Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Valiente was born on June 29 in Honolulu and raised in Louisville Kentucky While attending a performing arts high school she won the CocaCola Classic Talent Contest and performed in many plays at The Actors Theatre of Louisville She furthered her studies majoring in theater arts at Wright State University before entering the premiere season of the WBs television show Popstars 2000I where she earned the role of lead vocalist in the female pop group Edens Crush Outside of her work with The Pussycat Dolls Nicole performed with Japanese superstar Yoshiki Hayashi at the Tokyo International Forum of Japan and had guest appearances on My Wife and Kids 2001 and Wanda at Large 2003 Nicole has a single out on Adam Sandlers 50 First Dates 2004 soundtrack a cover of UB40s Breakfast in Bed Her two most recent film roles are the voice of Sina in Moana 2016 and Penny Rivera in Dirty Dancing 2017 During her career Scherzinger has received nominations for a Grammy two Laurence Olivier Awards and a Tony Award She won the 2024 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Norma Desmond in the 2023 West End revival of Sunset Boulevard and received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2025 when the show transferred to Broadway in 2024