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Dua Saleh Wiki, Age, Height, Religion, Parents, Boyfriend, Net Worth, Biography & More

Dua Saleh is a Sudanese-American singer, actor, songwriter, and poet. Dua Saleh is well known for their role as Cal Bowman in the Netflix series Sex Education. Saleh is also popular for rap, pop, R&B, and defying genres. Dua’s debut EP Nur was released in January 2019 and Dua’s 2nd Rosetta released in June 2020. Hello, I am your host tell you below about Dua Saleh’s Wiki, Age, Height, Religion, Parents, Boyfriend, Net Worth, Biography & More.

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Dua Saleh Wikipedia/Biography

Dua Saleh was born on 3rd November 1994 (Age: 29 years old; As of 2023) in Kassala, Sudan, and relocated to the United States. Saleh grew up with a Tunjur heritage family, who are originally from Chad/Darfur. They began a career in poetry writing and music.

The gender non-conforming professionals are singers and actors. Their current residence is Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Saleh follows Islam (religion) and Saleh’s nationality is American. Saleh’s zodiac sign is Scorpius and Saleh’s ethnicity is Tunjur.

Dua Saleh Education & Qualification

Dua Saleh completed primary education at a local private school in Kassala, Sudan. Saleh enrolled at Saint Paul Central High School and completed high school (graduation). When Saleh was in high school, elected vice president of Centrl’s gay-straight alliance. After that, Saleh attended Augsburg University for a bachelor’s degree in double-majored in sociology and gender, women’s, and sexuality.

Saleh’s main language was Arabic, although they said in 2017 was a “struggle to maintain” because of their immersion in English. As per PopBuzz, Saleh completed their education with topics like gender and sexuality studies and sociology while attending Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dua Saleh Height & Weight

Dua Saleh height and weight

Height: 5′ 3″ inches (approx.)
Weight: 57 kg (approx.)
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Dark Brown

Dua Saleh Bio

Name-Dua Saleh
Nickname-Dua
Gender-Gay
Profession-Model, Singer, Songwriter, Social media influencer
Date of Birth-3rd November 1994
Age-29 years old
Birth Place-Kassala, Sudan
Zodiac sign-Scorpius
Nationality-American
Hometown-Kassala, Sudan
School-Saint Paul Central High School
College/University-Augsburg University
Educational Qualification-Bachelor degree in double-majored in sociology and gender, women’s, and sexuality
Religion-Islam
Ethnicity-Tunjur
Address- Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Hobbies/Interests-Traveling, acting, singing, guitar playing
Marital Status-Unmarried
Affairs/Boyfriend-Unknown
Sexuality-Non-Binary
Parents-Father-Unknown, Mother-Unknown
Siblings-Brother-Unknown, Sister
Husband-No
Net Worth-$100k-300k dollars

Dua Saleh Family & Parents

Dua was born in Kassala, Sudan. After that, when Dua’s age was 5 years old, Dua moved from city to city due to civil war. She never disclosed any details about her parents and family. Also, she never shared any photos with her parents on her social media accounts.

Dua Saleh Boyfriend & Relationships

She is a famous singer and songwriter. Many of her fans wanted to know about her boyfriend or love relationship status. At present, she is focused on her singing career and has no boyfriend. At present, her relationship status is single and her marital status is unmarried (no husband).

Dua Saleh Career

Dua Saleh’s gender is gay and nonbinary as declared on many web sources. Dua is a well-known Sex Education actor. The gender non-conforming actor makes his first appearance in the drama Sex Education. As per the site, Dua grew out as nonbinary while a college student. They told me that they had forever been on gay shit.

Dua Saleh in Sex Education

In high school, they were selected vice president of Central’s gay-straight alliance. Dua’s mother was sent to Dugsi Academy, an Islamic charter school in Saint Paul. Saleh uses they/them and xe/xim/xyr pronouns. Saleh is Muslim but they do not declare “religious in the institutional sense”.

