# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jennifer-holliday
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:13:44.444Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jennifer-holliday"
name: "Jennifer Holliday"
slug: "jennifer-holliday"
description: "Jennifer Yvette Holliday is an American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–1981) and Dreamgirls (1981–1983), and later became a successful recording artist. She is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls number and rhythm-and-blues/pop hit, \"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going\", for which she won a Grammy Award in 1983. She also won a 1982 Tony Award for Dreamgirls."
tagline: "American actress and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jennifer_Holliday_6.27.2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1960-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           63.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.288864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3050
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/LadyJHOLLIDAY"
    handle:    "LadyJHOLLIDAY"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/JenniferHollidaydiva"
    handle:    "JenniferHollidaydiva"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391057/"
    handle:    "nm0391057"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ju2ZxMe9yBOnt1MkWo32t"
    handle:    "2ju2ZxMe9yBOnt1MkWo32t"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChKHQfj9dznX2s9iOc4dw5g"
    handle:    "Jennifer Holliday - Topic"
    followers: 3050
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84%D8%A9)"
    title: "جينيفر هوليداي (ممثلة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "چينيفير هوليداى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جنیفر هالیدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cennifer_Hollidey"
    title: "Cennifer Hollidey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C"
    title: "جنیفر هالیدی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday_(chanteuse)"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday (chanteuse)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Холлидей, Дженнифер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%8F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%98"
    title: "Џенифер Холидеј"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Holliday"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8F%8D%E5%A6%AE%E5%BC%97%C2%B7%E9%9C%8D%E5%88%A9%E8%BF%AA"
    title: "珍妮弗·霍利迪"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/52a315e2-5bf1-49fe-b666-fca924c8a0d4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q439626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1224850"
    title: "Jennifer Holliday"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump