Andra Day is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Her debut studio album, Cheers to the Fall, was released in 2015 and it received a nomination for Best R&B Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, while the single "Rise Up" was nominated for Best R&B Performance. For her live rendition of "Rise Up" on the talk show The View, Day was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award.
In 2021, Day portrayed American jazz singer Billie Holiday in the biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday, her feature film debut. Her performance won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, making her the second African American actress to win in this category after Whoopi Goldberg in 1987. At the 93rd Academy Awards, she was nominated for Best Actress. The soundtrack of the film won Day her first Grammy Award, in the category of Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best Actress The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Children's and Family Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2022 Outstanding Short Form Program We the People
Daytime Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program "Rise Up"
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama The United States vs. Billie Holiday Best Original Song "Tigress & Tweed"
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best R&B Album Cheers to the Fall Best R&B Performance "Rise Up" 2022 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Miscellaneous awards BET Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best New Artist Andra Day Best Female R&B Artist Centric Award "Rise Up" 2021 Best Actress The United States vs. Billie Holiday 2025 The Deliverance
Billboard Women in Music Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Powerhouse Performer Andra Day
Black Reel Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Outstanding Original Song "Stand Up for Something" 2021 Outstanding Actress The United States vs. Billie Holiday Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Female Outstanding Original Song "Tigress & Tweed" 2025 "Bricks"
CMT Music Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 CMT Performance of the Year "Stand Up for Something"
Hollywood Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2017 Original Song — Feature Film "Stand Up for Something"
NAACP Image Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Outstanding New Artist Andra Day 2018 Outstanding Female Artist "Stand Up for Something" Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration 2022 Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture The United States vs. Billie Holiday Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation Album
Soul Train Music Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best New Artist Andra Day The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award "Rise Up"
Webby Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best Actress The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Critics awards
African-American Film Critics Association Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best Actress The United States vs. Billie Holiday 2024 Best Original Song "Bricks"
Critics' Choice Movie Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best Actress The United States vs. Billie Holiday Best Song "Tigress & Tweed"
Celebration of Black Cinema Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Special Honoree Award Herself
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2016 Best Song/Recording Created for a Film "The Light That Never Fails"
Palm Springs International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Breakthrough Performance Award The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Virtuosos Award Herself
Women Film Critics Circle Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2021 Best Actress The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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