Aaliyah full Profile


Name: Aaliyah
Birth Name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton
Height: 5' 7"
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Date of Birth: January 16, 1979
Place of Birth: Huntington, New York, USA
Occupation: musician, actress
Place of Death: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas
Date of Death: August 25, 2001
Cause of Death: Plane crash
Profession: musician, actress
Education: Detroit High School of the Performing Arts (graduated with a 4.0 GPA)
Place of Death: August 25, 2001
Death Date: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas
Death Cause: Plane crash
Husband/Wife: R. Kelly (musician; married in 1994; that marriage was annulled due to Aaliyah's status as a minor, 15 years old and Kelly was mid 20s)
Relationship: Damon Dash (record executive; born on May 3, 1971)
Father: Michael Haughton
Mother: Diane Haughton
Brother: Rashad Haughton (filmmaker; born August 6, 1977)
Uncle: Barry Hankerson (manager, record executive; divorced)
Aunt: Gladys Knight
Claim to fame: Album: Age Ain't Nothing But A Number (1994)




*Aaliyah Movies


Romeo Must Die (2000)

American hip-hop culture collides with kung-fu action movies in this electric film from Andrzej Bartkowiak. When a Chinese businessman is recruited to establish a truce between two gangs (one Chinese, one American), he falls in love with the daughter of the American mob's leader (played by singing sensation Aaliyah). Hong Kong superstar Jet Li follows his supporting role in LETHAL WEAPON 4 with a starmaking turn as the revenge-seeking cop in this modern reworking of Shakespeare's ROMEO AND JULIET.


Queen of the Damned (2002)


This adaptation of Anne Rice’s best-selling novel follows the legendary vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary American music scene. His music wakes Akasha (Aaliyah), the queen of all vampires, and inspires her desire to make Lestat her king. Akasha’s malevolent power is so great that all the immortal vampires must stand against her if they want to survive. Meanwhile, a young London woman with a fascination for the dark side (Marguerite Moreau) falls in love with Lestat.

*Award & Quotation

Quotation

* It is dark in my favorite dream. Someone is following me. I don't know why. I'm scared. Then suddenly I lift off, far away. How do I feel? As if I am swimming in the air, free, weightless. Nobody can reach me. Nobody can touch me. It's a wonderful feeling." (in an interview in July 2001 with Germany's "Die Zeit" newspaper that eerily predicts Aaliyah's death)
* It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone."
* Her advice for aspiring artists: "Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!
* Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad... In the end, it's all worth it because it really makes me happy. There's nothing better than loving what you do.
* If you put your mind to it you can be anything.
* The one I gave my heart to is my favorite song.
* Always be true to yourself.


Award

* American Music Awards: Favorite Female Soul Artist (2002)
* American Music Awards: Best Soul Album (2002)
* MTV Video Music Awards: Best Female Video, Try Again (2000)
* MTV Video Music Awards: Best Video from a Film, Try Again (2000)
* Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: Best R&B/Soul Single, Rock The Boat (2002)
* Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: Best Solo award, Rock The Boat (2002)
* Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards: R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year, Rock The Boat (2002)

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