- Born
- Birth nameMya Marie Harrison
- Nicknames
- Ms. Caramel
- Queen of Throwback R&B/Hip-Hop
- Dancing Queen
- Ghetto Princess
- Mya-Re
- My My
- 10-10
- Height1.64 m
- Mya Marie Harrison was born on October 10, 1979 in Washington D.C. She's an American R&B/pop singer, entertainer, philanthropist & actress known professionally as Mýa. She started taking ballet lessons at 2, adding jazz & tap dancing lessons 2 years later. As a teen, she began to shift her focus to music. Gifted & musically-inclined, she put together a demo tape at 15 w/ the help of her parents, garnering the interest of a record label. At 16, she began recording her first solo album, which was later released on Interscope Records in spring April 1998. It sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. & produced the gold-certified top 10 single It's All About Me featuring Sisqó.- IMDb mini biography by: Scott Walker
- ParentsTheresa HarrisonSherman Harrison
- RelativesChaz Harrison(Sibling)Nijel Harrison(Sibling)
- Once tap-danced on stage with famous tap-dancer Gregory Hines.
- Half Jamaican
- Half Italian
- Recorded a new version of the Patti LaBelle hit "Lady Marmalade" along with P!nk, Christina Aguilera and Lil' Kim for the Moulin Rouge (2001) soundtrack.
- Got her start as a tap dancer.
- [on her mixed racial heritage] There was a time in my life when I wasn't popular and accepted by kids in school. I was made fun of with braces and kinky hair, and being from a multicultural family, etc... And it really hurts when you're that age, but later when you get something of your own or you get involved in activities like a sport, you begin to be accepted for what you do, and your personality and who you are, instead of your clothes and how you look and the name designer brands you have on.
- I'd like to be remembered as a good person, that gave as much as she could with what she had to give.
- Clothing, hair and make-up are just reflective of how I am feeling at any given moment and that varies from day to day.
- Being independent gives me freedom to creatively be great. Standing on your own doesn't always get major exposure or support, but because I make music from a pure place, I am more so excited and relieved that it actually gets out into the universe.
- Best beauty tip... Work yourself from the inside out. Eat right, drink right, look right! Positive energy brings a certain glow, so think positive, choose positive, be positive & attract positiveness. It always shows up on the outside.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content