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can idol 2 1 1 audition 2 1 2 semifinals 2 1 3 finals 3 music career 4 acting career 5 acting credits toggle acting credits subsection 5 1 film 5 2 television 5 3 theatre 6 discography toggle discography subsection 6 1 albums 6 2 singles 7 references 8 external links toggle the table of contents tamyra gray 10 languages afrikaans مصرى تۆرکجه فارسی suomi français italiano مازِرونی polski русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia american actress singer and songwriter tamyra gray born 1979 07 26 july 26 1979 age 47 takoma park maryland origin atlanta georgia united states genres r b soul years active 2002 present musical artist tamyra monica gray born july 26 1979 1 is an american actress singer and songwriter who finished fourth place on the first season of the musical reality competition american idol in 2002 post american idol gray has begun acting on broadway and television she had a recurring role on the third season of the drama series boston public in early 2003 personal life edit gray was born in takoma park maryland and later moved to norcross georgia she graduated from stone mountain high school in stone mountain georgia in 1997 she began singing at an early age she competed in several beauty pageants and was named miss atlanta in 1998 gray attended georgia state university majoring in business law and entertainment management prior to american idol she worked a variety of jobs including daycare worker party motivator telemarketer waitress and running her own cleaning service she also filmed coca cola commercials and worked with artists like her friend lisa left eye lopes and rapper dmx with hopes of finding an opening into the entertainment industry gray married color me badd singer sam watters whom she worked with on the dreamer on september 2 2006 in capri italy about 45 guests were in attendance including her then manager lisa braude gray s photographer sold the wedding photos to american press and the low key relationship soon became public after people broke the story 2 she is now stepmom to kieran sam s son from a previous marriage on march 23 2010 gray announced to entertainment weekly that she was expecting her first baby with watters 3 on july 17 2010 gray gave birth to daughter sienna marie 4 american idol edit in 2002 gray became one of the ten finalists on the first season of american idol eventually finishing fourth her performance of the burt bacharach classic a house is not a home was described by judge simon cowell as one of the best performances on television that he had ever seen gray was also featured on two tracks on the american idol christmas cd a solo version of silent night and a duet version of have yourself a merry little christmas with ruben studdard she also appeared on the idol christmas special on fox with clarkson studdard and other finalists from the first two idol seasons during the third season of american idol she returned to the show on several occasions to sing raindrops will fall and star songs she co wrote for her debut album and to sing the national anthem to open the final results show of the season gray also co wrote the american idol season three single i believe which was performed by idol finalists fantasia barrino and diana degarmo barrino then released i believe as her american idol single which debuted at no 1 on the billboard hot 100 charts list of performances on american idol edit audition edit vision of love by mariah carey semifinals edit june 18 2002 and i m telling you i m not going by jennifer holliday on june 19 2002 tamyra became a finalist of american idol finals edit july 16 2002 touch me in the morning by diana ross theme motown july 23 2002 a fool in love by ike tina turner theme 60s music july 30 2002 if i were your woman by gladys knight the pips theme 70s music august 6 2002 minnie the moocher by cab calloway theme big band august 13 2002 a house is not a home by dionne warwick theme burt bacharach songs august 20 2002 new attitude by patti labelle and feel the fire by stephanie mills during the season many critics and fans thought that tamyra would make it to the finals and perhaps win however on august 21 tamyra was placed in the bottom 2 along with nikki mckibbin and then eliminated from the show the judges expressed their shock at the audience decision while making supportive comments to gray music career edit in 1998 gray provided background vocals on dmx s song slippin 5 after american idol creator simon fuller signed tamyra to his newly formed independent record label 19 records a division of his 19 management gray s first solo album the dreamer which gray wrote herself was eventually released on may 25 2004 the album sold 39 000 copies during its first week in release and has sold 122 000 to date the h hector and j vasquez mixes of tamyra s lead single raindrops will fall