Jamie Foxx is an actor, comedian, musician, producer, and radio host. He was a very proficient youngster at school and performed in a variety of activities. His musical capacities were noticeable from childhood as he began playing the piano at the tender age of five.

He was also a top-ranking student and skilled at playing sports like basketball and football. As a teenager, he also sang for a music band and was often acknowledged for his ability to make his classmates laugh. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before trying his hand at acting.

He was chosen to play a football player in the film ‘Any Given Sunday’ because of his sporting background. More film roles pursued, and he reached the peak of his acting career with his performance in the biopic ‘Ray’ for which he won an ‘Academy Award’ and ‘BAFTA Award.’

In addition to being a successful actor, he is also a ‘Grammy’ award-winning musician. He has released five albums, out of which two were accredited platinum status. This talented entertainer has also had his share of controversies due to his brushes with the law and his insensitive comments about other performers.

Wiki/Biodata

Birth Name	Eric Morlon Bishop
Nick Name	Jamie Foxx
Age	(as in 2023) 56 years
Religion	Baptist
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Sagittarius
Birth Place	Terrell, Texas, USA
Date of Birth	13 December 1967
Nationality	American
Residence	Hidden Valley, California, United States
Home Town	Terrell, Texas
Hobbies	Singing
Family
Mother’s Name	Louise Annette Talley Dixon
Father’s Name	Darrell Bishop (Changed his name to Shahid Abdula after he converted to Islam) (Stockbroker)
Brother	None
Sister	1. Diondra Dixon 2. Deidra Dixon
Girlfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Olivia Munn- Jamie was Rumored to have an encounter with American actress Olivia Munn. • Debbie Allen- Foxx had a fling with the American movie producer Debbie Allen in the past. • Vivica Fox (1997)- In 1997, Jamie was in a short-lived romance with American actress Vivica Fox. • Adriane Kelly (2000)- In 2000, Foxx dated with American author and writer Adriane Kelly for a short period of time. • Iliana Fischer (2002-2004)- In the period from 2002 until 2004, Foxx was in a relationship with American model Iliana Fischer. • Leila Arcieri (2004-2005)- Jamie began dating Leila Arcieri in June 2004. Their romance lasted for a year until July 2005, when they parted ways. • Christina Milian (2005)- American singer Christina Milian was seen romancing with Jamie Foxx in 2005. • Meagan Good (2006)- In 2006, Jamie was linked with American actress Meagan Good. • Eva Marcille (2006)- Foxx was in a brief romance with American model Eva Marcille in 2006. • Fantasia Barrino (2006)- In 2006, Jamie had a fling with American singer Fantasia Barrino. • Lil’ Kim (2007-2008)- Lil’ Kim, the American female rapper commenced dating Foxx in 2007. The couple split in 2008. • Stacy Keibler (2008)- In 2008, Jamie was RUMORed to have had a fling with American actress and retired professional wrestler Stacy Keibler. • Claudia Jordan (2008)- Foxx dated Claudia Jordan for a short period of time in 2008. • Ashley Scott (2008)- American actress Ashley Scott was linked with Jamie in 2008. • Dollicia Bryant (2009)- In 2009, Jamie was romantically connected with American model Dollicia Bryant. • Nikki Giavasis (2009)- In 2009, Foxx was romancing with American actress Nikki Giavasis. • Sky Nellor (2009)- Jamie was linked with the Australian model Sky Nellor in 2009. • Dominique Simone (2010)- African-American p*rnstar Dominique Simone hooked up with Jamie in 2010. • Stacey Dash (2010)- In 2010, Foxx dated American actress Stacey Dash. • Cristy Rice (2013)- American TV personality Cristy Rice had a fling with Jamie in the summer of 2013. • Katie Holmes (2014-2019)- In August 2014, Jamie began dating the American actress Katie Holmes. In November 2018, rumors spread that the two had got engaged as Katie was seen with a diamond ring on her left hand. They split in May 2019 after remaining together for many years. They never officially confirmed their relationship during this time.
Marital Status, Wife and Children
Wife/Spouse	Unmarried
Children	Jamie is the father of two daughters Corinne Bishop (b. 1994) and Annalise (b. August 2009) from his previous relationships.
Education
School	Foxx went to Terrell High School in Texas and was part of the basketball and football teams.
College/University	After he finished his high school studies, Jamie was offered a scholarship by United States International University (aka Alliant International University) which he accepted. At college, Foxx studied classical music and composition.
Educational Qualification	Graduated
Profession	Actor, singer, songwriter, comedian
Brands Endorsed	Jamie has appeared in TV commercials for 1. Coors Light Beer (2000) 2. Public Service Announcement for The One Campaign (2005) 3. Verizon wireless telephone service (2016) 4. Under Armor 5. Canon
Career Manager	1. LBI Entertainment 2. The Gersh Agency, Inc.
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in Feet/Inches- 5’9″ in Centimeters- 175 cm in Meters- 1.75m
Weight (Approx.)	in Kilograms- 82 kg in Pounds- 181 lbs
Figure Measurements
Chest Size	42 Inches
Hips Size	34 Inches
Waist Size	38 Inches
Biceps Sizes	16 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Specialities	• Small mustache • Ear piercing • Muscular body • Freckles on nose
Race / Ethnicity	Black
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Dark Brown
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Known
Shoe Size	9 (US)
Favourite Things
Favourite Comics	Red Foxx
Favourite Songs	• Do Me, Baby- Prince • S*xual Healing- Marvin Gaye • Always and Forever- Heatwave • It’s All About the Benjamins- Sean Combs • Lady- Lionel Richie
Favourite Sport	Basketball
Controversies	None

