Beyoncé - Wikipedia Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (/ b iː ˈ j ɒ n s eɪ / bee-YON-say; née Knowles; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.Their hiatus saw the release of her debut ...