Ciara Princess Harris, the American singer, songwriter, dancer, producer and actor the world knows as Ciara, was born on 25 October 1985 in Austin, Texas, and grew up with Atlanta, Georgia, as home. She is 40 as of 2026, stands 5 feet 8 inches or 173 centimetres, and weighs about 62 kilograms or 135 pounds. Dark brown eyes and black hair round out a look fans still recognise from the first wave of her videos. She is Christian, American, a Scorpio, and she finished school at Riverdale High School. Her parents are Carlton Harris and Jackie Harris. Fans have called her the First Lady of Crunk, the Princess, Princess of Crunk and B, and Ci Ci, though she has long preferred to sit in R&B and pop rather than wear those labels.
She modelled as a child, then moved toward music. She appeared with the girl group The Stunners around 2004 and later signed with LaFace Records, after Jazze Pha opened the door and Lil Jon heard her talent on a demo and on the single Goodies. That record and the album that followed became an international hit and led to the DVD package Goodies: The Videos and More. In 2005 she put out Ciara: The Evolution, a set she shaped with her own ideas and one that brought her a wider public. Sales of more than 23 million records, touring money, acting work and endorsement deals with names such as Rocawear, Adidas and Verizon have fed her income, along with a modelling contract with Wilhelmina that put her in magazines. As of 2026 her fortune is put at about 20 million dollars.
On screen she has appeared in Mama, I Want to Sing and That’s My Boy, both in 2012, and on television in America’s Next Top Model in 2009, The Game in 2013 and Nicky Ricky Dicky & Dawn in 2015. In 2016 she co-hosted the MTV Music Awards. Across her career she has taken 29 awards from around 80 nominations, among them a Grammy, BET Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, Soul Train Music Awards, Teen Choice Awards, ASCAP Pop Music Awards, a Vibe Award and an Ozone Award.
Her private life stayed in the papers as much as the charts. She dated Future and they have a son from that relationship around 2013. She began seeing Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson in early 2015, they became engaged in 2016 and married the same year. They welcomed a daughter in 2017. In January 2020 they said they were expecting again and later had a son.
A few details still surprise people who only know the hits. Her first name came from a perfume her parents loved, and Princess followed from that. Modelling was an early dream, and Destiny’s Child pushed her toward singing. She still talks about missing college and wanting to go back one day because the career cut that path short. She reads up on the history of countries she visits. She has a temper behind the wheel. She is hooked on flossing and on chewing ice. Zoyols News keeps this file as a living portrait of an artist who broke through with Goodies in 2004 and has kept working across records, stages, campaigns and film ever since.
