Who Is Ariana Grande?

Ariana Grande began performing onstage when she was a child. Her involvement in a
Broadway play at age 15, followed by some small TV parts, helped her land the role
of Cat on TV's Victorious. She followed that with the spinoff Sam & Cat and then
dove headfirst into a chart-topping musical career, releasing five albums: Yours
Truly (2013), My Everything (2014), Dangerous Woman (2016), Sweetener (2018) and
Thank U, Next (2019).
Early Years
Grande was born on June 26, 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida, to Edward Butera, a
graphic designer, and Joan Grande, a businesswoman. She took to singing and acting
at a young age and made her way onto the local theater scene before she was a
teenager. Her first big break came in 2008 when the 15-year-old landed the role of
Charlotte in the Broadway production of 13, a play focusing on life growing up in
New York City. The early role led to accolades, and Grande won a National Youth
Theatre Association Award.
Two years later, she appeared in the musical Cuba Libre and had a small role on a
TV show called The Battery’s Down.