He was born on 13 December 1967, in Terrell, Texas, USA, to Louise Annette Talley and Darrell Bishop. After his parents’ marriage dissolved, Foxx was adopted by his maternal grandparents when he was less than a year old. He was musically inclined from childhood and started playing the piano when he was five. He also had a knack for telling jokes and making people laugh.

He attended ‘Terrell High School’ and was academically brilliant. He was also skilled at playing sports like football and basketball. He also played music with a band called ‘Leather and Lace.’ He earned a scholarship to the ‘United States International University’ to study classical music and composition.

Jamie Foxx Net Worth

Jamie Foxx has a net worth of $170 million.

His roles in Ali (2001, in which he starred opposite Will Smith),  Breakin’ All the Rules, and Collateral, which grossed $217.7 million worldwide. The sprawling single-story compound once owned by actor-singer-comedian Jamie Foxx has hit the market for $3.299 million, records show.

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The Oscar winner owned the double-lot property from 1997 to 2008, and it’s bounced around a bit since then, trading hands three times since 2008 and most recently selling for $3.05 million in 2017. Foxx’s fingerprints are all over the abode, which boasts a roughly 6,000-square-foot residence, a massive deck, a swimming pool, and a detached gym.

In the corner of the nearly one-acre property, a basketball court is emblazoned with the word “Foxxhole”  the name of the entertainer’s comedy radio channel that began in 2007.

Relationship with Katie Holmes

Foxx, who has two daughters, became romantically involved with actress Katie Holmes sometime after her split from Tom Cruise in 2012, though they remained tight-lipped about their relationship for many years. In August 2019 it was reported that the couple had broken up. Foxx has occasionally found himself in legal trouble.

He was arrested in 2003 following an altercation with security guards at a New Orleans casino, ultimately drawing two years’ probation. In 2018, a woman accused the actor of attacking her after she refused to partake in s*xual activity with him in 2002. Foxx called the allegations “absurd” and said he would pursue legal action against his accuser.

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Jamie Foxx Movies And TV Shows

