Misty Copeland - Famous Ballet Dancer

Misty Copeland Net Worth

$1,500,000

Famous ballet dancer Misty Copeland has a net worth of $1.5 million, making her the first African-American woman to become a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Copeland is also a public speaker, stage actor, author, and celebrity spokesperson, narrating the documentary film “A Ballerina’s Tale” about her life and career.

Key facts:

  • Copeland won a national ballet contest when she was 14 and landed her first solo role.
  • Copeland became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in American Ballet Theater's history in 2015.
  • Besides being a ballerina, she is a public speaker, stage actor, author, and celebrity spokesperson
  • Copeland narrated the documentary film 'A Ballerina's Tale,' about her life and career.
  • She won first place at the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards when she was 15.

Basic Information About Misty Copeland

CategoryCelebrities › Actors
ProfessionsBallet Dancer
Net worth$1,500,000
Date of birth1982-09-10 (42 years old)
Place of birthKansas City
NationalityUnited States of America
Spouse31 July - Olu Evans ( 2016 - present)
GenderFemale
Height5 ft 1 in (1.57 m)
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Misty Copeland roles

Movie / Series Role
The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsBallerina Princess
The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2021
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf 1 episode, 2015
So You Think You Can DanceSelf - Guest Judge 3 episodes, 2014
CBS News Sunday MorningSelf - Guest 1 episode, 2014
World of DanceSelf - Guest judge 1 episode, 2017
The Daily ShowSelf 1 episode, 2020
Blue's Clues & YouSelf 1 episode, 2021

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Interesting Facts about Misty Copeland

  1. Is of African, German and Italian descent.
  2. Her mother, a former cheerleader for the Kansas City Chiefs, had studied dance.
  3. In 2008, Copeland won the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts, which funds study with master teachers and trainers outside of the American Ballet Theatre. The two-year fellowships are in recognition of "young artists of extraordinary talent with the goal of providing them with additional resources in order to fully realize their potential". In 2013, she was named National Youth of the Year Ambassador by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 2014, Copeland was named to the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hartford for her contributions to classical ballet and helping to diversify the art form. Copeland was a Dance Magazine Awards 2014 honoree. After her promotion as principal dancer, Copeland was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year for 2015, one of ESPN's 2015 Impact 25 athletes and influencers who have made the greatest impact for women in sports, and, by Barbara Walters, one of the 10 "most fascinating" people of 2015. In 2016, Copeland won a Shorty Award for Best in Dance in Social Media.
  4. Much has been made about how she began studying ballet at thirteen and how she is African-American.
  5. Copeland began learning "en Pointe" after only three months of ballet study.
  6. Copeland began her ballet studies at the ripe age of 13 at the San Pedro Dance Center when Cynthia Bradley began picking her up from school.
  7. Friends with Prince.

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