Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist Alicia Keys plays her second role in a motion picture in The Nanny Diaries, after making her debut in Smokin’ Aces, co-starring Ben Affleck. In her five-year music career, Alicia Keys has won nine Grammy Awards, eleven Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, three World Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, two MTV Europe Awards, one NAACP Image Award 2004, two Nickelodeon Teen Choice Awards, one BET Award, three Soul Train Music Awards, one Soul Train Lady of Soul Award, and a My VH1 Award. Keys first appeared on the music scene in June 2001 with her debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” on Clive Davis' J Records.

The album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 Chart and went on to sell more than 10 million units worldwide. Her second album, “The Diary of Alicia Keys” (2003) is currently seven times platinum. In 2005, Keys also became a New York Times Bestselling author when she released her first published work, Tears for Water: Songbook of Poems & Lyrics. Born and raised in New York, Keys studied at the Professional Performance Arts School in Manhattan. She is currently signed to MBK/J Records.

Filmography

• The Nanny Diaries (2007)
• Smokin' Aces (2007)
• "American Dreams" (1 episode, 2003)
• "Charmed" (1 episode, 2001)
• "The Cosby Show" (1 episode, 1985)