peaked at number five on billboard s hot dance music club play chart another set of remixes of the same song also hit number nine on that chart gray later parted ways with 19 entertainment but remains close with fuller who attended her wedding to sam watters in capri italy gray performed a duet with american idol season one winner kelly clarkson on clarkson s debut release thankful the song entitled you thought wrong was co written by gray but never released as a single gray was a co writer and back up singer on jessica simpson s album a public affair which was released august 29 2006 she is listed fourth in writing credits on the songs if you were mine and the lover in me and sang back up on if you were mine the cd debuted on billboard s 200 chart at number five gray also co wrote the number one billboard hot 100 song i believe gray was reported to be in the process of recording a new album gray called it more club friendly hip hop based project than her debut she is also in the process of finding a record label tamyra tweeted that she was in the studio recording a new album with ryan tedder and the production team the runaways which her husband sam watters is part of 6 they had planned to release her album through a major label in 2010 acting career edit she landed the recurring role of aisha clemens a student in an abusive relationship on boston public appearing in seven episodes in 2003 she showcased her singing abilities famously covering luther vandross dance with my father and dolly parton s i will always love you she has had guest roles on episodes of half half las vegas tru calling what i like about you tv series ghost whisperer and all of us with other american idol alumni she appeared on the tyra banks show in 2006 she has starred on broadway twice in november 2004 gray was cast for a limited engagement of twelve weeks in the role of priya in broadway s struggling bombay dreams due to continued poor grosses the show closed early on january 1 2005 she joined the cast of rent as mimi marquez on may 29 2007 and was scheduled to play the role until november 25 2007 however that six month contract was extended gray performed in rent until june 15 2008 and was replaced by renée elise goldsberry in october 2005 gray made her big screen supporting role debut in the independent film the gospel which debuted at no 5 at the box office and also had strong dvd sales when it was released to stores on january 3 2006 gray has one song now behold the lamb featured on the movie s soundtrack which climbed to no 1 on billboard s soundtrack chart her second movie role was in the 2008 movie rachel getting married also in 2005 gray appeared in a short film for h m s new line of denim jeans and performed the dreamgirls show stopper and i am telling you i m not going tamyra was featured in print advertisements for the h m denim and her version of the song played in h m stores in 2011 gray starred in the musical twist a theatrical version of oliver twist set in new orleans during the depression that was produced by debbie allen at the pasadena playhouse in pasadena california the musical was scheduled to run from june 14 to july 17 but was extended through july 24 due to strong ticket sales and a string of sold out shows 7 in january 2016 she took over the role of kate on the national tour of if then on january 8 2018 she took over the role of papa ge in the 2018 revival of once on this island 8 acting credits edit film edit year title role notes 2005 the gospel rain walker 2008 rachel getting married singing friend television edit year title role notes 2003 boston public aisha clemens 7 episodes 2003 half half zora kane episode the big foot in my mouth episode 2004 tru calling carly anders episode death becomes her 2004 what i like about you danielle 2 episodes 2005 all of us herself episode creeping with the enemy 2006 las vegas patty episode like a virgin theatre edit year title role notes 2004 bombay dreams priya replacement 2007 rent mimi marquez replacement 2018 once on this island papa ge replacement 2019 into the woods cinderella s mother granny hollywood bowl discography edit albums edit year album details peak chart positions certifications sales threshold us us r b 2004 the dreamer released may 6 2004 label 19 entertainment 23 16 us sales 123 000 denotes releases that did not chart singles edit raindrops will fall h hector j vasquez mixes number 5 hot dance music club play raindrops will fall remixes number 9 hot dance music club play other songs you thought wrong with kelly clarkson references edit tamyra gray broadway and theatre credits broadway world retrieved november 14 2018 exclusive tamyra gray marries in italy dead link american idol alum tamyra gray is pregnant entertainment weekly tamyra gray sam watters welcome daughter sienna marie people archived from the original on july 21 2011 retrieved august 4 2010 flesh of my