Reba McEntire Biography

Fast Facts

• Received the Andrea Bocelli Foundation Humanitarian Award in 2015 for her work fighting hunger
• Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2011
• Received the National Artistic Achievement Award from the U․S․ Congress
• Attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University
• Encouraged by country artist Red Steagall to pursue a professional music career
• Performed the National Anthem as her first public solo at the 1974 National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma
• Quote: "If you want to succeed in life, the saying goes, you must pick three bones to carry with you at all times: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funny bone․ Those are three “bones” I always carry with me․"
• Her first movie role was in the 1990 horror film "Tremors․"
• Is an avid fan of photography
• Turned down the role of Molly Brown in the film "Titanic․"
• Her album "For My Broken Heart" was dedicated to the memory of fellow band members who were killed in a plane crash in 1991