Janelle Monáe
Biography
Janelle Monáe is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and rapper who was born in Kansas City and raised in Quindaro. She began her music career in 2003 by self-releasing a demo album, The Audition, then signed with Bad Boy Records and put out the EP Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase). Her debut studio album, The ArchAndroid, arrived in 2010, and she later released The Electric Lady and Dirty Computer. Her first screen roles came in Moonlight (2016) and Hidden Figures (2016), the latter bringing a Critics' Choice Movie Award nomination. She went on to appear in Harriet (2019), Homecoming (2020), and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), winning a National Board of Review Award for Glass Onion. She has ten Grammy nominations and launched Wondaland Arts Society in 2015.
40years old
Turns 41 on December 1in 21 days
- Born Kansas City
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Janelle Monáe Robinson (birth name)Also credited as Janelle Monae
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 10 years2016 to 2026
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Early training
Monáe left the academy after a year and a half and moved to Atlanta, where she enrolled at Georgia Perimeter College.
First role
In 2003, Monáe put out a demo album called The Audition on her own, and she sold it from the trunk of a Mitsubishi Galant.
A role that slipped away
Monáe took over for Julia Roberts in season two of the Amazon Prime Video show Homecoming. She plays a determined woman who wakes up in a canoe, unable to recall how she arrived or who she is.
Behind the camera
In 2015, Monae started Wondaland Arts Society, her own record label, as a joint venture with Epic Records. Jidenna, Roman GianArthur and St. Beauty are among the artists she has signed.
Janelle Monáe movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Leslie Odom Jr. appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Leslie Odom Jr.'s page
Mahershala Ali's page
Kiersey Clemons's page
Box office
What Janelle Monáe's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$424 million
8 of the 12 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 12 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$236M55.6% of the total
- 2$65M15.3% of the total
- 3$51M12.0% of the total
- 4$33M7.7% of the total
- 5$15M3.5% of the total
- 6$13M3.1% of the total
- 7$7.1M1.7% of the total
- 8$4.9M1.1% of the total
Awards
Nine awards and honors from 2012 to 2022, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAG Awards | |||
| 2017 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Hidden Figures | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Kansas Music Hall of Fame | Won | |
| 2017 | Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance | Hidden Figures | Won |
| 2017 | Black Reel Award for Outstanding Ensemble | Moonlight | Won |
| 2017 | Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award | Moonlight | Won |
| 2017 | Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture | Hidden Figures | Won |
| 2016 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast | Moonlight | Won |
| 2013 | MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction | Q.U.E.E.N. | Won |
| 2012 | Teen Choice Award for Choice Music – Single | We Are Young | Won |
Online
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