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===''Folklore''===
Before the release of her sophomore album, Furtado gave birth to her first child, daughter Nevis (named for the [[Caribbean]] island, [[Nevis]], on which she was conceived), on [[September 20]] [[2003]] in Toronto. The father is Furtado's then-boyfriend and live [[Disc jockey|DJ]], Jasper Gahunia aka Lil' Jaz. Discussing her motherhood in an interview with the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', Furtado said, "It's actually pretty incredible. It's a lot more instinctual than I thought". <ref name=mom>{{cite web |url=http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news/12176136|title=Singer Nelly Furtado Loving Motherhood|work=Associated Press|accessdate=28 May|accessyear=2006}}</ref>▼
Furtado's second album, ''[[Folklore (album)|Folklore]]'', was released in November 2003. The title was influenced by her parents immigration to Canada, "when I look at my old photo albums, I see pictures of their brand-new house, their shiny new car, their first experiences going to very North American-type places like [[Kmart]]. When you have that in your blood, you never really part with it—it becomes your own personal folklore." <ref name=interview>{{cite web |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_10_33/ai_109085151|title=Interview: Nelly Furtado|work=Interview|accessdate=29 May|accessyear=2006}}</ref> The album, similarly to her debut album, also displayed a diverse sound but with a more rock-oriented, acoustic approach. <ref name=amazon>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000DFZZA/102-4956428-7887337?v=glance&n=5174|title=Folklore|work=Amazon.com|accessdate=28 May|accessyear=2006}}</ref> As Furtado focused more on the songwriting rather "than on frenetically switching genres five times in one song",<ref name=interview/> ''[[BBC]]'' felt that it had "twice the originality" of her debut. <ref name=folklore>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/urban/reviews/furtado_folklore.shtml|title=Folklore|work=BBC|accessdate=28 May|accessyear=2006}}</ref> Furtado attributed the mellowness of the album to the fact that she was pregnant during most of its recording. <ref name=interview/> The final track on the album, "Childhood Dreams", is dedicated to her daughter.
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Furtado will make her acting debut in the [[independent film|independent]] drama ''[[Nobody's Hero]]'', to be released in 2006. Furtado plays an [[United States|American]] [[Muslim]] who is the love interest of a young soldier who has returned from the [[Iraq War]]. <ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.andpop.com/article/5015|title= Nelly Furtado Signs on for Movie Role|work=andPOP|accessdate=31 May|accessyear=2006}}</ref>
==Personal life==
▲Before the release of her sophomore album, Furtado gave birth to her first child, daughter Nevis (named for the [[Caribbean]] island, [[Nevis]], on which she was conceived), on [[September 20]] [[2003]] in [[Toronto]]. The father is Furtado's then-boyfriend and live [[Disc jockey|DJ]], Jasper Gahunia aka Lil' Jaz. Discussing her motherhood in an interview with the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', Furtado said, "It's actually pretty incredible. It's a lot more instinctual than I thought". <ref name=mom>{{cite web |url=http://launch.yahoo.com/read/news/12176136|title=Singer Nelly Furtado Loving Motherhood|work=Associated Press|accessdate=28 May|accessyear=2006}}</ref> She later told ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' that, "I had a [[home birth]] with [[Midwifery|midwives]]" and also that, "[Nevis' father and I] were together for four years and friends for five or six years before that. We're fully active co-parents and really close friends, so things are [[irie]]."
== Discography ==
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