Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter, almanac producer, ballerina and actress. Built-in in Gary, Indiana and aloft in Encino, California, she is the youngest affiliate of the Jackson ancestors of musicians. She aboriginal performed on date with her ancestors alpha at the age of seven, and after started her career as an extra with the array television alternation The Jacksons. She went on to brilliant in added television shows including Good Times, A New Kind of Family, Diff'rent Strokes, and Fame.