. "But acting's all mine."
BornSeptember 4, 1974
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Nona Gaye Biography
1974–
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Gaye, Nona, photograph.
Nona Gaye found success on film rather than following the career path of her late father, soul singer Marvin Gaye (1939–84). Just nine years old when her father was fatally shot by her grandfather in 1984, Nona Gaye made one record in the early 1990s before vanishing into years of substance abuse. Becoming a parent herself in 1997 forced her into a healthier lifestyle, and she began earning notice for her small but well-executed supporting roles in films such as Ali and The Gospel. She also replaced Aaliyah in the two Matrix sequels after the singer died in a plane crash. "Not only does she have a real presence," Ali director Michael Mann told Hilary Vries in W, "but she also has that rare quality of being able to let an audience know what she's thinking even as she's trying to repress it."
Born on September 4, 1974, Gaye was the product of her father's romance with a 17-year-old, Janis Hunter, whose father was jazz singer Slim Gaillard. At the time of her birth, her father was one of the most successful black recording artists in the world. He came out of the Motown Records hit factory in Detroit in the 1960s, though he often clashed with label founder Berry Gordy to have more artistic con
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