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Sade (I)
Sade was born on January 16, 1959 in Ibadan, Nigeria as Helen Folasade Adu. She was previously married to Carlos Scola.
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The Big Bang Theory
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2018) (writer - 1 episode, 2018)
- The Procreation Calculation
(2018)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2018) (writer - 1 episode, 2018)
- Episode #9.3
(2018)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
Pose
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2018) (writer - 1 episode, 2018)
- Pink Slip
(2018)
... (performer: "The Sweetest Taboo") / (writer: "The Sweetest Taboo")
2018
A Wrinkle in Time
(performer: "Flower of the Universe", "Flower of the Universe (No I.D. Remix)") / (producer: "Flower of the Universe", "Flower of the Universe (No I.D. Remix)" - as Sade Adu) / (writer: "Flower of the Universe", "Flower of the Universe (No I.D. Remix)" - as Sade Adu)
Golic and Wingo
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2018) (writer - 1 episode, 2018)
- Episode #1.64
(2018)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator") / (writer: "Smooth Operator")
Beat Shazam
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2017) (writer - 1 episode, 2017)
- Episode #1.1
(2017)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator") / (writer: "Smooth Operator")
Big Little Lies
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2017) (writer - 1 episode, 2017)
- Burning Love
(2017)
... (performer: "Cherish The Day") / (writer: "Cherish The Day")
2016
Tu cara me suena
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.9
(2016)
... (writer: "Smooth Operator")
Erlebnis Österreich
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016)
- Das Wiener U4
(2016)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Rachel McAdams/Michael Peña/Robert Klein
(2015)
... (writer: "Maureen" - uncredited)
Today at Wimbledon
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
- 2015: Day 2
(2015)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
Silicon Valley
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
- Adult Content
(2015)
... (performer: "Sweetest Taboo" - uncredited) / (writer: "Sweetest Taboo" - uncredited)
Britain's Got More Talent
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)
- Episode #9.4
(2015)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
Late Show with David Letterman
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2010 - 2015) (performer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Michael J. Fox/Amy Sedaris/Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell
(2015)
... (writer: "Bulletproof Soul" - as Sade Adu)
- Episode #17.87
(2010)
... (performer: "Soldier of Love" - uncredited) / (writer: "Soldier of Love" - uncredited)
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)
- Top 4 Perform
(2014)
... (performer: "Pearls") / (writer: "Pearls")
2013
The Big Dirty List Show: 50 Years of Sex and Music
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "No Ordinary Love") / (writer: "No Ordinary Love")
Gent de paraula
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- Episode #3.17
(2013)
... (performer: "Soldier of Love") / (writer: "Soldier of Love")
Kuba Wojewódzki
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2012) (music - 1 episode, 2012)
- Episode #12.9
(2012)
... (lyrics: "Is It a Crime" - as Sade Adu) / (music: "Is It a Crime" - as Sade Adu)
Death in Paradise
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2011) (music - 1 episode, 2011) (performer - 1 episode, 2011)
- Spot the Difference
(2011)
... (lyrics: "The Moon and the Sky" - uncredited) / (music: "The Moon and the Sky" - uncredited) / (performer: "The Moon and the Sky" - uncredited)
EastEnders
(TV Series) (performer - 6 episodes, 1985 - 2011) (writer - 6 episodes, 1985 - 2011)
- Episode dated 4 August 2011
(2011)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 1 March 2010
(2010)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 7 December 2004
(2004)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 15 May 2001
(2001)
... (performer: "By Your Side" - uncredited) / (writer: "By Your Side" - uncredited)
- Episode dated 2 March 2000
(2000)
... (performer: "No Ordinary Love" - uncredited) / (writer: "No Ordinary Love" - uncredited)
2010
Ti Ti Ti
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2010)
... (writer: "Soldier of Love")
Total Wipeout
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- The Awards
(2010)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Episode #18.30
(2010)
... (performer: "Babyfather") / (writer: "Babyfather")
2009
Caras & Bocas
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1
(2009)
... (writer: "No Ordinary Love")
2008
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- 4. Mottoshow - Greatest Hits
(2008)
... (writer: "Smooth Operator")
2007
30 Rock
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jack Gets in the Game
(2007)
... (writer: "No Ordinary Love" - uncredited)
2006
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- One Guilty Deed
(2006)
... (writer: "Smooth Operator" (1984) - as Sade Adu, uncredited)
2006
You, Me and Dupree
(performer: "Smooth Operators") / (writer: "Smooth Operators" - as Helen Adu)
2005
Fun with Dick and Jane
(performer: "Smooth Operator") / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - as Helen Adu)
The X Factor
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2005) (writer - 1 episode, 2005)
- Auditions 6
(2005)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
Skeppsholmen
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2003 - 2004) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2004) (music - 1 episode, 2004)
- Episode #4.10
(2004)
... (lyrics: "Paradise") / (music: "Paradise") / (performer: "Paradise")
- Episode #2.14
(2003)
... (performer: "By Your Side")
S.P.U.N.G
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2002) (music - 1 episode, 2002) (performer - 1 episode, 2002)
- It's Better to Burn Out Than to Fade Away
(2002)
... (lyrics: "By Your Side") / (music: "By Your Side") / (performer: "By Your Side")
2002
Sex and the City
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Good Fight
(2002)
... (performer: "By Your Side")
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2001) (writer - 1 episode, 2001)
- Episode #9.6
(2001)
... (performer: "Your Love Is King" - uncredited) / (writer: "Your Love Is King" - as Sade Adu, uncredited)
Daria
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 1998 - 2001) (writer - 1 episode, 1998)
- Fizz Ed
(2001)
... (performer: "By Your Side", "Lovers Rock")
- I Don't
(1998)
... (performer: "Hang On To Your Love", "Your Love Is King" - uncredited) / (writer: "Hang On To Your Love", "Your Love Is King" - uncredited)
Top of the Pops
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2000) (writer - 1 episode, 2000)
- Episode dated 17 November 2000
(2000)
... (performer: "By Your Side") / (writer: "By Your Side")
Zwei Männer am Herd
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1999) (writer - 1 episode, 1999)
- Einmal Bayern und zurück!
