Where did Jamie Foxx grow up?

Before he became “Jamie Foxx,” the actor, whose real name is Eric Bishop, was raised by his strict-but-loving grandmother Estelle Marie Talley in the small town of Terrell, Texas.

Where is Jamie Foxx hometown?

Jamie Foxx was born Eric Marlon Bishop in Terrell, Texas, to Louise Annette Talley and Darrell Bishop, who worked as a stockbroker and had later changed his name to Shahid Abdula. His mother was an adopted child.

Is Jamie Foxx adopted?

Foxx was abandoned seven months after birth, and was subsequently adopted and raised in Terrell by his mother’s adoptive parents, Estelle and Mark Talley. Foxx had a strict Baptist upbringing and began piano lessons at the age of five by his grandmother’s orders.

What was Jamie Foxx real name?

Jamie Foxx