Ariana Grande was born in Boca Raton, Florida, in 1993, to a graphic-designer father and CEO mother. She took to singing and acting at a young age and made her way onto the local theater scene before she was a teenager. Her first big break came in 2008, when the 15-year-old landed the role of Charlotte in the Broadway production of 13 , a play focusing on life growing up in New York City. The early role led to accolades, and Grande won a National Youth Theatre Association Award. Two years later, she appeared in the musical Cuba Libre and had a small role on a TV show called The Battery’s Down . But that was all it took for Grande to land a meaty role on the new Nickelodeon series Victorious . Victorious was set at a performing arts high school, and Grande was cast as a goofy aspiring singer-actress named Cat Valentine. While busy with the show, Grande making her first appearance on a record with the Victorious soundtrack. And in 20...