1. Cindy Herron sang lead vocals on the group's first single "Hold On", which garnered mainstream success and sold over a million copies.
21 Facts About Cindy Herron
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Cindy Herron landed a supporting role in the 1986 film release Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI, and co-starred in Wally and the Valentines as "Roxanne Valentine".
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Cindy Herron's work has earned her several awards and nominations, including two American Music Awards, a Billboard Music Award, seven MTV Video Music Awards, four Soul Train Music Awards and six Grammy nominations.
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Cindy Herron was born in San Francisco, California, to an African-American father and a Swiss-German mother.
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Cindy Herron began her musical career in the cabaret scene in San Francisco, during the early-1980s.
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Cindy Herron worked as a background vocalist for local San Francisco Bay Area acts such as Tiggi Clay.
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Cindy Herron appeared in the original company of the Jerry Herman musical revue Showtune.
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Cindy Herron was featured as a Jet Magazine's JET beauty in the January 13,1980 issue.
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Cindy Herron was named "Miss San Francisco 1986" and placed 2nd-Runner Up in the 1986 Miss California Pageant.
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Cindy Herron has worked as an actress, beginning in 1980 as a cast member of the PBS television drama Up and Coming.
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Cindy Herron had a regular role on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Will's girlfriend.
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Cindy Herron later appeared in such films as Juice, En Vogue appeared on two episodes of Fox's Roc sitcom in 1993, with Herron playing the love interest of the title character's brother Joey.
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In 2007, Cindy Herron played Deena Jones in the stage version of Dreamgirls.
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In 1988, Cindy Herron was chosen along with Dawn Robinson and Maxine Jones to be in a three-piece girl group by producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.
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Cindy Herron sang lead vocals on the group's first single "Hold On", which peaked at number 2 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and sold over a million copies becoming platinum certified by the RIAA.
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In 1994, Cindy Herron went on maternity leave and temporarily left the group.
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In 1996, En Vogue recorded "Don't Let Go " with Cindy Herron singing the outro of the song.
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The ending result saw En Vogue re-recording their third album with Cindy Herron singing lead vocals on more of the songs.
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In July 2014, Cindy Herron signed to Pyramid Records along with fellow member Ellis and Rhona Bennett.
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Cindy Herron married former MLB player Glenn Braggs in June 1993.
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Cindy Herron was declared legally single by January of 2023.