Cast & creator
Andra Day
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Cassandra Monique Batie (born December 30, 1984), known professionally as Andra Day, is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Grammy Award, a Children's and Family Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe Award, along with nomination for an Academy Award. In 2015, she released her debut album, Cheers to the Fall. At the 2016 Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Best R&B Album and the single, "Rise Up", was nominated for Best R&B Performance. To promote "Rise Up", she performed the song on The View, earning a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for the performance. Day also appeared alongside Stevie Wonder, who is partially credited for her discovery, in an ad for Apple TV in late 2015. In 2020, Day became one of the most-requested artists among Jazz Joy and Roy Global Radio listeners. In 2021, Day made her acting debut with her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lee Daniels' biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Day received the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for the film's accompanying soundtrack. Description above from the Wikipedia article Andra Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
27
television credits
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1944–2025 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (46)
Showing 46 of 46 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Musical Guest
2015
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Morgenmagazin
Self
1992
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
The Drew Barrymore Show
Self
2020
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Athena
2023
The Real Daytime
2014
American Idol
Self
2018
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest Judge
2010
Inas Nacht
Self
2007
The Oscars
Self
1953
Cars 3
Sweet Tea (voice)
2017
Desus & Mero
Self
2019
Bel-Air
Andra Day
2022
Hollywood Squares
Self
2025
The Deliverance
Ebony Jackson
2024
Is This Thing On?
Christine
2025
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
2021The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Songs
2021
Marshall
Minton's Singer
2017
We the People
(voice)
2021Greatest Hits
Self
2016
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
Self - Performer
2017
Twenty Eighteen Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2018
The Grammys
Self
1959
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Aisha
2024
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
Self
2023Don't Go Gentle
Tanya Jenkins
Don't Go Gentle
Executive Producer
Letter to the Free
2016
The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
Self
2020The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey
Self
2021Women Who Make History
Self
2021The Honest Liar
A Motown Christmas
Self
2024