Performed on London's West End, making her stage debut, as Matron Mama
Morton in 'Chicago' in 2006.
Has an older brother named Rodney.
On 22 December 1974, Brenda's parents were tragically killed in a car
accident, meaning that Brenda and her brother Rodney were raised by her
grandmother, aunts and uncles.
Began attending the local Pentecostal church at age 8, where she first
began to realize her love of music by singing in the Sunday school
junior choir. She later became choir mistress and also sang for the
Church Of God In Christ mass choir.
She began working as a singer at local nightclubs and private parties,
hoping to get spotted, at the age of 18.
Before making her big-break as one of the contestants on the live
performances on The X Factor (2005), Brenda worked full-time in an Accounts office
for 17 years in order to support her two children Jamal and
Tanisha.