(1999)
... (performer: "No Ordinary Love" - uncredited) / (writer: "No Ordinary Love" - uncredited)
Ett litet rött paket
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1999) (music - 1 episode, 1999) (performer - 1 episode, 1999)
- Tredje gången gillt
(1999)
... (lyrics: "Hang On to Your Love") / (music: "Hang On to Your Love") / (performer: "Hang On to Your Love")
Sounds of the Eighties
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1996) (writer - 1 episode, 1996)
- Episode #1.3
(1996)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator") / (writer: "Smooth Operator")
1994-1995
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Samson vs. the Vampire Women
(1995)
... (writer: "Your Love Is King" - as Sade Adu, uncredited)
- Kitten with a Whip
(1994)
... (writer: "Smooth Operator")
1994
True Lies
(performer: "I Never Thought I'd See the Day") / (writer: "I Never Thought I'd See the Day" - as Sade Adu)
1993
Philadelphia
(performer: "Please Send Me Someone To Love") / (producer: "Please Send Me Someone To Love")
1992
Coronation Street
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3384
(1992)
... (performer: "Your Love is King")
1989
Sea of Love
(performer: "Siempre Hay Esperanza") / (writer: "Siempre Hay Esperanza" - as Sade Adu)
Only Fools and Horses....
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1988) (writer - 1 episode, 1988)
- Dates
(1988)
... (performer: "Nothing Can Come Between Us", "Clean Heart", "Haunt Me" - uncredited) / (writer: "Nothing Can Come Between Us", "Clean Heart", "Haunt Me" - uncredited)
Midnight Caller
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1988) (music - 1 episode, 1988) (performer - 1 episode, 1988)
- Conversations with an Assassin
(1988)
... (lyrics: "Is It a Crime") / (music: "Is It a Crime") / (performer: "Is It a Crime")
Pilat palat pois
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 5 episodes, 1986) (writer - 5 episodes, 1986)
- Polttaa, polttaa
(1986)
... (performer: "Your Love is King", "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Your Love is King", "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
- Pää
(1986)
... (performer: "Your Love is King", "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Your Love is King", "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
- Rinnat
(1986)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator", "Your Love is King" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator", "Your Love is King" - uncredited)
- Päärynäpeppu
(1986)
... (performer: "Your Love is King", "Smooth Operator") / (writer: "Your Love is King", "Smooth Operator")
- Jalalla koreasti
(1986)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator", "Your Love Is King") / (writer: "Smooth Operator", "Your Love Is King")
1985
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Tom Hanks/Sade
(1985)
... (performer: "Is It a Crime", "The Sweetest Taboo" - uncredited)
The Insiders
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1985) (writer - 1 episode, 1985)
- Pilot
(1985)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited) / (writer: "Smooth Operator" - uncredited)
1985
Live Aid
(TV Special documentary) (performer: "Why Can't We Live Together", "Your Love is King", "Is it a crime") / (writer: "Your Love is King", "Is it a crime")
Ahí te quiero ver
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1985) (writer - 1 episode, 1985)
- Las vacaciones
(1985)
... (performer: "Smooth Operator", "Hang On to Your Love") / (writer: "Smooth Operator", "Hang On to Your Love")
1984
No 73
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Offers & Rites
(1984)
... (performer: "When Am I Going To Make A Living")
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Actress (21 credits)
Actress (21 credits)
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Composer (20 credits)
Composer (20 credits)
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Thanks (3 credits)
Thanks (3 credits)
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Self (35 credits)
Self (35 credits)
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Archive footage (9 credits)
Archive footage (9 credits)
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Other Works:
Album: "Promise" (Portrait) See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Portrayal | 1 Interview | 1 Article | 4 Pictorials | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
Sade Abu | Sade AduHeight:
5' 7" (1.7 m)
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