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Leona Philippo (born 6 May 1979 in Delft, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch film, television and stage actress and singer-songwriter of Jamaican origin. On December 14, 2012, she won the title for season 3 of the Dutch reality television music competition ''The Voice of Holland''. She is also often credited simply as Leona. ==Career== Born in Delft, she started music very early learning the piano. When she was 6, she moved with her adoptive family to the Canada. In 1998, she recorded materials in Hollywood, Los Angeles made available as a demo. Later she moved back to Holland, to Rotterdam She also took part with R&B band performing at various locations including at the Ahoy Rotterdam. She left the band after three years. Leaving the Conservatory after three years of studies, she joined band Nits as vocalist and toured with them in their Wool Tour in 2000 performing throughout Europe and in Japan. In 2001, Philippo starred in ''Aida'', a musical directed by Joop van den Ende. She also took part in a string of musical stage acts, notably : ''A Tribute To The Girl Groups'', and in ''A Tribute to The Blues Brothers''. In 2004-2005, she appeared in Dutch television series ''Het glazen huis'' in a leading role of Bibi Kruyswijk. She was also in backing vocals for a number of touring artists including Trijntje Oosterhuis, Total Touch, Kane and Candy Dulfer. In 2008, she also made guest appearances during ' concert of Lionel Richie. In 2009, her single "Shake Ya Tailfeather" was promoted as Radio 501 favourite upcoming hit. In 2011, she returned to musical stage theatre with ''A Tribute to Michael Jackson'' and in ''The Songs from the movie Sister Act''. In 2012, she acted in the Dutch drama ', ''Stars For Planet Earth'' and acted in the 2012 film release ' as Laetitia Jurna after having appeared in a string of films and TV series in a variety of roles. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leona Philippo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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