Rihanna (1988)

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Rihanna
General Information
Birth Name	Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Gender	Female
Birth Place	Saint Michael, Barbados
Birth Date	February 20, 1988
Occupation	Actress, Fashion Designer, Producer, Singer
Years Active	2004 to Present

Filmography

• Hope Rocks: The Concert with a Cause (2005)
• Las Vegas (2005) 1 episode
• Top of the Pops (2006) 1 episode
• Punk'd (2006) 1 episode
• Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006)
• So You Think You Can Dance (2006) 1 episode
• Canadian Idol (2007) 1 episode
• Rihanna: Barbadian Superstardom Unauthorized (2008)
• Step It Up and Dance (2008) 7 episodes
• Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad: Live (2008)
• Divas II (2008)
• Britney: For the Record (2008)
• Saturday Night Live (2009-15) 5 episode
• Top 20 Under 25 (2010)
• Pop Profiles (2010) 2 episodes
• American Idol (2010-12) 3 episodes
• America's Best Dance Crew (2011) 1 episode
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2011) 1 episode
• Battleship (2012)
• Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012)
• The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show (2012)
• Rihanna: Loud Tour Live at the O2 (2012)
• Rihanna: Inside 777 (2012)
• R&B Divas of All Time (2013)
• Rihanna 777 (2013)
• This Is the End (2013)
• Annie (2014)
• Home (2015)
• Rihanna: Evolution (2015)
• Jeremy Scott: The People's Designer (2015)
• Real Husbands of Hollywood (2016) 1 episode
• Bates Motel (2017) 2 episodes
• Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
• Ocean's 8 (2018)
• Savage X Fenty Show (2019)

Trivia

• Was signed to Def Jam Records at age 16.
• Her musical inspirations include Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Destiny's Child, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Gwen Stefani, Bob Marley and Brandy Norwood.
• Performed Mariah Carey's inspirational song "Hero" at her school's talent show.
• Ranked #8 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2007 list.
• Ranked #15 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2008 list.
• Was tagged "The Digital Download Queen" due to her songs being downloaded over 75,000,000 times combined.
• In the United Kingdom, she became the only female; and the only artist in 52 years to have three top ten songs at once on the "UK Official Chart". She also became the first female artist; in the history of the chart, to have a number one in five consecutive years.
• Billboard magazine named Rihanna the Digital Songs Artist of the 2000s decade.
• Her controversial music video for "S&M", was banned in 11 countries within a day of its release. This is Rihanna's second video to cause controversy as "Te Amo" was banned in many countries due to its same-sex nature.
• Q magazine named her one of the top 100 acts of the last century.
• Ranked #43 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
• On October 12, 2011, she has been named "Sexiest Woman" for 2011 by Esquire magazine.
• While filming a music video for her song "We Found Love" in Ireland, the farmer whose land was borrowed as a setting for the video, asked the crew to stop filming and leave the land after he objected to Rihanna's revealing outfits and state of undress, which he deemed as "inappropriate".
• Organized a bachelorette party for her close friend Katy Perry.
• Ranked #4 on Forbes The Celebrity 100 in 2012, with earnings of $53 million.
• Was arrested on August 17, 2005 in Berlin for not having a visa to enter the country. She was taken into custody for two hours before being released with a temporary visa.
• Ranked #3 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2013 list.
• Ranked #11 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 list.
• Is a self-confessed huge fan of the Star Trek franchise. In 2016, she released a single, "Sledgehammer", which was used to promote Star Trek Beyond, the third film in the Star Trek reboot series.
• The music video for her 2016 single, "Sledgehammer", was the first to be recorded entirely with IMAX cameras.
• Received the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• In 2012, Rihanna founded the Clara Lionel Foundation Scholarship Program, named after her grandmother and grandfather for students attending college in the United States and from Caribbean countries.
• Was an army cadet in a sub-military program in high school; the singer-songwriter Shontelle was her drill sergeant.

Quotes

• I love flirting at the moment. I'm single and I'm enjoying my freedom. But I don't give my phone number out that often. But if I'm dating, I check the boy from the top to the bottom.
• I definitely think a child deserves both parents. It would be selfish of me, because of my pride and independence to say, "Oh, I just want a sperm donor, because I can do it myself." I can do it myself, but that's not fair. I'm just saying that whatever comes my way I'll be able to handle it, but in a perfect book, there would be marriage and kids.
• I think that Madonna was a great inspiration for me, especially on my earlier work. If I had to examine her evolution through time, I think she reinvented her clothing style and music with success every single time. And at the same time, remained a real force in entertainment in the whole world.
• My mother would kill me if I posed nude. She raised me with certain standards.
• When people call me Robyn, my head just flies around because I feel like that person knows me. But Rihanna, that tends to be people's own creation. Robyn is who I am. Rihanna - that's an idea of who I am.
• Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive.
• I play by my own rules, so please think twice before you step into my life.
• Keep your eyes on the finish line, and not on the turmoil around you.
• Don't lower your standards for anything or anyone.