Jasmine Villegas Biography

Birth name : Jasmine Marie Villegas

Date of Birth : 7 December 1993, San Jose, California, USA

Occupations : Singer-songwriter, musician, actress

No stranger to the business Jasmine has been entertaining people since the tender age of four when she discovered her talent for singing and would perform at all family functions. Even at four years old everyone could tell Jasmine was special when they were knocked out by the power in the little dynamos voice. When Jasmine was seven years old she won a singing contest at a Hawaiian Tropics contest in San Jose, California. Jasmine was discovered at age eleven when a guy heard her singing while she was walking down the street. He was so impressed that he took her to meet his friend who was interning at Damon Dash Music Group and had her sing for him. He was so impressed that he had her sing for his boss Gabriella Mosci who worked for producer and music extraordinaire, Damon Dash. Gabriella saw something extremely special in Jasmine and decided to manager her. Jasmine began honing her skills in music and acting and was booking jobs in those fields by the age of ten landing her first acting job in a commercial for the hit animated feature The Land Before The Time. It wasn't before long that this San Jose native was landing her first professional singing gig at age eleven when she performed the National Anthem for the Los Angeles Clippers.

Her youthful ambition and undeniable talent have taken Jasmine into other creative arenas. She has been featured in print advertisements for Target National, Mary Kate and Ashley, American Girl, Levi's, Hilary Duff, Robinsons May, Macys, Mervyns, Girl Scouts, Sparklets Drinking Water, Kohls as well as principal roles in television commercials for Chevrolet, The Dog, Kellogs, Zellers, Marshalls, and McDonald's. Jasmine has also made guest starring appearances on Disney's "That's So Raven," Touchstone Pictures' "My Wife and Kids" starring Damon Wayans, and she has also gone on to become Ms. Hawaiian Tropic and Ms. Royal Essence. She has recently finished shooting a pilot for a Disney sitcom "House Broken", a spin-off of Disney's The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, starring Brian Stepanek. She also has a reoccurring role on the ABC's prime time show "The Nine", and a guest role on the television series "Threat Matrix". She has also been featured in Kanye West's music video "Jesus Walks" and Frankie J.'s "How To Deal".