Faith Evans
Born: 1973-06-10 in Lakeland, Florida, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B. Sure and Christopher Williams, she became the first female artist to be contracted with Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment recording company during 1994, for which she released three platinum-certified studio albums between the years 1995 and 2001. During 2003, she ended her relationship with the company to contract with Capitol Records. Other than her recording career, Evans is known as the widow of New York rapper Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, whom she married on August 4, 1994, a few weeks after meeting at a Bad Boy photoshoot. The turbulent marriage resulted in Evans' involvement in the East Coast-West Coast hip hop feud, dominating the rap music news at the time, and ended with Wallace's murder in a yet-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles, California during March 1997. A 1997 tribute single featuring Puff Daddy and the band 112, named "I'll Be Missing You", became Evans' best-selling song to date and won her a Grammy Award during 1998. Also an avocational actress and writer, Evans made her screen debut in the 2000 musical drama Turn It Up by Robert Adetuyi. Her autobiography Keep the Faith: A Memoir was released by Grand Central Publishing during 2008 and won a 2009 African American Literary Award for the Best Biography/Memoir category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Faith Evans, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2021
- Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell as Self - Christopher's Wife
2020
- True to the Game 2 as Self
- Hopelessly in Love: Faith Evans and Notorious B.I.G. as Faith Evans
2019
- The Masked Singer as Self
2017
- Girls Trip as Faith Evans
- Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story as Self
- Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G. as Self
- Taraji's White Hot Holiday Special as Self
2016
- Marvel's Luke Cage as Faith Evans
- Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party as Self
2015
- Celebrity Family Feud as Self
- Taraji's White Hot Holidays as Self
2012
- R&B Divas as Herself
2011
- Soul Kittens Cabaret as Bad Conscience
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2003
- The Fighting Temptations as Maryann Hill
2002
- Half & Half as Asia
- Last Call with Carson Daly as Self
2000
- Turn It Up as Natalie
1999
- Teen Choice Awards as Self
- Heartbreak Hotel as Faith Evans
1997
1994
- Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin as self