Nelly Furtado
Acting • Born 1978-12-02
Biography
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has sold 20 million albums worldwide and more than 20 million singles around the world. Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, which spawned two successful singles, "I'm Like a Bird" and "Turn Off the Light". "I'm Like A Bird" won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 2003, Furtado released Folklore, which produced three international singles— "Powerless (Say What You Want)", "Try" and "Força". Three years later she released Loose, a worldwide commercial success. The album spawned four number-one hits: "Promiscuous", "Maneater", "Say It Right" and "All Good Things (Come to an End)". After a three-year break, she released her first full-length Spanish album, Mi Plan, and Furtado received a Latin Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado's fourth English-language studio album, The Spirit Indestructible, was released. Furtado's work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including 2 Grammy Awards, 10 Juno Awards, 3 MuchMusic Video Awards and a star on Canada's Walk of Fame. Furtado was awarded "Commander of the Order of Prince Henry" on February 28, 2014, in Toronto, by the President of the Portuguese Republic. Furtado's music has also been influenced by her current residence, Toronto, which she calls "the most multicultural city in the entire world" and a place where she "can be any culture". Regarding Toronto's cultural diversity, she has said that she did not have to wait for the Internet revolution to learn about world music; she began listening to it at the age of five and continues to discover new genres.
Filmography
56 credits
Max Payne
Movie • 2008
Christa Balder
Anne Murray Friends and Legends
Movie • 2007
Self
Nelly Furtado: Loose the Concert
Movie • 2007
Herself
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Movie • 2016
Self - Unapologetic Bitch
Nelly Furtado - The Videos
Movie
Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
Movie • 2001
Canadian Hits at the BBC
Movie • 2021
Self
Nelly Furtado: MTV Live In Isle Of Malta 2012
Movie • 2012
A Date with Miss Fortune
Movie • 2015
Nelia
Contemporary Color
Movie • 2016
Multishow ao Vivo: Ivete Sangalo no Madison Square Garden
Movie • 2010
Herself
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2001
Self
Concert for Diana
Movie • 2007
Self
Nelly Furtado - Baloise Session 2017
Movie • 2017
Mariah Carey: Darling Diva
Movie • 2021
Self
Nelly Furtado – Loose Mini DVD
Movie • 2007
Singer
The Greatest Hits
Movie • 2024
Nelly Furtado
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Movie • 2016
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Live & Kicking
TV • 1993
Self
Top of the Pops
TV • 1964
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
The Tyra Banks Show
TV • 2005
The View
TV • 1997
Self
CSI: NY
TV • 2004
Ava Brandt
Canadian Idol
TV • 2003
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
David Tench Tonight
TV • 2006
Roswell
TV • 1999
Herself
Pussycat Dolls Present
TV • 2007
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
Schlag den Raab
TV • 2006
Self
Sound Off with Matt Pinfield
TV • 2005
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV • 1995
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
It's On with Alexa Chung
TV • 2009
90210
TV • 2008
Herself
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
MTV World Stage
TV • 2009
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
ECHO-Verleihung
TV • 1992
Self
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
TV • 1963
Self - Musical Guest
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Defiant Ones
TV • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Star Academy
TV • 2001
Self
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
TV • 2009
Self - Musical Guest
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 2021
Self - Panellist
Canada's Drag Race
TV • 2020
Self - Guest Judge
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
TV • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self