Leslie Grace
Leslie Grace Martínez (born January 7, 1995) is a Dominican American singer-songwriter and actress.[1][2] She starred as Nina Rosario in Jon M. Chu's In the Heights (2021).[2] She was the youngest woman in the world to top the Latin Airplay chart.[3] Her first hit was "Will U Still Love Me Tomorrow?"[3] She was going to play Batgirl/Barbara Gordon in the cancelled DC Extended Universe HBO Max movie Batgirl.[4][5]
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| Birth name | Leslie Grace Martínez |
| Born | January 7, 1995 The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Origin | Davie, Florida, U.S. |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2009–present |
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| Website | lesliegrace |
Early Life
Martínez was born on January 7,1995 in New York.[6] Her family lived in the Bronx.[6] She had six older brothers and sisters.[6]
She moved to Davie, Florida when she was ten years old and then raised there. She is a Dominican American.[2]
Career
Martínez always liked performing. She started working as a singer. Her first album was released in 2009. It was called Pasión.
Martínez was the youngest female artist to have a number one hit on the Latin Airplay Chart and Billboard Tropical Songs chart.[3][6] In 2012 she was seventeen years and nine month old when "Will U Still Love Me Tomorrow?" became popular.[3] She was the fourth youngest person overall. She was only older than Pablo Portillo, Florentino Primera, and Luis Miguel.[2]
She received three Latin Grammy Award nominations for her music.[4] The first was for her 2013 album, Leslie Grace.[6]
Martínez's first acting role was the movie In the Heights.[7] She played Nina Rosario.[6]
Martínez then landed the part of Batgirl.[8] She will be in the new Batgirl movie that will be released in 2022.[8] For this movie, she had to learn to fight.[8] Her teacher, Ming Qiu, taught her fighting skills.[8]
References
- ↑ "CD Baby – Leslie Grace". CDBaby.com. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 McCarthy, Esther (2021-06-17). "In the Heights: Leslie Grace on Her Staring Role in the Lin-Manuel Miranda Story". Irish Examiner – via ProQuest.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ramirez, Rauly (2012-10-16). "Leslie Grace Youngest Woman To Top Latin Airplay Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Couch, Aaron; Kit, Borys (July 21, 2021). "'Batgirl' Casts 'In The Heights' Star Leslie Grace as Superhero". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ↑ Roiz, Jessica; Roiz, Jessica (2021-10-06). "'Bachatica' & 'Batgirl': Leslie Grace Talks First Solo Song in Five Years & 'Fight-Training' For Movie Role" (in en-US). Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/leslie-grace-bachatica-batgirl-interview-9641384/. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Leslie Grace Talks Humble Beginnings and Larger-Than-Life Hollywood Roles (Exclusive) | Entertainment Tonight". www.etonline.com. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ↑ Roiz, Jessica; Roiz, Jessica (2021-06-09). "Leslie Grace & Melissa Barrera of 'In the Heights' Obsess Over Broadway Classics: Watch" (in en-US). Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/in-the-heights-leslie-grace-melissa-barrera-video-9584830/. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Roiz, Jessica; Roiz, Jessica (2021-10-06). "'Bachatica' & 'Batgirl': Leslie Grace Talks First Solo Song in Five Years & 'Fight-Training' For Movie Role" (in en-US). Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/leslie-grace-bachatica-batgirl-interview-9641384/. Retrieved 2022-03-01.