Joanna Noëlle Levesque, known professionally as JoJo, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She portrays Sabine in All American.
Biography[]
JoJo is a chart-topping, award-winning singer, songwriter, and actress who, at just 30 years old, is already a veteran of the music industry. 17 years into her career, her fourth studio album Good To Know, debuted at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums Chart and earning widespread global acclaim from Vulture, TIME, Variety, NYLON, NPR, The FADER, and more, with Associated Press proclaiming "good to know is more than good. It's grand."
At just 13, JoJo burst onto the scene with her self-titled debut album, whose breakout smash "Leave (Get Out)" made her the youngest-ever solo artist to have a debut #1 single in the U.S. JoJo went on to sell over four million copies and became the singer's first Platinum record, which she followed with a string of additional hits, including the Top 3 single "Too Little Too Late." In 2016, following 10 years of legal battles with her former label that prevented her from releasing new music, JoJo returned with Mad Love., which debuted in the Top 10 on the Billboard Top 200. In 2018, JoJo re-recorded and re-released her first two albums (JoJo and The High Road) under her own label Clover Music, so her fans could finally get the nostalgia they had been missing for so many years. She has also pushed herself outside the confines of genre, collaborating with artists ranging from PJ Morton to Jacob Collier.
On October 1, 2021, JoJo released Trying Not To Think About It. The capsule project is a musical expression of her continued honesty, vulnerability and transparency around mental health, tackling the different shades of it – including anxiety, depression, negative thoughts, relationship self-sabotage, and emotional immaturity. Following its release, JoJo embarked on a sold out run of six live performance dates across the United States in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Nashville and Los Angeles.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Developing Sheldon | Young Elizabeth | |
| 2006 | Aquamarine | Hailey Rogers | |
| 2006 | RV | Cassie Munro | |
| 2006 | JoJo: The Pop Princess | Herself | Documentary |
| 2008 | True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet | Morgan Carter / Claudia Miller | Lifetime television film |
| 2013 | G.B.F. | Soledad Braunstein |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Kids Say the Darndest Things | Herself / Contestant | Season 1 |
| 1999–2000 | Destination Stardom | Herself / Contestant | 2 episodes |
| 2002 | The Bernie Mac Show | Michelle Cooper | Episode: "Bernie Mac Dance Party" |
| 2003 | America's Most Talented Kid | Herself / Contestant | 1 episode |
| 2004 | American Dreams | Linda Ronstadt | Episode: "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" |
| 2006 | Romeo! | Herself | Episode: "Ro' Trip – Part 2" |
| 2007 | Punk'd | Herself | Episode: "8.6" |
| 2010 | House of Glam | Herself | Episode: "La La Land" |
| 2011 | Hawaii Five-0 | Courtney Russell | Episode: "Kai e'e" |
| The Dance Scene | Herself | ||
| 2017 | Shane and Friends | Herself | Fullscreen Original Series |
| Lethal Weapon | Shaye | Episode: "Born to Run" | |
| 2019 | The X Factor: Celebrity | Herself | Episode: "Auditions – Part 2" |
| 2021 | The Masked Singer | Black Swan | Season 5 Runner-Up |
| 2022 | All American | Sabine | Recurring role |