- Rhiannon Giddens was born on February 21, 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.
- SpouseMichael Laffan(2007 - present) (2 children)
- Member of several bands and vocal groups, including Carolina Chocolate Drops (black string band), Eleganza (operatic duets), and Snapdragon (Celtic).
- Has one daughter: (b. 2009), and one son: (b. 2013).
- Daughter of Deborah Johnson, and sister of Laienja Harrison.
- [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.
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