Janelle Monáe

Born 1985 · American singer and actress

Janelle Monáe Robinson is an American singer, songwriter, rapper and actress. She has received ten Grammy Award nominations, and is the recipient of a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Children's and Family Emmy Award. Monáe has also been honored with the ASCAP Vanguard Award; as well as the Rising Star Award (2015) and the Trailblazer of the Year Award (2018) from Billboard Women in Music.

Janelle Monáe, in order

2013 Made in America: acted · directed by Ron Howard · critics 50%, audiences 33% · streaming on fuboTV
2016 Hidden Figures: acted · directed by Theodore Melfi · critics 93%, audiences 93% · streaming on HBO Max
2016 Moonlight: acted · directed by Barry Jenkins
2018 Welcome to Marwen: acted · directed by Robert Zemeckis
2019 Harriet: acted · directed by Kasi Lemmons
2019 Lady and the Tramp: acted · directed by Charlie Bean
2020 Antebellum: acted · directed by Christopher Renz and Gerard Bush
2020 Explained (TV series): acted
2020 The Glorias: acted · directed by Julie Taymor
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery: acted · directed by Rian Johnson · critics 91%, audiences 92% · streaming on Netflix
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race (TV series): acted
2026 Is God Is: acted · directed by Aleshea Harris · critics 97%, audiences 89% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+