Won a 2000 Tony Award for Best Performance By a Leading Actress in a
Musical for her role in "Aida". Released her debut album in 2002, "This
is who I am". Moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana at age 15. As a student in
university, she performed at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, in
"Dreamgirls" and "The World Goes Round". Is of Trinidadian descent.
Mother, with husband Brian Musso, of two sons, John David Musso (b. December 1, 2009) and Jordan Chase Musso (b. August 18, 2014), and one daughter (b. April 2019).
On September 6, 2003, she married her longtime boyfriend Brian Musso following an eight-month-long engagement. They both attended Northwestern University.