Leslie Grace is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She started singing and dancing at a young age and when she was in middle school, she recorded and released an independent Christian music album via CD Baby. Her discography comprises of albums, extended plays, and tracks like Pasión, Leslie Grace, Lloviendo Estrellas, Cómo Duele el Silencio, Aire (ft. Maluma), Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Nada de Amor, Be My Baby, Still New York (with MAX ft. Joey Badass), Díganle (with Becky G or CNCO), and Sola (ft. Justin Quiles and Play-N-Skillz).
Born Name
Leslie Grace Martínez
Nick Name
Leslie
Leslie Grace as seen while taking a selfie in an Instagram post in October 2020 (Leslie Grace / Instagram)
Sun Sign
Capricorn
Born Place
The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States
Nationality
Education
Leslie Grace studied at Indian Ridge Middle School and Western High School.
Occupation
Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Family
Father – Francisco “Frank” Martínez
Mother – Elba Altagracia Guaba (Ran a hair salon in South Florida)
Siblings – She has 5 older siblings.
Genre
Latin Pop, Bachata, R&B, Soul
Instruments
Vocals
Labels
CD Baby, Top Stop (2012-2015), Sony Latin
Build
Slim
Leslie Grace in 2018 (Carlos Figueroa Rojas / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0)
Height
5 ft 6 in or 167.5 cm
Weight
57 kg or 125.5 lbs
Boyfriend / Spouse
Leslie Grace has dated –
Casper Smart (2017) – It was RUMORed that she had a fling with choreographer Casper Smart in September 2017.
Ian Eastwood (2019-Present) – In the year 2019, she started going out with Ian Eastwood, an actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and a previous member of the dance group named Mos Wanted Crew.
Leslie Grace as seen in March 2021 (Leslie Grace / Instagram)
Leslie Grace Facts
She grew up in Davie, Florida.
During high school, Leslie Grace participated in musicals, talent shows, and choral performances.
On June 25, 2013, she released her 2nd studio album, Leslie Grace, through Top Stop Music and it debuted at number #4 on the Billboard Latin Albums chart and at number #3 on the Billboard Tropical Albums chart. Also, the self-titled album was nominated for a Latin Grammy for “Best Tropical Album”, with Grace being the only female artist to be nominated in this category.
She won the Lo Nuestro Award for “Tropical Female Artist” in 2016.
In February 2017, Leslie Grace was nominated for the Premios Lo Nuestro in the category “Female Artist of the Year – Pop / Rock”.
She was cast as Nina Rosario, Kevin’s daughter, in the 2021 musical drama film, In the Heights, which is based on the stage musical of the same name by Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Leslie’s co-stars in the film include Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, and Jimmy Smits.
She speaks both English and Spanish.
Leslie played Nina Rosario in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical In the Heights. However, she had also auditioned for the role of Vanessa which was ultimately played by Melissa Barrera.