Professional Career

Saleh started writing poetry when they were age 4 and performed open mic in high school. They performed poetry during their life such as performed during high school and Augsburg University education. Their poem “Pins and Needles” was shared on Button Poetry’s YouTube channel. They got more than 10k views in 2017 and more than 100k in 2018.

When studying at Augsburg and working, Saleh said “I was trying to do way too much, and my body was just like, ‘No, you need to release something, The melodies started coming in, and I think that was my body reacting and wanting to heal me, in some ways.” In Frey’s home studio, Saleh ended up performing an entire track in a single take, As per Frey “such a good performance.

It was released on May 10, 2017, as “First Take”, Saleh’s First single (Stage name Dua). Minneapolis producer Psymun offered to Saleh about working together. “First Take” was well received online and released as Saleh’s first Psymun-produced single at the Eaux Claires festival and collaborated with Florida rapper Chester Watson.

Saleh stated that they were not interested to put out music but they had “a lot of fuckin songs” recorded in October 2018 and released an EP. Local newspaper City Pages placed Saleh at number 4 that year. Dua’s debut EP, Nur, was released on January 3, 2019, Against Giants label under their full name Dua Saleh.

After getting positive reviews from Pitchfork and Robert Christgau and released the song “Warm Pants” that April. They released “Sugar Mama” (October) and “Pretty Kitten” (December).

Saleh declared having a national following as per Minnesota Daily in early 2020. Their 2nd EP “Rosetta” (June 2020) and 3rd “Crossover” (October 2021) released. Saleh also released the single “Body cast” for police brutality on May 30, 2020. They were cast in the 3rd season of Netflix’s comedy-drama ‘Sex Education”. They came for 4th season, which was released in 2023.

Musical Style

They grew up listening mostly to older Sudanese music and Nancy Ajram. When they got a laptop, they listened to jazz from the 1940’s and after that 1990’s hip hop. They listened many artists as 9 (they) could”, citing Mykki Blanco, Le1f, and Kilo Kish all artists during this period who”saved (their) life”.

Saleh’s music is sung as rap, pop, and R&B. Their performance style on Nur as rap singing described by Christgau, and their vocal performance style as alternating “between deliciously tactile rapping and spellbinding singing” as described by Michelle. They are known for defying genre in their music. Sex Education Star is famous all around the world on Instagram.

They currently have more than 223k followers on Instagram and 19.4k followers on Twitter. Saleh has not been able to promote Sex Education season 4 in recent weeks but we are sure they are excited for the new release on their Instagram page.

Dua Saleh’s Net Worth & Income

Dua Saleh’s net worth is estimated at approx. at $100k-300k dollars. She is a famous singer, actor, songwriter and poet. At present, she earns from his albums, singles songs, etc. She also earns money from brand endorsements, sponsorships, etc. At present, she lives in a beautiful house.

Dua Saleh Social Media Accounts

Instagram: doitlikedua
Facebook: doitlikedua
Twitter: doitlikedua
YouTube: @duasaleh8613

Dua Saleh Awards & Nominations

2023 GRAMMY Award nomination for Best Song for Social Change
2022 GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist
2022 Out Music Award nomination for Rising Star
2022 BandLab NME Awards nomination for Best New Artist
2022 BBC Sound of 2022 longlist

Dua Saleh Albums

Albums

Nur-2019
CROSSOVER-2021

EPs

ROSETTA-2020

Singles

WILD SIDE-2018
THROWBACK-2018
DUSK-2019
SOUL CRUSHER-2019
NEW WORLD-2019
RIOT-2020
BREATHE-2020
DANCE WITH ME-2020
EVERYBODY KNOWS-2021
WILD SIDE (REMIX) ft. Ashnikko-2021
NO ONE LIKE YOU-2021
STILL IN LOVE-2021
NO ONE LIKE YOU (REMIX) ft. Shygirl-2022
DASH-2022

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