Cast & creator
H.E.R.
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), known professionally as H.E.R. (pronounced "her" and standing for "Having Everything Revealed"), is an American R&B singer-songwriter. She was born in Vallejo, California, to a Filipino mother and an African American father, and was raised in California's San Francisco Bay Area. She has won an Academy Award, a Children's and Family Emmy Award, and five Grammy Awards, and been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, three American Music Awards, and four Billboard Music Awards. H.E.R. made her acting debut as Belle on Disney musical television special Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration, while she starred as Mary "Squeak" Agnes on the 2023 film adaptation of The Color Purple, directed by Blitz Bazawule, being nominated with the cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and winning a NAACP Image Award.
Also known as: Gabriella Wilson, Having Everything Revealed, Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, Gabi Wilson
34
film credits
22
television credits
45
1953–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
Showing 56 of 56 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Forgotten Island
Jo (voice)
2026Forgotten Island
Songs
2026
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Austin City Limits
Self
1975
The Oscars
Self
1953
People's Choice Awards
Self - Performer
1975
Top Chef VIP
Self - Guest
2022
The Color Purple
Squeak
2023The Color Purple
Songs
2023
All That
Self - Musical Guest
2019
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
Self
2020
Songland
Self
2019
The Six Triple Eight
Songs
2024
Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Belle
2022Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Producer
2022
Judas and the Black Messiah
Songs
2021Judas and the Black Messiah
Lyricist
2021
YES DAY
H.E.R.
2021
Uncle Drew
Songs
2018
We the People
(voice)
2021
SuperFly
Songs
2018
Bruised
Songs
2021
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2021
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
Self
2026
LOUDER: The Soundtrack of Change
Self
2024
School Gyrls
Gabi
2009
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self - Musical Guest
2020
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Self (archive footage)
2022The Majorettes
The Majorettes
Producer
Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Mom
Self
2019
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Self
2024
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Self
2024Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
Self
2020
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
2023
FOX Presents the iHeart Living Room Concert for America
Self
2020
Prime Day Show
Self
2021
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live at River Plate
Self
2023
The Grammys
Self
1959
Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince
Self
2020
Coldplay: Music of the Spheres - Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires
Self
2022
Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World
Self - Performer
2021
Black Renaissance: The Art and Soul of Our Stories
Self
2021
2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2023The Makings of Curtis Mayfield
Director
2025