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Esperanza Spalding
Actor, ProducerBorn October 18, 1984 (41 years)
Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984) is an American bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Her accolades include five Grammy Awards, a Boston Music Award, a Soul Train Music Award, and two honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
Filmography
| 2025 | Milton Bituca Nascimento · as Self |
| 2023 | Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (TV Series) · as Self - Jazz Bassist & Singer |
| 2018 | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like · as Self |
| 2017 | Love Beats Rhymes · as Herself |
| 2016 | Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Marvel's Luke Cage (TV Series) · as Esperanza Spalding |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Performer |
| 2015 | NOVA: The Great Math Mystery · as Self |
| 2015 | Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band · as Self - Performer |
| 2015 | Mavis! · as Self |
| 2015 | The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2015 | International Jazz Day · as Self |
| 2014 | The 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Performer |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 2012 | History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears · as Self |
| 2012 | The 84th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer |
| 2012 | Wissenschaftsdoku (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | BET Awards 2010 · as Self |
| 2009 | The Mo'Nique Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts (TV Series) · as Self - Vocals, Arrangements, Bass & Musical Direction |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1985 | Rock in Rio (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1975 | Austin City Limits (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) · as Self |