Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan (née Fajardo García; born September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a four-time Grammy Award winner and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 100 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. A contralto, Estefan started her career as lead singer of Miami Latin Boys, which was later renamed Miami Sound Machine. She and Miami Sound Machine earned worldwide success with their 1985 single "Conga", which became Estefan's signature song. The group followed this with a number of hit singles throughout the decade, including "Anything for You", "1-2-3", "Bad Boy", and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You". The group was redubbed as Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine with the release of their 1987 album Let It Loose, and in 1989, Estefan rose to solo stardom with her debut solo album, Cuts Both Ways. In March 1990, Estefan sustained a life-threatening cervical fracture of her spine when her tour bus was involved in a crash near Scranton, Pennsylvania. She underwent an emergency surgery and made a full recovery. The following year, Estefan launched her comeback with a worldwide tour and album, Into the Light. Estefan's 1993 Spanish-language album, Mi Tierra, won the first of her three Grammy Awards for Best Tropical Latin Album. The album was also the first Diamond album in Spain. Estefan's catalog of international solo hits includes "Don't Wanna Lose You", "Get On Your Feet", "Coming Out of the Dark", "Turn the Beat Around", "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)", and "Heaven's What I Feel". Estefan has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame and was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient in 2017 for her contributions to American cultural life. Estefan won an MTV Video Music Award, was honored with the American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement and has been named BMI Songwriter of the Year. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and has received multiple Billboard Music Awards. She is also a recipient of the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom, which was conferred by the then-President of the United States, Barack Obama. Billboard has listed Estefan as the third-most successful Latina and 23rd-greatest Latin Artist of all time in the U.S., based on both Latin albums and Latin songs chart. Hailed as the "Queen of Latin Pop" and "Mother of Latin Pop" by the media, she has amassed 38 number one hits across Billboard charts, including 15 chart-topping songs on the Hot Latin Songs chart. ... Source: Article "Gloria Estefan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

• 2026Misión imposible, no... lo siguiente
• 2025Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie — Grandma Gigi
• 2024Homenaje María Teresa Campos
• 2022Father of the Bride — Ingrid Herrera
• 2022Miami Wild — Narrator
• 2021Vivo — Marta Sandoval (voice)
• 2017A Change of Heart — Dr. Fajardo
• One Day at a Time — Mirtha
• Glee — Maribel Lopez
• 2000For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story — Emilia
• 1999Little Angelita — Narrator (voice)
• 1999Music of the Heart — Isabel
• The Garden Party
• 1997Gloria Estefan: The Best of — Self - cantante, actriz y compositora
• Frasier — Maria (voice)
• Later... with Jools Holland
• Big World Cafe
• On Your Feet! — Music, Producer

Appearances as themselves (97)

• 2026Revolution's Daughter — Self
• 2025A Grammy Celebration of Latin Music — Self - Performer
• 2025Diane Warren: Relentless — Self
• Songs & Stories with Kelly Clarkson — Self
• 2024American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special — Self
• 2024Brisa — Self
• 2023Heartbreakers at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• Superfan — Self
• 2022Carlos Rivera: leyendas — Self
• 2022Jose Feliciano: Behind This Guitar — Self
• 2022Lionel Richie: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song — Self
• 2022Los lunes a las 9 — Self (Archive Footage)
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• 2022Soul of a Nation Presents Mi Gente: Groundbreakers and Changemakers — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• Who's Talking to Chris Wallace? — Self
• CBS Mornings — Self
• 2021Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over — Self
• 2021Gloria Estefan: Sangre Yoruba — Self
• 2021Latin Grammy Celebrates: Them and Their Music — Self - Performer
• 2021Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It — Self
• 2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days — Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2018America's Musical Journey — Self
• 2018Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones — Self
• 2015A MusiCares Tribute to Carole King — Self
• 2015First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb — Self - Host
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• 2015The Latin Explosion: A New America — Self
• 2015The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank — Self
• Jane the Virgin — Self
• 2014Santana: Corazón Live from Mexico: Live It to Believe It — Self
• 2011The Latino List — Self
• The Marriage Ref — Self - Panelist
• 2009A Step from Heaven — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Celia: The Queen — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self, Self - Guest
• El hormiguero — Self - Guest
• 2005Selena ¡Vive! — Self - Performer
• 2004Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar! — Self
• 2004Gloria Estefan: Live and Unwrapped — Self
• 2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? — Self (archive footage)
• The X Factor — Self - Performer
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Musical Guest
• 2001All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• 2000Gloria Estefan - Live in Atlantis — Self
• Latin Grammy Awards — Self
• 1999Pavarotti & Friends 99 for Guatemala and Kosovo — Self
• TV total — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• 1998Gloria Estefan: Don't Stop — Self - Vocals
• 1998Gloria Estefan: Live by Request — Self
• Hollywood Squares — Self - Panelist
• 1998Quincy Jones... The First 50 Years — Self
• 1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! — Self
• The Magic Hour — Self
• 1998VH1: Divas Live — Self - Performer
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• The View — Self, Self - Guest
• 1997Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary Party — Self
• 19961996 VH1 Honors — self
• 1996Gloria Estefan: The Evolution Tour Live In Miami — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• 1995Gloria Estefan - Everlasting Gloria! — Self
• MADtv — Self
• 1995Somos un solo pueblo — Self
• 1993Aretha Franklin: Duets — Self
• Intimate Portrait — Self (archive footage)
• World Music Awards — Self
• 1992Euro Disney : L'Ouverture — Self - Chanteuse
• 1992Gloria Estefan – Into the Light World Tour — Self
• 1992The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland — Self - Performer
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self - Guest, Self - Musical Guest
• Clive James' Postcard from — Self
• 1988Disney's Magic in the Magic Kingdom — Self
• Flitterabend — Self - Singer
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• 1988Sid & Marty Krofft's Redeye Express — Self
• Going Live! — Self
• Le monde est à vous — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self - The Miami Sound Machine
• 1986Club Med — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self - The Miami Sound Machine
• Wetten, dass..? — Self
• Verstehen Sie Spaß? — Self
• The BRIT Awards — Self
• American Music Awards — Self - Musical Guest
• Top of the Pops — Self
• Viña del Mar International Song Festival — Self - The Miami Sound Machine
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self