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Teyana Taylor
Born: 10th Dec 1990 Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Dept: Acting
Teyana Me Shay Jacqueline Taylor (/tiˈɑːnə/; born December 10, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, and music video director. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, and an NAACP Image Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award, two Actor Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and a Grammy Award. She was named one of Time's 2026 Women of the Year.
At age 15, she choreographed the video for "Ring the Alarm" by Beyoncé and signed a recording contract with the Neptunes' Star Trak Entertainment. During this period, Taylor appeared as a dancer in the video for Jay-Z's "Blue Magic" and released her debut single, "Google Me." She earned wider recognition for work on Kanye West's "Dark Fantasy" and "Hell of a Life" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010).
In 2012, she signed with West's GOOD Music and appeared on the label's compilation album, Cruel Summer, which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. Her debut studio album, VII (2014), topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Taylor starred in and co-choreographed "Fade" by Kanye West, earning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography. She then released K.T.S.E. (2018), followed by The Album (2020), which entered the top ten on the Billboard 200 and featured collaborations with Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill. Her fourth album, Escape Room(2025), received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Album.
As an actress, Taylor appeared in films such as Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (2010) and Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) before taking on starring roles in Coming 2 America (2021) and The Rip (2026). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Inez in A Thousand and One (2023), earning the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. For her performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (2025), she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received an Academy Award nomination. On television, she starred in the Ryan Murphy legal drama All's Fair (2025–present) and won an NAACP Image Award for her performance in the 2025 Netflix television film Straw.
Her other ventures include collaborations with Adidas and Air Jordan on limited-edition releases. Taylor has directed music videos for herself and other artists, and her feature directorial debut, Get Lite, starring actress Storm Reid, for Paramount Pictures.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 61
Film: 33 (54%)
Television: 28 (46%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Horror, Romance, Fantasy, Western, News
Filmography
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In a too-near future, Muna is an optimistic but broke young woman who signs up for a paid clinical trial, only to be injected with a mysterious slime ... view
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Most likely be based on her 2010 memoir, My Life, as I See It: An Autobiography. ... view
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Dionne Warwick
2026
After he's inadvertently added to their group text, a forty-year-old executive hopes to save his flailing career by joining a group of twenty-somethin ... view
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2026
Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, the Core Four are back in the killer's crosshairs and no horror movie IP is s ... view
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Teyana Taylor
2026
A behind the scenes documentary filmed during the production of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, featuring the cast and crew. ... view
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Self
2026
Kevin Hart is in the hot seat and ready for all the smoke as roastmaster Shane Gillis and a dais of A-listers unleash a raw and ruthless night of laug ... view
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Self - Roaster
2026
Trust frays when a team of Miami cops discovers millions in cash inside a run-down stash house, calling everyone — and everything — into question. ... view
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Detective Numa Baptistie
Dec 2025 (first aired)
Critically acclaimed performers are paired in candid, unscripted conversations about their craft. ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Nov 2025 (first aired)
A team of female divorce attorneys leave a male-dominated firm to open their own powerhouse practice. Fierce, brilliant, and emotionally complicated, ... view
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Milan (9 ep.)
2025
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil ne ... view
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Perfidia
2025
Over six years, 18-year-old Nico Ballesteros captured an unfiltered portrait of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, offering unprecedented access into t ... view
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Self
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2025
What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperati ... view
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Detective Kay Raymond
2025
Celebrate your favorite shows and movies at this star-studded, live global fan event with special performances and exclusive reveals. ... view
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Self
2024
Streetwise but down-on-his-luck, Clarence is struggling to find a better life for his family, while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by th ... view
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Mary Magdalene
2023
Accentuates the journey of Renaissance World Tour, from its inception, to the opening in Stockholm, Sweden, to the finale in Kansas City, Missouri. It ... view
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Self
2023
Through its founder, Terry "Huncho" Cooper, we witness the story of the infamous basketball tournament in Harlem that has symbolized resilience, hope, ... view
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self (archival)
2023
Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy, an injury prone former star, and Kamal, a has-been prodigy, team up to take one final shot at living out th ... view
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Imani
2023
Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Te ... view
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Inez
2022
Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor. ... view
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Boxing Instructor (voice)
Sep 2022 (first aired)
Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop cultur ... view
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Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Sep 2022 (first aired)
Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape. ... view
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Self - Guest (2 ep.)
