15 Facts About Nona Gaye

Nona Aisha Gaye was born on September 4,1974 and is an American singer-songwriter, former fashion model, and retired actress.

Nona Gaye was born in Washington, DC, spending the first three weeks of her life in the capital of the United States.

Nona Gaye is the daughter of Marvin Gaye, a Motown singer, and Janis Hunter, who managed her daughter's music career.

Nona Gaye's father was killed in 1984 by her grandfather Marvin Gay Sr.

In 1993, Nona Gaye was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.

Nona Gaye signed to Ford Modeling Agency in 1994, and became the new face of Armani.

In 1995, Nona Gaye sang the title track on a tribute album of her father, Inner City Blues: The Music of Marvin Nona Gaye.

For three years, Nona Gaye both collaborated with and dated singer-songwriter Prince.

Nona Gaye has candidly admitted that during this time she had experienced a long, personal battle with drug abuse, which she successfully overcame in 1996.

Nona Gaye sang alongside other artists to re-record and release her father's single "What's Going On" to benefit AIDS research in 2001.

Nona Gaye appeared with several celebrities in the music video for Luther Vandross' 2003 song "Dance with My Father", collectively filling in for Vandross who had suffered a stroke at the time.

Nona Gaye began her acting career in 2001, debuting in Michael Mann's Ali as Belinda Ali.

Nona Gaye was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for portraying Zee in The Matrix Revolutions.

Nona Gaye provided the voice of the unnamed Hero Girl in 2004's The Polar Express.

Nona Gaye portrayed preacher's wife Charlene Frank in The Gospel.