Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson (born June 27, 1997), known professionally as H.E.R. (pronounced "her" and standing for "Having Everything Revealed"), is an American R&B singer-songwriter. She was born in Vallejo, California, to a Filipino mother and an African American father, and was raised in California's San Francisco Bay Area. She has won an Academy Award, a Children's and Family Emmy Award, and five Grammy Awards, and been nominated for a Golden Globe Award, three American Music Awards, and four Billboard Music Awards. H.E.R. made her acting debut as Belle on Disney musical television special Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration, while she starred as Mary "Squeak" Agnes on the 2023 film adaptation of The Color Purple, directed by Blitz Bazawule, being nominated with the cast at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and winning a NAACP Image Award.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 27, 1997 (29)
- Vallejo, California, USA
- Actor and producer
- 11 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are H.E.R.'s films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1
Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Squeak in The Color Purple (2023)
- Heroas Jo in Forgotten Island (2026)
Moods and endings
- Happy8
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch H.E.R.'s films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
Subscription and free streaming for H.E.R.'s titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 36 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Forgotten Island(2026)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all filmsThe Makings of Curtis Mayfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Six Triple Eight(2024)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Color Purple(2023)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Bruised(2020)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
We the People(2021)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all shows
Yes Day(2021)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Uncle Drew(2018)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
SuperFly(2018)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
School Gyrls(2009)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all filmsThe Majorettes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2009 to 2026.
Film career
- 2021Screen debut· YES DAY
- 2022First top-billed film· Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
an Oscar and 5 other major awards from 28 major nominations, 2019–2024.
- Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Dance/Electronic Recording
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Record of the Year
- Grammy Award, won · Best Traditional R&B Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Album
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Song Written for Visual Media
- Grammy Award, nominated · Song of the Year
- Oscar, won · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
+1 other major body · 2 wins and 1 nomination
- Grammy Award, won · Best R&B Song
- Grammy Award, won · Song of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Song
- Grammy Award, nominated · Record of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Song of the Year
- Grammy Award, won · Best R&B Album
- Grammy Award, won · Best R&B Performance
- Grammy Award, nominated · Album of the Year
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best New Artist
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best R&B Song
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do H.E.R.'s films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is H.E.R.'s work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does H.E.R. work with?
People who share at least 2 of H.E.R.'s MovieCove titles; David Alan Grier shares the most, 2.
- David Alan GrierShared titles: The Color Purple (2023), Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022)See all 2 shared titles with David Alan Grier
