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Nicolette Grace Monroe (born July 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She was born in Dallas, Texas and was raised in Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York City. In the early 1990s, she traveled between LA and NYC where her respective parents resided taking part in both music and acting workshops and productions, eventually she rose to fame in the late 1990s with the girl group Faith's Dream. With Faith's Dream, she dabbled in acting and went solo in 2003 during what was listed as an indefinite hiatus for Faith's Dream.
The only child of Francine Davis-Fuentes, a pediatric surgeon, and Christopher Monroe, the couple never married and split in the mid 1980s due to unconfirmed infidelities on Christopher's part. Nicci lived primarily with her mother in an upper middle class Dallas neighborhood with visits to her father on the otherside of town on the weekends. Eventually, both Francine and Christopher relocated; Francine became a Pediatric surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Christopher became a partner in a start up firm in New York City. Becoming bicoastal, she spent the academic school year at ____ and later LACHSA, while traveling to NYC for the summer to parttake in acting workshops and voice lessons. Both parents remarried during this time, Francine to a Sports Agent, and Christopher to a former Broadway Starlet/Producer. It is said that both Nicci's stepparents helped cultivate her professional career; Enrique assisted with finding an agent and manager, while Jacqueline had helped with acting and vocal coachings. In 1995, she met two girls at LACHSA who formed the girl group Young Divas that later became Faith's Dream. The next year Faith's Dream was signed to Columbia records and began recording their debut album. With a debut single on the Men in Black soundtrack and their debut album releasal, Faith's Dream became a sleeper, and in 1999, Writing's on the Wall cemented the group in the industry. By 2000, Nicci expressed her interest in acting and debut in Save the Last Dance in 2001; which in turn caused the girls of Faith's Dream to halt all future plans to release any new music to pursue solo and other projects. Their last album was a Christmas album that had released in October of the same year. With time to decompress, Nicci decided on following acting and began working on a solo album. Over the span of the 2000s, Faith's Dream released their last studio album, Nicci released three solo studio albums and was casted in four movies, with a guest starring role on NBC's American Dreams as Mary Wells. Nicci had no plans of slowing down whatsoever as she kept her place in the music scene with strategically placed albums, a world wide fanbase of all walks of life, she was continuously making history. 2009 and beyond has currently brought three more studio albums, a voice role in a Wreck It Ralph, four world tours, and a three residencies. In both 2013 with Nicci and 2016 with Lemonade, Nicci released both albums without prior announcement or promotion. With her loyal fans, she debut at number one on Billboard's Hot 200 for both albums. Currently, Nicci is embarking on her Formation World Tour. Nicci is an extremely private person, while she had high profiled relationships with [tba] in the late 1990s and early 2000s. When she met [tba] in [date] she was never seen publicly with him until 2008, when they confirmed their relationship and subsequently announced their marriage. In either 2010 or 2011, Nicci suffered a miscarriage, she was quoted stating that it was the most devastating thing she had ever experienced. [tba] and Nicci welcomed their only child, a daughter named Bailey Rae [last name] in late 2012 at Cedar-Sinai in Los Angeles under heavy security. In early 2014, [tba] and Nicci filed for divorce with joint custody stating irreconcilable differences. With what public appearance since the dissolution of their marriage, both Nicci and [tba] have remained cordial, and sometimes praise each other in interviews while maintaining a healthy relationship. With the release of Lemonade in 2016, Nicci has been linked to Rilen. Both have denied such involvement with one another aside from the professional sense. Emerging with support in 2008 for President Barack Obama and became friends with the POTUS and FLOTUS. During his 2009 inauguration, she performed "America the Beautiful" and two days later performed "At Last" during the first inaugural dance at the Neighborhood Ball. In 2012, she had a part in a fundraiser held in New York City for Obama's 2012 presidential campaign, which raised $4 million dollars. She then performed the American national anthem at his second inauguration live. Nicci could be seen as controversial to Republicans and conservatives alike. After the Supreme Court debated on California's Proposition 8, she publicly endorsed same sex marriage, and over the years has been to several rallies and spoke candidly during tours dedicating love songs to same-sex couples in attendance. With the acquittal of George Zimmerman, Nicci was seen at a rally with other high profiled peers. She has also met with the family of Freddie Gray, and donated thousands of dollars to bail out protesters. Currently, Nicci has not publicy endorsed a candidate for the 2016 presidential election, but has tweeted her disdain for Donald Trump several times. As of 2015, Nicci's net worth is estimated to be $250 million. • her nickname, nicci comes from when she learned how to write at the age of 3 or 4. she could not grasp the two k's in "nikki" and nicci was adapted. she never answers publicly to nicolette or nic; though her parents and stepparents call her that from time to time. • is the eldest of four half siblings (1983, 1986, 1988, 1993) and five step-siblings (1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990) does not treat any of them like anything less of a blood related sibling. including 10+ nieces of various ages. • her public persona has evolved over the years, from the on the rise singer that was gracious and sweet with sex appeal to an outspoken sassy songstress, she feels like she has earned the right. has stopped several interviews due to private questions involving her divorce and her daughter. 
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