1 Claire Danes Discusses Her Character Carrie Mathison. 2  Behind the Scenes of Season 5 with Mandy Patinkin. 3  Behind the Scenes of Season 5 with Claire Danes. 4  Meet Peter Quinn. 5  Homeland Season 5: Rupert Friend on Quinn.
awards and honors. Adele, byname of Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born May 5, 1988, Tottenham, London, England), English pop singer and songwriter whose soulful, emotive voice and traditionally crafted songs made her one of the most broadly popular performers of her generation. 1  Adkins was raised by a young single mother in various working-class neighbourhoods of London.
Destined from birth: Adele was born Adele Adkins in 1988 in north London to a working-class mother and an estranged father. It was her young mother, who was only 18 when Adele was born, who encouraged the soul singer to test her limits and explore her creative side. From four years old, Adele had been obsessed with emotive voices, especially those of singers like Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys.