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Nona Gaye
Born	September 17, 1974 (1974-09-17) (age 35)1 Washington, D.C2
Occupation	Singer, Fashion Model, Actor

Nona Marvisa Gaye (born on September 17, 1974) is an African American singer, former fashion model, and screen actress. The daughter of soul music legend Marvin Gaye and granddaughter of jazz great Slim Gaillard, she began her career as a vocalist in the early 1990s, moving into acting in the 2000s.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life and career 1.2 Later career 2 Filmography 3 Awards/nominations 4 Discography 4.1 Albums 4.2 Singles 5 References 6 External links

Biography

Early life and career

Gaye is the only daughter of singer Marvin Gaye and wife Janis Gaye. She is Marvin's second child - her brother Marvin III (sometimes referred to as Marvin Gaye, Jr.) was from Gaye's first marriage while her younger brother Frankie was born within a year after her. As a baby, Nona was brought out on stage by her father during a concert. At eight, she formally introduced her father on Soul Train during a tribute episode to the singer.

Nona released her first album, Love for the Future, on Atlantic Records in 1992, a month after her 18th birthday. The album featured the top 20 hit "I'm Overjoyed" as well as "The Things That We All Do For Love". The following year, Nona was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. She signed to Ford Modeling Agency in 1994, and became the new face of Armani.

For three years, Gaye both collaborated with and dated singer-songwriter Prince (his stage name at that time being an unpronounceable symbol). During this time, she recorded at least 4 known songs with him. A duet, "1000 Hugs and Kisses" and solo track, "Snowman" are currently unreleased, but have made their way into circulation amongst fans. Another duet, "Love Sign", was released on the 1-800-NEWFUNK compilation album in 1994, along with another track with no Prince contribution, "A Woman's Gotta Have It". Gaye provided backing vocals on "We March" for Prince's 1995 album, The Gold Experience, and on the title track to the Girl 6 soundtrack, released in 1996. Gaye has candidly admitted that during this time she had a long personal battle with drug abuse which she successfully kicked in 1996.³

In addition to these projects, she starred in a Prince-produced European TV special called The Beautiful Experience, consisting of a loose storyline to promote new material from Prince (most of which would be released at some point over the next few years). She was also mentioned on the track "Return of the Bumpsquad", on the New Power Generation album, Exodus, as wanting "to sell her tape", indicating a possible album's worth of material with Prince.

Later career

Nona appeared alongside other artists to re-record and release her father's single, "What's Going On" for AIDS research in 2001. The same year, she began her acting career, debuting in Michael Mann's Ali. In 2002, she replaced Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash shortly after the filming of the Matrix sequels began, for the role of Zee, the wife of Harold Perrineau Jr.'s character Link.

At one point, she worked with R. Kelly on two as-yet-released singles, "Work It" & "Just Because", which interpolates the Gap Band's "Oops Upside Your Head".

In July 2006, Gaye was added to the cast of Law & Order: Criminal Intent as a replacement for Courtney B. Vance as the new Assistant District Attorney. However, just as the series began production for its sixth season,⁴ she left the show, citing "creative differences". Gaye was replaced by Theresa Randle, who left after filming only two shows.

In 2008, three previously recorded tracks by Nona appeared for sale at AmieStreet.com in EP form. The EP was titled "Language of Love" and contains the tracks "Quarter To Three" and "Midas Lover", along with the title track.

Filmography

• Harlem Nights (1989)
• Ali (2001)
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
• The Polar Express (2004)
• XXX: State of the Union (2005)
• Crash (2005)
• The Gospel (2005)
• Blood and Bone (2009)

Awards/nominations

• Black Reel Awards
  • 2006, Best Actress: The Gospel (Nominated)
  • 2002, Best Supporting Actress: Ali (Winner)

• Image Awards
  • 2004, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: The Matrix Revolutions (Nominated)

Discography

Albums

• Love For The Future (Third Stone/Atlantic, 1992)
• Language of Love (AmieStreet.com, 2008)

Singles

• "I'm Overjoyed" (Third Stone/Atlantic, 1992)
• "Things We All Do For Love" (Third Stone/Atlantic, 1993)
• "Love Sign (duet with Prince)" (NPG, 1994)

References

External links

• Nona Gaye at the Internet Movie Database
• Nona Gaye at Allmusic

v • d • e Marvin Gaye Studio albums The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye (1961) · That Stubborn Kinda Fellow (1962) · When I'm Alone I Cry (1964) · Hello Broadway (1964) · How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You (1965) · A Tribute to the Great Nat "King" Cole (1965) · Moods of Marvin Gaye (1966) · In the Groove/I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968) · M.P.G. (1969) · That's the Way Love Is (1970) · What's Going On (1971) · Let's Get It On (1973) · I Want You (1976) · Here, My Dear (1978) · In Our Lifetime (1981) · Midnight Love (1982) · Dream of a Lifetime (1985) · Romantically Yours (1986) · Vulnerable (1997) Duet albums Together (1964) · Take Two (1966) · United (1967) · You're All I Need (1968) · Easy (1969) · Diana & Marvin (1973) Other albums Marvin Gaye Recorded Live on Stage (1963) · Trouble Man (1972) · Marvin Gaye Live! (1974) · Live at the London Palladium (1977) · Marvin Gaye at the Copa (2005) Singles (US/UK Top Ten singles) "Pride and Joy" · "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" · "I'll Be Doggone" · "Ain't That Peculiar" · "Your Precious Love" · "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You" · "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" · "You're All I Need to Get By" · "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" · "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" · "Abraham, Martin & John" · "The Onion Song" · "That's the Way Love Is" · "What's Going On" · "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" · "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" · "Trouble Man" · "Let's Get It On" · "Come Get to This" · "You Are Everything" · "Got to Give It Up" · "Sexual Healing" Family Marvin Gay, Sr. · Alberta Gay · Anna Gordy Gaye · Frankie Gaye · Janis Hunter Gaye · Nona Gaye · Gordon Banks Related topics Discography · Songs · Albums · Songs by Marvin Gaye · Albums produced by Marvin Gaye · Marvin Gaye vocalists · Death · Harvey Fuqua · The Moonglows · Tammi Terrell · Leon Ware · Marvin's Room