Skip to main content
Trending now
Celebrity

Andra Day Lost 39 Pounds, Started Smoking to Play Billie Holiday

During an April 22 interview with People, the "Rise Up" hitmaker opened up about the great lengths she went through to play jazz legend Billie Holiday in the Lee Daniels-directed biopic 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday.' Not only did she pick up smoking and drinking so that she could adopt Holiday's signature voice, but Day also lost close to 40 pounds to look thin as a result of "starvation and drugs."