Tina Knowles is the mother of singers Beyonce and Solange Knowles, and, until 2011, was married to their father Mathew Knowles, the manager of Destiny's Child.
25 Facts About Tina Knowles
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Tina Knowles's mother, Agnez Beyince, was a seamstress.
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Tina Knowles is a direct descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard and French military officer Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin.
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Tina Knowles filed for divorce from Mathew in November 2009, dropped the matter in 2010, then refiled in August 2011.
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Tina Knowles stated "discord or conflict of personalities" that prevented them from "reasonable expectation of reconciliation" as the reason for the divorce.
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Tina Knowles often refers to Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland as her daughter, whom she helped raise from the age of 11 when Rowland began living with the Knowles family.
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Tina Knowles has designed costumes for a number of films including Dreamgirls, Pink Panther, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Obsessed, and Cadillac Records.
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Tina Knowles began her career at the age of 19 when she moved to California to work as a makeup artist for Shiseido Cosmetics.
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Tina Knowles then worked as a dance choreographer for University of Alabama at Birmingham and later a beautician in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Tina Knowles's rise to prominence came as costume designer for Destiny's Child.
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Tina Knowles styled the girls' hair, and they practiced their routines at her shop.
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In 2004, Tina Knowles launched the clothing line House of Dereon alongside Beyonce, naming it after her mother Agnes Dereon.
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In 2013, Tina Knowles appeared in Beyonce's Life Is but a Dream, and was credited as director of wardrobe.
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In July 2020, Tina Knowles made a cameo in Beyonce's Disney+ film Black Is King, which incorporates music from soundtrack album The Lion King: The Gift.
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That same month, Knowles appeared on The TODAY Show to promote her Instagram show "Talks with Mama Tina", which addresses voter suppression, race relations and other social issues.
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On May 23,2021, Tina Knowles presented rapper Trae tha Truth with the Change Maker Award and introduced Padma Lakshmi at the Billboard Music Awards.
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On June 16,2021, Tina Knowles appeared in Facebook's Lift Black Voices Hub, in which she revealed what Juneteenth means to her family.
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In December 2021, Knowles announced her show "Talks with Mama Tina" would begin airing on Facebook and include interviews with celebrities, such as Ciara and Zendaya.
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Tina Knowles proposed the initiative, following the high number of deaths as a result of contracting the virus in the African-American community in Houston.
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Tina Knowles has spoken to raise awareness on a number of US television and news programs, including CBS News and ABC News.
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Tina Knowles is a philanthropic supporter of political and cultural movements, such as Black Lives Matter, African Pride, Still I Vote, and Mothers of the Movement.
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Tina Knowles has spoken out against police brutality and violence against women in the United States.
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In 2020, Tina Knowles was a part of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights movement, which advocates for the passage of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act to ensure health care, economic security, justice system reform, housing and voting access in the US, in the wake of the economic crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tina Knowles wrote an open letter to United States Senate leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer, urging passage of the bill, with support from her daughters, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Octavia Spencer and Jada Pinkett Smith.
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In 2001, Tina Knowles was a recipient at the ACE Awards, which honors individuals who "help raise awareness of the accessories industry with a positive impact".