Martina Topley-Bird

British musician Martina Topley-Bird was born in St Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom, on Wednesday 7th of May 1975. She is of African, Salvadoran, and Seminole descent, and she is mixed-race, primarily Black. She began her career at around 18 years old in 1993, and she has been active for 33 years. Topley-Bird is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, with a slim build, brown hair, and brown eyes.

She first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album, Maxinquaye (1995). She also worked with him on his subsequent albums, Nearly God and Pre-Millennium Tension, both from 1996. In 2003, she released her debut solo album, Quixotic, which received critical praise and earned her a Mercury Prize nomination. Topley-Bird has amassed 11k followers on Instagram.