• Leaving college, Foxx moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in comedy. In 1991 he was hired as a regular cast member on the Fox variety show In Living Color.
• Foxx left In Living Color in 1994, but in 1996 he returned to television with The Jamie Foxx Show, playing a struggling Los Angeles actor who lives in a hotel owned by his aunt and uncle.
• Jamie Foxx By the time his show ended in 2001, Foxx was beginning to be viewed as a talented dramatic actor. This was due in large part to his performance in the sports drama Any Given Sunday (1999).
• Playing football star Willie Beamen, Foxx showed incredible range in his performance and held his own against one of the film’s greats, Al Pacino.
• His next notable film role was in Michael Mann’s Ali (2001), and he later earned praise for his performance opposite Tom Cruise in the thriller Collateral (2004).
• While Collateral was a critical and commercial hit, Foxx drew more attention that year for his starring role as Ray Charles in the biopic Ray. Bringing the legendary R&B musician to life on the big screen, Foxx earned Best Actor wins at both the Academy Awards and Golden Globes.
• Following Ray, Foxx took an interesting array of roles with mixed results. The military action film Stealth (2005), with Josh Lucas and Jessica Biel, was a critical and financial dud.
• That same year, he garnered some critical praise for his turn as a marine serving in the Middle East in Jarhead, with Jake Gyllenhaal, but the movie failed to attract much of an audience.
• After teaming up with Colin Farrell for Michael Mann’s big-screen adaptation of the popular 1980s cop show Miami Vice (2006), Foxx co-starred in Dreamgirls (2006), with Jennifer Hudson and Beyoncé, as a scheming car salesman who becomes a manager for R&B star James Thunder Early (played by Eddie Murphy).
• His character then transforms Early’s backup singers, the Dreamettes, into an all-female supergroup. The film is loosely based on the ’60s pop group the Supremes.
• In late 2012 Foxx burst back onto the big screen with a leading role in Quentin Tarantino’s action western Django Unchained. He starred as Django, a freed slave who teams up with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to find his wife (Kerry Washington) and face off against the plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio) who has her captive. The cast also included Samuel L. Jackson and Jonah Hill.
• Foxx then co-starred in the 2013 action film White House Down as President Sawyer, opposite Channing Tatum. In 2014 he reprised earlier roles in Rio 2 and Horrible Bosses 2; played the villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and took on the role of the Daddy Warbucks-like William Stacks for a remake of Annie.
• Foxx took a break from the screen, before resurfacing in 2017 with the crime flicks Sleepless and Baby Driver. In late 2018, following the announcement that he would star in an adaptation of the popular comic book series Spawn, Foxx appeared in a remake of Robin Hood as the title character’s trusted friend, Little John.
• The following year, he delivered a strong performance in Just Mercy, based on the story of an African-American pulpwood worker who was wrongfully convicted of the 1986 murder of a young white woman.
• Next up for the actor is a leading voice role in the animated Soul, as well as a re-pairing with Downey in the sports comedy All-Star Weekend.

Facts

1. Jamie’s parents divorced a few months after his birth. His mother’s parents by whom she was adopted, took care, and raised Jamie.
2. He was raised in the black part of Terrell which was known as the racial community.
3. Foxx stated that his mother has been the most influential person in his life and she is the biggest reason for his success.
4. As a kid, he was naturally talented in telling jokes. In school, he would tell jokes to the class if the students in the class behaved properly (as a form of reward to the class).
5. His teenage dream was to play for the NFL team Dallas Cowboys.
6. Jamie served as a member of the music band Leather and Lace for a short time.
7. He supports the NBA’s Miami Heat.
8. Jamie and his former co-star Garcelle Beauvais made a pact to not get romantically involved with each other.
9. Jamie was listed in the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 2005.
10. One of his idols is R. Kelly.
11. In 2006, Foxx was selected as one of the Hottest Bachelors by People Magazine.
12. He is a fan of professional wrestling.
13. Ray achieved a total of 22 awards for his role as Ray Charles in the movie Ray (2004).
14. When it comes to comedy movies, Jamie idolizes Richard Pryor. Denzel Washington is his idol in acting and
15. Steve Hardin is his role model in music.
16. As a kid, Foxx attended piano classes.
17. He first used to perform as a stand-up comedian.
18. Jamie has played as a quarterback in the high school’s football team.
19. On January 18, 2016, Jamie saved a young man from his truck after he crashed near Foxx’s home. After the incident, the driver Brett Kyle was charged with driving under the influence.
20. His daughter Corinne was selected as the Miss Golden Globe 2016 on November 18, 2015.

FAQs

Jessica Lange is an American actress who has derived international recognition for her work in theater, cinema, and television. She started her career as a model and was noticed by film producer Dino De Laurentiis while modeling for Wilhelmina modeling agency. Lange made her film beginning in the 1976 flick ‘King Kong,’ for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award. She went on to act in many other movies consisting of ‘Tootsie’, ‘Country’, ‘Music Box’, ‘Sweet Dreams’, ‘Frances’, ‘Grey Gardens’, and ‘Blue Sky’, to name a few. Over the course of her pervasive career, she has won several renowned awards including the Academy Award.

