| Birth Name: | Nadine Rohanda Smith |
| Other Names: | Nadine Rohanda Smith Wray Willow Benjamin Nadine Mortimer-Smith |
| Education: | St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls |
| Occupation: | Opera singer |
| Birth Place: | Brixton, London, England |
Nadine Rohanda Smith Wray Willow Benjamin is a British lyric soprano singer.[1] [2]
She was born Nadine Rohanda Smith[3] in Brixton, south London, of Jamaican-Indian heritage. Leaving St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls when she was 16, she joined the Youth Training Scheme, which led to her working with a corporate finance company in the City for seven years.[4] Realising that she wanted to be a singer, she attended Tech Music School in west London, before deciding to focus on opera.
Benjamin was the recipient of a Voice of Black Opera Award for the most promising voice, and subsequently set up a mentoring agency called Everybody Can![5]
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to opera.