Barbra Joan Streisand (//; born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. During a career spanning six decades, she has become an icon in multiple fields of entertainment, winning numerous awards, and has earned her recognition as
Mother of All Contemporary Pop Divas or
Queen of The Divas. She has been recognized with two
Academy Awards, ten
Grammy Awards including the
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the
Grammy Legend Award, five
Emmy Awards including one
Daytime Emmy, a
Special Tony Award, an
American Film Institute award, a
Kennedy Center Honors prize, four
Peabody Awards,
The Presidential Medal Of Freedom and eleven Golden Globes. She is among a small group of
entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award, of whom only she and one other have also won a
Peabody.