11 Facts About Tina Lawson

1.

Tina Lawson 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.

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2.

Tina Lawson's mother, Agnez Beyince, was a seamstress.

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3.

Tina Lawson is a direct descendant of Acadian leader Joseph Broussard and French military officer Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin.

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4.

Tina Lawson filed for divorce from Mathew in November 2009, dropped the matter in 2010, then refiled in August 2011.

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5.

Tina Lawson stated "discord or conflict of personalities" that prevented them from "reasonable expectation of reconciliation" as the reason for the divorce.

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6.

Tina Lawson 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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7.

Tina Lawson has designed costumes for a number of films including Dreamgirls, Pink Panther, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Obsessed, and Cadillac Records.

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8.

Tina Lawson began her career at the age of 19 when she relocated to California to work as a makeup artist for Shiseido Cosmetics.

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9.

Tina Lawson styled the girls' hair, and they practiced their routines at her shop.

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10.

In November 2021, Knowles and husband Richard Tina Lawson confirmed they will reimagine Black Terror, the classic 1971 play by Richard Wesley, as a film produced in partnership with Yendor Theatre Company at Newark Symphony Hall and their own WACO Theater Center.

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11.

In December 2021, Knowles announced her show "Talks with Mama Tina Lawson" would begin airing on Facebook, and include interviews with celebrities, such as Ciara and Zendaya.

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