Rhiannon Giddens

Actress
Producer
Music Department

Rhiannon Giddens was born on 21 February 1977 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Great Debaters (2007), Sinners (2025) and An Ode to Mary Jo. She has been married to Michael Laffan since 2007. They have two children.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 13 nominations total

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Known for

The Great Debaters

7.5

Juke Joint Musician #4

2007

Sinners

7.5

Music Department

2025

An Ode to Mary Jo

Mary Jo

Descendant

7.1

Composer

2022

Credits

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Actress

American Experience
8.6
TV Series
- Carrie Sadgwar Manly
- Letter to President McKinley from Anonymous Woman (voice)
- 2024
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: Waterbound
Music Video
- 2021
Trees on the Mountain
Video
- 2020
Rhiannon Giddens: I'm on My Way
Music Video
- 2019
Nashville
7.7
TV Series
- Hanna Lee 'Hallie' Jordan
- 2016–2018
Parenthood
8.3
TV Series
- Rhiannon Giddens
- 2015
Nurse Jackie
7.9
TV Series
- Square Dance Caller
- 2014
The Great Debaters
7.5
- Juke Joint Musician #4
- 2007
Whisky Sour Happy Hour
TV Series

Producer

Music Department

Personal details

Official sites
- Apple Music
- Bandcamp
Alternative name
- The New Basement Tapes
Born
- February 21, 1977
- Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Spouse
- Michael Laffan2007 - present (2 children)
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

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Trivia
Member of several bands and vocal groups, including Carolina Chocolate Drops (black string band), Eleganza (operatic duets), and Snapdragon (Celtic).

Quotes
[on studying the minstrelsy genre in 1820s and '30s America] It had such a gargantuan effect on American culture, world culture. This was the first time that tunes were written down. I've been going at it from a musicology point-of-view, rather than looking at its blackface and running screaming from the room.