In fact, she is one of the 26 actresses to earn an Academy Award for a comedic character. In addition to being an actress, Lange is also a professional photojournalist who has her artwork exhibited in numerous galleries like Howard Greenberg Gallery, Butler Institute of American Art, Rosegallery, Polk Museum of Art, Centro Cultural de Cascais and A Gallery for Fine Photography. Presently, she is a UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador who trains in HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Russia. A less known fact about the American artiste is that she has also subsidized a number of songs as a singer.

Jessica Lange Wiki/Bio

Birth Name	Jessica Phyllis Lange
Nick Name	Jessie
Age	(as in 2023) 74 years
Religion	She doesn’t follow any set religion but, she regularly practices Buddhism.
Sun Sign/Zodiac Sign	Taurus
Birth Place	Cloquet, Minnesota, USA
Date of Birth	20 April 1949
Nationality	American
Residence	Stillwater, Minnesota, USA
Home Town	Cloquet, Minnesota
Hobbies	Not available
Family
Mother’s Name	Dorothy Florence (Housewife)
Father’s Name	Albert John Lange (Teacher and Traveling salesman)
Brother	George Lange (Younger)
Sister	• Ann Lange (Older) • Jane Lange (Older)
Others	• George Oscar Alexander Lange (Paternal Grandfather) • Tena Trientje Eitens (Paternal Grandmother) • George Ilmar Sahlman (Maternal Grandfather) • Lillian Elvira Buskala (Maternal Grandmother)
Boyfriends/Affairs
Affairs/Boyfriends	• Bob Fosse (1970s) • Mikhail Baryshnikov (1976-1982) • Sam Shepard (1982–2009)
Marital Status, Husband and Children
Husband/Spouse	Paco Grande (m. 1970–1981)
Marriage Date	29 July 1970
Children	• Daughters- Hannah Jane Shepard (born in 1985) (With Her Partner Sam Shepard) Shura Baryshnikov (born in 1981) (With Her Partner Mikhail Baryshnikov) • Son- Samuel Walker Shepard (With Her Partner Sam Shepard)
Education
School	Cloquet High School
College/University	University of Minnesota
Educational Qualification	Graduated
Profession	Actress, Model, Singer, and Photographer
Brands Endorsed	Marc Jacobs Beauty brand
Career Manager	• Brian Swardstrom • Untitled Entertainment • Talent Management Company, Beverly Hills, California, USA
Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements
Height (Approx.)	in centimeters- 173 cm in meters- 1.73 m in feet inches- 5’8”
Weight (Approx.)	in kilograms- 63 kg in pounds- 139 lbs
Figure Measurements
Breast Size	36 Inches
Hips Size	36 Inches
Waist Size	24 Inches
Extra Ordinary Features
Race / Ethnicity	White
Hair Color	Blonde
Eye Color	Hazel
S*xual Orientation	Straight
Dress Size	Not Available
Shoe Size	8.5 (U.S.)
Favourite Things
Favourite Place	Scotland
Favourite Novelist	Émile Zola
Favourite American Horror Story Season	Freak Show (4th Season)
Favourite Co-star	Kim Stanley
Controversies	None

Life Journey

Jessica Lange was born on April 20, 1949, in Cloquet, Minnesota. The third of four children, Lange was born to Dorothy Florence and Albert John Lange, who was a lecturer and salesman. As a child, Lange’s family moved continually due to her father’s regularly changing jobs.

Lange afterward understands that her family “lived like gypsies.” But rather of renouncing against this ephemeral lifestyle, Lange derived the travel bug. By the time she joined as an art student at the University of Minnesota in 1967, she had enormous dreams of seeing the world.

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In the spring of 1968, before she had completed her freshman year, Lange saw and fell in love with 24-year-old photography lecturer Paco Grande. Lange and Grande left school and migrated throughout the United States and Europe. They resided mostly out of Grande’s van, and Lange met many of Grande’s friends within the film society.

They came back to Minnesota briefly in July 1970, where they were married. The newlyweds migrated to New York, finally settling into the SoHo art community. Grande pursued to work on film projects and Lange, influenced by French cinema, made the judgment to study mime.

In 1971, Lange shifted to Paris to study mime with lecturer Etienne Decroux. Her two years of education with Decroux triggered an interest in acting, and she came back to New York in 1973 to seek a film career.

Jessica Lange Net Worth

Jessica Lange has a net worth of $20 million dollars.

