
Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born in a parish in Barbados called St. Michael, to Monica (Braithwaite), an accountant, and Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor. Her mother is of Afro-Guyanese descent and her father has Afro-Barbadian and English/Irish/Scottish ancestry (known as "Redlegs" in the Caribbean). Rihanna lived the life of a normal island girl going to Combermere, a top sixth form school. Rihanna won numerous beauty pageants and performed Mariah Carey "Hero" in a school talent show. Her life changed forever when one of her friends introduced her to Evan Rodgers, a producer from New York who was in Barbados for a vacation with his wife, who is a native. Rodgers arranged for her to go to New York to meet Jay Z, CEO of Def Jam Records. He heard her sing and knew she was going to be incredibly successful. She was 16 when she was signed to Def Jam. Since then, she's amassed phenomenal success.
20 wins & 39 nominations.
Styled to Rock | Herself | 2013-10-01 |
That Music Show | Unknown | 2013-08-02 |
Oprah Prime | Unknown | 2012-01-01 |
The Jonathan Ross Show | Unknown | 2011-09-03 |
The X Factor | Unknown | 2011-09-01 |
New Girl | Unknown | 2011-09-20 |
The Inbetweeners | Unknown | 2010-01-25 |
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! | Unknown | 2010-02-01 |
Sherlock | Unknown | 2010-10-24 |
Pretty Little Liars | Unknown | 2010-06-08 |
Parks and Recreation | Unknown | 2009-04-09 |
RuPaul's Drag Race | Unknown | 2009-02-02 |
Alan Carr: Chatty Man | Unknown | 2009-06-14 |
The Vampire Diaries | Unknown | 2009-09-10 |
America's Best Dance Crew | Unknown | 2008-01-26 |
90210 | Unknown | 2008-09-02 |
So You Think You Can Dance Canada | Unknown | 2008-09-11 |
Bionic Woman | Unknown | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Unknown | 2007-02-22 |
Gossip Girl | Unknown | 2007-09-19 |
Britain's Got Talent | Unknown | 2007-06-09 |
Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
Dancing on Ice | Unknown | 2006-01-08 |
Brothers & Sisters | Unknown | 2006-09-24 |
Ugly Betty | Unknown | 2006-09-28 |
So You Think You Can Dance | Unknown | 2005 |
Coach Trip | Unknown | 2005-03-07 |
The Office | Unknown | 2005-03-24 |
Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
Dancing with the Stars | Unknown | 2005-06-01 |
Grey's Anatomy | Unknown | 2005-03-27 |
Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
The X Factor UK | Unknown | 2004-09-04 |
Strictly Come Dancing | Unknown | 2004-05-15 |
Veronica Mars | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
CSI: NY | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
The Block | Unknown | 2003-05-25 |
Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
Punk'd | Unknown | 2003-03-17 |
Cold Case | Unknown | 2003-09-28 |
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | Unknown | 2003-12-03 |
American Idol | Unknown | 2002-06-11 |
Top of the Pops | Unknown | 2002-01-12 |
CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
20/20 | Unknown | 1978-06-06 |
Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |