Birth place: Long Island, New York
Birth name: Mariah Carey
Father: Alfred Roy Carey, aeronautics engineer
Mother: Patricia (Hickey) Carey, opera singer and voice coach
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2009 – Portrays a social worker in the film “Precious,” directed by Lee Daniels.
March 3, 2011 – Carey tells People Magazine that she will return the reported $1 million fee she received in 2009 performing for the family of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, “I was naïve and unaware of who I was booked to perform for.”
2013 – Appears as a judge for the 12th season of “American Idol.”
