The famous Janelle Monáe Robinson is an American singer, rapper, and actress. She is signed to Atlantic Records, as well as to her imprint, the Wondaland Arts Society. Monáe has received eight Grammy Award nominations. Monáe won an MTV Video Music Award and the ASCAP Vanguard Award in 2010.
In 2016, Monáe made her theatrical film debut in two high-profile productions; Monáe starred in Hidden Figures as NASA mathematician and aerospace engineer Mary Jackson, and also starred in Moonlight. Hidden Figures was a box office success, while Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 89th annual ceremony. She has since starred in Harriet (2019), Antebellum (2020), and Glass Onion (2022).
As a teenager, Monáe was enrolled in the Coterie Theater’s Young Playwrights’ Round Table, which began writing musicals. One musical, completed when she was around the age of 12, was inspired by the 1979 Stevie Wonder album Journey Through “The Secret Life of Plants.
Janelle Monáe’s top movies and TV shows
Janelle Monáe started her acting career at the year of 2014 to date, her list of movies are listed below,
- Rio 2
- Moonlight
- Hidden Figures
- Dirty Computer
- Welcome to Marwen
- UglyDolls
- Harriet
- Lady and the Tramp
- The Glorias
- Antebellum
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Janelle Monáe awards and nominations
Janelle Monáe won ASCAP Awards in 2010 and 2019, she also got nominated for BET Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Billboard Women in Music, and Black Girls Rock! Awards, and many other awards.
