Actor
Janelle Monáe
Born December 1, 1985 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA15 films
Janelle Monáe Robinson (born December 1, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actor, and model from Kansas City, Kansas. She began her musical career in 2003, and released her debut album 'The ArchAndroid' in 2010 which was met with critical acclaim and gained her international recognition. Monáe made her live action acting film debut in the Academy Award winning 2016 film 'Moonlight'. The same year she starred in the biographical drama film 'Hidden Figures' alongside Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer. For her musical work, Monáe has earned eight Grammy Award nominations.
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First watchHidden Figures20168.0as Mary JacksonThe untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
15 films as actor- TBADon't Look
- TBANever Saw Me ComingTanya Smith
- TBAGolden
- 2026Is God IsAngie
- 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryAndi Brand
- 2020The GloriasDorothy Pitman Hughes
- 2020AntebellumVeronica / Eden
- 2019Lady and the TrampPeg (voice)
- 2019HarrietMarie Buchanon
- 2019UglyDollsMandy (voice)
- 2018Welcome to MarwenGI Julie
- 2018Dirty ComputerJane 57821
- 2016Hidden FiguresMary Jackson
- 2016MoonlightTeresa
- 2014Rio 2Dr. Monae (voice)