Actress who is a singer

This will blow you away. People had their doubts when they heard Blunt had been cast in a major role in the big-screen adaptation of Into the Woods , but this performance proves she always had pipes. She even released an album of Tom Waits covers in He might have created Family Guy , but Seth also is a talented musician and singer, having trained with the vocal coaches of Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra. Pine slayed in the movie version of Into the Woods for a reason: He has a surprisingly good voice.

Did you know Diggs started out on Broadway? Yup, he played Benny in the hit musical Rent and reprised his role in the movie. The Shameless starlet is a classically trained opera singer and starred in the big-screen version of Phantom of the Opera as Christine. The Married With Children and Sons of Anarchy star worked as a backup singer in the '70s and '80s for artists including Bob Dylan and Bette Midler.

She released a solo album, Well She fronted the rock band Juliette Lewis and the Licks from to , then formed a new band, The New Romantiques , to put out her album Terra Incognita. The guitars are more wild and atmospheric. The groove is dark and deep and allow for a lot of sonic contrasts. Jamie Foxx won an Oscar for playing Ray Charles, and his musical abilities are just as notable off screen.

He was the drummer of Phantom Planet until and launched a solo project called Coconut Records in Among other things, he wrote the theme music to Bored to Death under the Coconut Records banner. Jeff Bridges's vocal abilities shined in the movie Crazy Heart , for which he won the Best Actor Oscar, but he released his first album, "Be Here Soon," almost a decade earlier, in His second, a self-titled record, came in , after he signed with Blue Note Records.

Jada Pinkett-Smith is a singer-songwriter in the metal band Wicked Wisdom, and her journey in music hasn't been the easiest. At the end of that, people got on board. Me doing metal was one of my biggest learning experiences. A lot of my success is down to not being afraid. Before his rise as an actor, Jack Black was one half of the comedic rock duo Tenacious D think over-the-top, theatrical rock, or what critics have called "mock rock".

As of , the group has released four studio albums, including Post-Apocalypto. His musical talent has been showcased throughout his acting career, including on his hit show House , and he has two legit blues albums to his name: Let Them Talk and Didn't It Rain Frankie Muniz played the drums in rock band Kingsfoil from to He announced his departure on Facebook, writing : "Due to scheduling conflicts in the coming months, the guys in the band decided to replace me as the drummer a few weeks ago.

Although I'm sad about not being a part of the band, I understand their decision and support them moving forward!

Fun fact: The role originally belonged to Anne Hathaway, who had to back out due to scheduling conflicts. Musically speaking, Emmy followed that up with her debut pop album Inside Out and Sentimental Journey Cara Delevingne went from model to actor to singer. Brie Larson's one and only pop-rock album, Finally Out of P. As Vulture pointed out , she took to MySpace in to promise fans a new EP, but the music never materialized.

Instead, her acting career took off and she put her failed attempt at pop stardom behind her. Bruce Willis released a pop-blues album called The Return of Bruno in —so, post Moonlighting but one year prior to Die Hard —featuring nine cover songs and one original,"Jackpot," which he co-wrote. The Who's the Boss? In , she told the L. Times that she wouldn't release her music in the U. I'd much rather have it released where it's appreciated than laughed at.

United States. Type keyword s to search. She was also handpicked by Aretha Franklin to lead the biopic Respect , released earlier this year. Most recently, she appeared alongside Donald Glover in the musical film Guava Island. Ice-T began his career as an underground rapper in the s and was signed to Sire Records when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays in Though Moore has since enjoyed major recognition for her turn as Rebecca Pearson on This Is Us , she returned to the studio for the first time in a decade in , releasing her seventh studio album, Silver Landings , in Mandy Patinkin is slightly out of place on this list—a graduate of Juilliard, he has always been an actor who sings—but do the people who love him in The Princess Bride , Criminal Minds , Homeland , and The Good Fight know about his musical-theater credentials?

After a brief stint in prison when he was 16 for participating in a race-motivated beating in Boston , Mark Wahlberg followed his brother Donnie—a member of seminal boy band New Kids on the Block —into music. He performed under the name Marky Mark, soon becoming famous for his chiseled physique and penchant for showing it off.

Calvin Klein caught on fast, employing Wahlberg in an early denim campaign alongside Kate Moss. As a former member of the Los Angeles—based rap group N.