Debut in acting with ‘King Kong‘

During her time abroad, Lange’s marriage to Paco Grande had disintegrated. Grande quit Lange in New York, where she initiated working as a waitress and model in the Wilhelmina Agency in the form to make ends meet.

In the plunge of 1975, film producer Dino De Laurentiis talked Lange’s modeling agency looking for an actress to star in his new King Kong movie. A representative at Wilhelmina proposed Lange for the part. After a Hollywood screen evaluation, she secured the role.

King Kong knocked theaters in 1976 and was a box-office hit. Reviews for Lange, however, were widely negative and concentrated on the fact that Lange was a former model. Although she had authorized a seven-year acting contract with De Laurentiis, Lange did not function for three years following King Kong’s release.

During this turn, Lange met Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, and the two started dating.

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Jessica Lange Movies And TV Shows

• Jessica Lange initiated her career as a model in the Wilhelmina modeling agency. She soon operated into acting and made her film appearance in the 1976 flick ‘King Kong’. After this, she was cast as the Angel of Death in a semiautobiographical movie named ‘All That Jazz’.
• In 1980, she did the arrival ‘How to Beat the High Cost of Living’ alongside Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin. A year later, she was offered the lead character in the film ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’.
• The actress acted the title role of actress Frances Farmer in the biographical movie ‘Frances’ in 1982. She then formed and acted the topical flick, ‘Country’ in 1984. The same year, Lange emerged in the TV film ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’.
• After this, she was worked as Patsy Cline in the movie ‘Sweet Dreams’. This was pursued by her low profile movies ‘Crimes of the Heart’, ‘Far North’, and ‘Everybody’s All-American’ in the late 1980s.
• Between 1990 and 1992, the American beauty emerged in the films ‘Men Don’t Leave’ and ‘Cape Fear’ as well as in the TV movie ‘O Pioneers!’ During this time, she also made her Broadway debut with the character of Blanche DuBois in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’.
• She performed important roles in the films ‘Losing Isaiah’, ‘Rob Roy’ and ‘A Thousand Acres’ in the mid-1990s. She then emerged in the thriller flick ‘Hush’ and in the comedy-drama flick ‘Cousin Bette’ in 1998.
• In 1999, Jessica Lange emerged in the film modification of William Shakespeare’s play, ‘Titus Andronicus.’ The movie, titled ‘Titus,’ also emphasized Alan Cumming and Anthony Hopkins.
• She materialized in a London stage production of ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’. Then after materializing in the 2001 film ‘Prozac Nation’, she acted in HBO’s TV movie ‘Normal’ in 2003. That year, the actress also did the films ‘Masked and Anonymous’ and ‘Big Fish’.
• During the year 2005, she was emphasized in the big screen movies ‘Broken Flowers’ and ‘Don’t Come Knocking’ as well as in the play ‘The Glass Menagerie’.
• In 2009, Lange characterized the role of Big Edie in the television movie ‘Grey Gardens’.
• In 2011, she followed the cast of the horror anthology series titled ‘American Horror Story’ and went on to act in many of its seasons including ‘American Horror Story: Asylum’, ‘American Horror Story: Coven’ and ‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’.
• In 2013 and 2014, the American beauty did the films ‘In Secret’ and ‘The Gambler’. She then materialized in the movie ‘Wild Oats’ in 2016.
• That year, she also worked in the web series, ‘Horace and Pete’. Lange next starred in the anthology series titled ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ and also played as its co-producer.

Facts

1. She is a vegetarian.
2. She wished to be a painter before inclining an actress.
3. She has been through a phase of depression but never believed in seeking therapy for it.
4. Jessica has published several collections of her pictures. In 2008, it was published under the title 50 Photographs, a black and white collection. In 2010, it was a collection titled In Mexico, and in 2013, she presented a children’s picture book disclosed It’s About a Little Bird.
5. She became UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador on June 2, 2003, fixating on HIV/AIDS and immunization.
6. She supports the Buddhist monks in Nepal in their cause.
7. Jessica has been vocal about “ageism” in Hollywood, leading out that it works with a male point of view.
8. She has 2 granddaughters from her daughter Aleksandra and her husband, called Adah and Ilse Bryan.
9. She has a tattoo of a curve moon on her hip, which she got at the age of 19 in Paris.
10. In 2016, she became the 22nd thespian to receive the Triple Crown of Acting in the history of American entertainment.
11. She is not active on any social media site.

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