flesh blood of my blood booklet ruff ryders def jam 1998 idollive net informationen zum thema idollive www idollive net archived from the original on january 12 2012 retrieved august 17 2011 bww news desk tamyra gray cleavant derricks lead twist musical at pasadena playhouse this summer norm lewis tamyra gray to join broadway s once on this island broadway com external links edit tamyra gray at imdb tamyra gray on x official website archived v t e american idol episodes season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 finalists winners kelly clarkson ruben studdard fantasia barrino carrie underwood taylor hicks jordin sparks david cook kris allen lee dewyze scotty mccreery phillip phillips candice glover caleb johnson nick fradiani trent harmon maddie poppe laine hardy just sam chayce beckham noah thompson iam tongi abi carter jamal roberts hannah harper runners up justin guarini clay aiken diana degarmo bo bice katharine mcphee blake lewis david archuleta adam lambert crystal bowersox lauren alaina jessica sanchez kree harrison jena irene clark beckham la porsha renae caleb lee hutchinson alejandro aranda arthur gunn willie spence huntergirl megan danielle will moseley john foster jordan mccullough other alumni nikki mckibbin tamyra gray r j helton christina christian ryan starr aj gil jim verraros ejay day kimberley locke josh gracin trenyce carmen rasmusen kimberly caldwell corey clark charles grigsby vanessa olivarez jasmine trias latoya london george huff john stevens jennifer hudson jon peter lewis camile velasco matthew rogers leah labelle vonzell solomon anthony fedorov scott savol constantine maroulis anwar robinson nadia turner nikko smith jessica sierra mikalah gordon lindsey cardinale lucky daye elliott yamin chris daughtry paris bennett kellie pickler ace young bucky covington mandisa lisa tucker kevin covais melinda doolittle lakisha jones chris richardson phil stacey sanjaya malakar haley scarnato gina glocksen chris sligh stephanie edwards antonella barba sundance head brendan vintedge syesha mercado jason castro brooke white carly smithson kristy lee cook michael johns ramiele malubay chikezie amanda overmyer david hernandez danny gokey allison iraheta matt giraud anoop desai scott macintyre megan joy michael sarver jasmine murray felicia barton casey james michael lynche aaron kelly siobhan magnus tim urban katie stevens andrew garcia didi benami paige miles lacey brown todrick hall tori kelly haley reinhart james durbin jacob lusk casey abrams stefano langone paul mcdonald pia toscano naima adedapo thia megia ashthon jones joshua ledet hollie cavanagh skylar laine elise testone colton dixon deandre brackensick han hee jun erika van pelt shannon magrane jermaine jones jeremy rosado monogem lauren daigle angie miller amber holcomb janelle arthur burnell taylor alex preston jess meuse sam woolf c j harris dexter roberts malaya watson majesty rose mk nobilette ben briley emily piriz jax rayvon owen quentin alexander joey cook qaasim middleton daniel seavey dalton rapattoni mackenzie bourg gabby barrett michael j woodard catie turner ada vox laci kaye booth sophia james lauren spencer smith caleb kennedy benson boone cameron whitcomb wé ani nutsa jack blocker breanna nix mattie pruitt winners singles a moment like this before your love flying without wings i believe inside your heaven do i make you proud this is my now the time of my life no boundaries beautiful day i love you this big home i am beautiful as long as you love me beautiful life falling going going gone flame 23 other songs this is the night dreams like my mother does change nothing all cried out battles strike a match roses albums american idol greatest moments american idol season 2 all time classic american love songs american idol season 3 greatest soul classics american idol season 4 the showstoppers american idol season 5 encores american idol season 6 greatest hits american idol season 9 american idol 10th anniversary the hits concert tours 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 related programming idol franchise american juniors idol christmas idol extra idol gives back idol rewind world idol related articles alumni album sales alumni awards and nominations alumni in film television and theater alumni single sales compilation series controversies discography finalists hot 100 singles judge me tender the american idol experience video game authority control databases international viaf worldcat national united states artists musicbrainz retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title tamyra_gray oldid 1368754822 categories 1979 births 21st century american actresses african american women singer songwriters american women singer songwriters american idol participants american women pop singers american contemporary r b singers living people singers 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