Michelle Williams

Tenitra Michelle Williams (born July 24, 1980 in Rockford, Illinois) is one-third of the R&B music group Destiny's Child. She is also a Gospel music singer and Broadway actress.

Tenitra Michelle Williams (born July 24, 1980 in Rockford, Illinois) is one-third of the R&B music group Destiny's Child. She is also a Gospel music singer and Broadway actress.

Raised in a Christian-based family, Williams learned to sing in her church's choir. She later sang in a musical quartet called United Harmony with sister Cameron. After attending Auburn High School, she pursued a degree in criminal justice at Illinois State University while singing back-up for R&B star Monica. It was then that she gained the opportunity in becoming part of the what was soon to be global phenomenon of Destiny's Child.