Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger (; born Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente; June 29, 1978) is an American singer, actress, and television personality. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, she initially performed in high school plays, and studied at Wright State University before dropping out to pursue a musical career touring alongside American rock band Days of the New and through "Popstars", became part of the short-lived girl group Eden's Crush. Scherzinger rose to fame as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls and released the albums "PCD" (2005) and "Doll Domination" (2008) becoming one of the world's best-selling
Nicole Kidman case for two decades. Peter Debruge of "Variety" found her "unrecognizable" in the role and added that "she disappears into an entirely new skin, rearranging her insides to fit the character’s tough hide." The latter film is based on Garrard Conley's "", and features Russell Crowe and Kidman as socially conservative parents who send their son (played by Lucas Hedges) to a gay conversion program. Richard Lawson of "Vanity Fair" credited all three performers for "elevating the fairly standard-issue material to poignant highs." Kidman played Queen Atlanna, the mother of the title character, in the DC Extended Universe superhero film