Age: 33
female
Ariana Grande-Butera (born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a pop icon and an influential figure in popular music, Grande is known for her four-octave vocal range, which extends into the whistle register. Her accolades include two Grammy Awards, a Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, 39 Guinness World Records, and ten MTV Video Music Awards. She began her career as a teenage actress by appearing in the Broadway musical 13 (2008). She rose to fame as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and its spin-off series Sam & Cat (2013–2014). Grande signed with Republic Records and released her retro-pop and R&B-influenced debut studio album, Yours Truly (2013), which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. She blended pop, R&B, and electronic on her second and third albums, My Everything (2014) and Dangerous Woman (2016), which both achieved international success and contained the singles "Problem", "Break Free", "Bang Bang", "One Last Time", "Into You" and "Side to Side". Personal struggles influenced Grande's trap-infused albums Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019). The former won Grande her first Grammy award, while the latter garnered US number-one singles "Thank U, Next" and "7 Rings", and made her the first solo artist to occupy the top three spots of the Billboard Hot 100. She subsequently achieved the most number-one debuts in Hot 100 chart history with the title track of her sixth album, Positions (2020), as well as the collaborations "Stuck with U" and "Rain on Me". After a musical hiatus, Grande released her seventh album, Eternal Sunshine (2024), which yielded the US number-one singles "Yes, And?" and "We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)". She returned to film acting with the political satire Don't Look Up (2021) and received critical praise for her portrayal of Glinda in the fantasy musical Wicked (2024), earning her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She is the most famous person on earth. She has absolutely no idea who she is when nobody is watching. Starlight follows Celeste, 28, a global pop phenomenon navigating the specific crisis of a woman whose entire adult identity has been constructed for public consumption. She is not unhappy in the way the public expects famous people to be unhappy — she is genuinely confused about where the performance ends. Three seasons track Celeste across a world tour (season one), a deliberate sabbatical and identity search (season two), and her return to music on her own terms (season three). The show is a character study disguised as a glamour drama, with original music throughout each season. The series is structured so that Celeste's hair across seasons marks her psychological journey: elaborate performance styles in season one, completely undone in season two, a deliberate personal signature in season three that is neither the performance nor its absence. Season 1 — The Tour Three hundred shows. Every city. The gap between performance and person widening until Celeste cannot see across it. Season 2 — The Silence The sabbatical. An anonymous year in a coastal town. Felix finding her in episode four. She tells him to go home. He does. He comes back in episode eight. Season 3 — The Return Celeste returns to music on terms she wrote herself. The album is the most personal thing she has made. Felix's name is in the liner notes.
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