Ariana Grande
Birthdate: Jun 26, 1993
Birthplace: Boca Raton, Florida
Ariana Grande (birthname: Ariana Grande-Butera), one of the world’s biggest pop singers, has followed the tradition of previous pop artists from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga in expanding her creative work to the movies as an actor. Grande’s feature debut was a supporting voice role—with fellow voice actors Nicholas Hoult, Katie Holmes, John Leguizamo, and Mel Brooks--in director/co-writer/producer Juan Jose Campanella’s animated sports comedy, Underdogs (2016), loosely based on Roberto Fontanarrosa’s short story, Memoirs of a Right Winger, and released internationally by Universal Pictures.
Grande was cast by filmmaker Adam McKay for a key supporting role in his stark political satire, Don’t Look Up (2021), co-starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet and Ron Perlman, and released by theatrically and for streaming by Netflix, and receiving four Oscar nominations including Best Picture.
Grande’s first big movie moment arrived when she landed her first lead movie role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North alongside Cynthia Erivo’s Wicked Witch of the West in the two-part Jon M. Chu-directed feature version of Stephen Schwartz’s musical, Wicked (2024) and Wicked Part Two (2025), with Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Bowen Yang, Bronwyn James and Peter Dinklage, and which was budgeted at a combined total of $300 million via Marc Platt Productions for distributor Universal Pictures.
Personal Details
Ariana Grande was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida by parents Joan (actor/producer) and Edward (graphic designer/photographer). Grande’s parents divorced in 2003 when Grande was ten years old. Grande has a half-sibling, actor/music producer Frankie. Grande was married to real estate agent Dalton Gomez from 2021 to 2024; the couple has no children. Grande’s height is 5’ 0½ ”. Grande’s estimated net worth is $230 million.
Filmography
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- 2025 | Wicked: Part TwoasGlinda
Wicked: Part Two
Follows Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Some Facts About Ariana Grande
Breaking the Internet: Ariana Grande’s post about her wedding to Dalton Gomez became the second most-viewed image in Instagram history up to that point in 2021.
Breaking with the Church: Grande was raised Roman Catholic, but left the church in response to Pope Benedict XVI’s anti-LGTBQ+ edicts and instructions, partly because her half-brother Frankie is gay.
Conditions: Ariana Grande has battled hypoglycemia and suffered from PTSD after the 2017 Manchester Arena suicide bombing that followed Grande’s concert at the venue.
Businesswoman: Grande has collaborated with several brand names on products and fragrances, including Coach (handbags), MAC Cosmetics (makeup set), Brookstone (cat ear headphones), and Starbucks (beverages), and has released eighteen fragrances with Luxe Brands since 2015.
