Andra Day and Andi Matichak

Cassandra Monique Batie known professionally as Andra Day is an American R&B and soul vocalist as well as songwriter and actress. Her awards include an Grammy Award as well as an Children's and Family Emmy Award as well as a Golden Globe Award. She has also been nominated for the Academy Award. Andra isn't simply an old-fashioned R&B singer, her gospel jazz roots and blues can be heard in a style which is effortless as well as stylish. Cheers to the Fall (2015) Her debut, which was highly anticipated, was a hit in the Top Ten of the R&B/hip-hop and paved the way for a handful of Grammy nominations and the Academy Award nomination with Stand Up for Something (2017) her part in the soundtrack of Marshall getting both honors. Amen (2018) and the song Make Your Troubles go Away (2020) and the Golden Globe winning portrayal of Billie Holiday (The United States and. Billie Holiday 2021) All of these have contributed to her anticipation of her next album. The actress was born Cassandra Monique Batie in Edmonds Washington Andra Day grew up in San Diego and its metropolitan area where she performed in churches and attended the School of Creative and Performing Arts. After she graduated from the school she leaned toward the newer styles of R&B and pop, but she found herself drawn to the classic jazz and soul vocalists she heard when she was a child. Kai Millard Morris recorded a show of Day, and later gave her husband Stevie Wonder some of Day's songs. Motown legendary Adrian Gurvitz was introduced to Day by the Motown legend. Day joined forces with Gurvitz's Buskin label and Jeffrey Evans' Buskin record company, gained a cult following on YouTube before signing by Warner Bros. in 2012. Day then released her debut track Forever Mine. DJs quickly played it on radio. After that, she signed with Warner Bros. Records and started working with producer Adrian Gurvitz on her debut album, Cheers to the Fall (2015). The album included the track"Rise Up" which became an anthem to social justice movements around the globe. Day received two Grammy nominations, one of which was for Best R&B Album. The United States vs. Billie Holiday, a concept-album about the legendary jazz singer's life, was released in the year 2019. The same year, she was a part-time actress in a biopic on Holiday's story, The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). Andi Matichak, an American actor. She first appeared in television series such as 666 Park Avenue, Orange Is the New Black and Blue Bloods before making her film debut as Allyson Nelson on the film horror series Halloween and the sequels. Andi Matichak, an American actress was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on 3 May 1994.