Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersSundance Film FestivalIndependent Spirit AwardsBlack History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Nelly Furtado

  • Music Artist
  • Actress
  • Composer
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
Nelly Furtado
Trailer for Contemporary Color
Play trailer2:08
Contemporary Color (2016)
2 Videos
74 Photos
Nelly Kim Furtado was born on December 2, 1978 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to Maria Manuela Furtado (née Neto), a motel cleaner & António José Furtado, a stonemason. She first gained fame with her trip hop inspired debut album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, I'm Like a Bird and Turn Off the Light. The first of the two singles won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furtado's introspective folk-heavy 2003 second album, Folklore, explored her Portuguese roots. Its singles received moderate success in Europe, but the album's underperformance compared to her debut was regarded as a sophomore slump.

Furtado's third album, Loose (2006), was a smash hit and became her best selling album with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide, also making it one of the best selling albums of the 2000s. Considered a radical image reinvention, Furtado continued to explore her Latin heritage while leaning heavier into hip hop. The album spawned four successful number one singles worldwide; Promiscuous, Maneater, Say It Right & All Good Things (Come to an End). Her Timbaland collaboration, Give It to Me (2007) in the same era also topped the charts in the US and overseas. Furtado's critically acclaimed duet with James Morrison, Broken Strings, also topped the charts in Europe in 2008.

She released her first Spanish language album, Mi Plan, in 2009, which won her a Latin Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Album. In 2012, Furtado released her nostalgia inspired fifth album The Spirit Indestructible. Furtado split with her management and went independent thereafter, releasing her indie-pop sixth album, The Ride (2017) under her own label, Nelstar Entertainment.

Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She has won several awards throughout her career, including one Grammy Award from seven nominations, one Latin Grammy Award, ten Juno Awards, one BRIT Award, one Billboard Music Award, one MTV Europe Music Award, one World Music Award, and three Much Music Video Awards. Furtado has a star on Canada's Walk of Fame, and was awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry on February 28, 2014 in Toronto by Aníbal Cavaco Silva, the then-President of Portugal.
BornDecember 2, 1978
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
BornDecember 2, 1978
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
  • Awards

Photos74

Nelly Furtado in Hate 2 Love (2012)
Mark Wahlberg and Nelly Furtado in Max Payne (2008)
Nelly Furtado at an event for VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (2016)
Nelly Furtado at an event for VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (2016)
Nelly Furtado at an event for VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (2016)
Nelly Furtado at an event for VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens (2016)
Nelly Furtado, Ger Duany, and Emmanuel Jal at an event for The Good Lie (2014)
Nelly Furtado at an event for The Good Lie (2014)
Jennifer Lopez and Nelly Furtado at an event for The 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2010)
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado at an event for 2009 American Music Awards (2009)
Nelly Furtado at an event for 2009 American Music Awards (2009)

Known for

Mark Wahlberg in Max Payne (2008)
Max Payne
5.3
  • Christa Balder
  • 2008
Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
5.7
  • Soundtrack("Get Ur Freak On (Remix)")
  • 2001
Gary Sinise and Melina Kanakaredes in CSI: NY (2004)
CSI: NY
6.9
TV Series
  • Ava Brandt
Natasha Richardson, Emma Roberts, Juno Temple, Ruby Thomas, Georgia King, and Kimberley Nixon in Wild Child (2008)
Wild Child
6.1
  • Soundtrack("Say it Right")
  • 2008

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actress

  • Nelly Furtado: Pipe Dreams (2016)
    Nelly Furtado: Pipe Dreams
  • A Date with Miss Fortune (2015)
    A Date with Miss Fortune
  • Tommy Torres Feat. Nelly Furtado: Sin Ti
  • Nelly Furtado: Bucket List
  • Nelly Furtado: Waiting for the Night (2013)
    Nelly Furtado: Waiting for the Night
  • Nelly Furtado and K'Naan in K'naan Feat. Nelly Furtado: Is Anybody Out There? (2012)
    K'naan Feat. Nelly Furtado: Is Anybody Out There?
  • Shenae Grimes-Beech, Michael Steger, Dustin Milligan, AnnaLynne McCord, Jessica Stroup, and Tristan Mack Wilds in 90210 (2008)
    90210
  • Nelly Furtado: Parking Lot (2012)
    Nelly Furtado: Parking Lot
  • Nelly Furtado in Nelly Furtado: Spirit Indestructible (2012)
    Nelly Furtado: Spirit Indestructible
  • Nelly Furtado in Nelly Furtado: Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) - Home Made Version (2012)
    Nelly Furtado: Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) - Home Made Version
  • Nelly Furtado in Nelly Furtado: Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) (2012)
    Nelly Furtado: Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)
  • The Work of Art
  • Nelly Furtado: Night Is Young
  • Nelly Furtado Feat. Concha Buika: Fuerte
  • Noah Reid in Score: A Hockey Musical (2010)
    Score: A Hockey Musical

Composer

  • Nelly Furtado: Pipe Dreams (2016)
    Nelly Furtado: Pipe Dreams
  • Nelly Furtado: Bucket List
  • Nelly Furtado: Waiting for the Night (2013)
    Nelly Furtado: Waiting for the Night
  • Nelly Furtado and K'Naan in K'naan Feat. Nelly Furtado: Is Anybody Out There? (2012)
    K'naan Feat. Nelly Furtado: Is Anybody Out There?
  • Nelly Furtado: Parking Lot (2012)
    Nelly Furtado: Parking Lot
  • Nelly Furtado in Nelly Furtado: Spirit Indestructible (2012)
    Nelly Furtado: Spirit Indestructible
  • Nelly Furtado in Nelly Furtado: Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) - Home Made Version (2012)
    Nelly Furtado: Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) - Home Made Version
  • Nelly Furtado in Nelly Furtado: Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) (2012)
    Nelly Furtado: Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)
  • The Work of Art
  • Nelly Furtado: Night Is Young
  • Nelly Furtado Feat. Concha Buika: Fuerte
  • Tiësto Feat. Nelly Furtado: Who Wants to Be Alone
  • Nelly Furtado: Más (2009)
    Nelly Furtado: Más
  • Nelly Furtado: Manos al Aire (2009)
    Nelly Furtado: Manos al Aire
  • Nelly Furtado Feat. Di Ferrero: All Good Things (Come to an End) (Brazilian Version)

Videos2

Contemporary Color
Trailer 2:08
Contemporary Color
Contemporary Color - Official Trailer
Trailer 2:09
Contemporary Color - Official Trailer

Personal details

Edit
  • Official sites
    • Apple Music
    • Facebook
    • December 2, 1978
    • Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • Demacio CastellonJuly 19, 2008 - 2016 (divorced)
  • Other works
    Album "Whoa, Nelly!"
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 5 Articles
    • 4 Pictorials
    • 5 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Is Canadian of Portuguese descent from the Azores.
  • Quotes
    I put pressure on myself to be musically fresh, which is different from being trendy or being current. I like a fusion of sounds, just as long as it's funky.

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.