Jan 2022 (first aired)
The documentary takes viewers through Janet Jackson's life and career, contain never-before-seen footage, and feature home videos from the legendary a ... view
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Self (3 ep.)
2021
After battling drug addiction, a Harlem rapper returns to his family’s church to confront his past on Christmas Eve. ... view
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Tammy
Jul 2021 (first aired)
An authentically and unfiltered docu-series that follows pop-culture powerhouses Teyana, Iman, and their daughters Junie B, Baby Rue and their tight-k ... view
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Self (8 ep.)
2021
Prince Akeem Joffer is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street savvy Queens native na ... view
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Bopoto
2020
See how Teyana Taylor dreamed up her most ambitious show to date: House of Petunia. Take an unfiltered look into the creative process for Teyana's ico ... view
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Self
2019
A man returns home to Atlanta to help and turn around his family's struggling restaurant with the help of a new chicken recipe. ... view
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Sherri
Jan 2019 (first aired)
Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with ful ... view
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Firefly (1 ep.)
2018
When an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right. ... view
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Blasia
2018
On May 31, 2018, Kanye West held a two-hour listening party for his eighth studio album Ye at the Diamond Cross Ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The ev ... view
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Self
2018
Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize i ... view
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Skyler
Mar 2018 (first aired)
An intimate look into newlyweds Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert featuring plenty of red-hot moments, playful humor, and a 360-degree view of true #Rel ... view
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Unknown/various (6 ep.)
Jul 2017 (first aired)
Your favorite celebrities tell their untold wildest adventures reenacted by marionette puppets. Big stars. Small puppets. Crazy stories. ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Dec 2016 (first aired)
Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her sis ... view
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Joyce Sheree (3 ep.)
2016
VH1’s beloved Divas franchise made its return after a four-year hiatus with a holiday spin. The Unsilent Night special, airing on December 5, 2016, ... view
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Self
2016
We knew the return of Hip-Hop Honors after a six-year hiatus would be huge, but with a surprise from Diddy and some major beef getting squashed, this ... view
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Sep 2015 (first aired)
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclect ... view
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Self - Guest (1 ep.)
2015
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition. ... view
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Zip
Mar 2015 (first aired)
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the hea ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Feb 2014 (first aired)
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program w ... view
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Self - Musical Guest (1 ep.)
Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Self - Guest and Musical Guest (1 ep.)
May 2013 (first aired)
Ahsha Hayes enters the wild world of professional basketball when she tries out for the elite L.A. Devil Girls dance team against the wishes of her mo ... view
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London Scott (8 ep.)
2013
Ali (LAWRENCE ADISA), is a struggling real estate agent and ladies man who has never desired to commit to anyone or anything. One night while out with ... view
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Steph
2012
A car thief falls in love with a blind Arabian princess whose father allows them to marry under the terms he can help her see. ... view
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Don
2012
Cassie, the last remaining member of the original Gang of Roses, is sitting in a small Mexican jail holding the written code to a US military safe. It ... view
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Candi Baxter
2011
When Shirley, Madea's niece, receives distressing news about her health, the only thing she wants is her family gathered around her. However, Shirley' ... view
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Sabrina
2010
Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition ... view
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Rena
Jul 2009 (first aired)
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities. ... view
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Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Feb 2009 (first aired)
Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the ... view
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Self - Guest Judge (1 ep.)
Jan 2005 (first aired)
My Super Sweet 16 is a MTV reality series documenting the lives of teenagers, usually in the United States, Canada and UK, who usually have wealthy pa ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Jan 2003 (first aired)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC. ... view
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Self - Guest (2 ep.)
Jun 2001 (first aired)
An annual event concert celebrating African Americans and other American minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over t ... view
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Self - Performer (2 ep.)
Apr 1998 (first aired)
In 1998, VH1 debuted the first annual VH1 Divas concert. VH1 Divas Live was created to support the channel's Save The Music Foundation and subsequent ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Aug 1997 (first aired)
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discu ... view
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Self (2 ep.)
Feb 1995 (first aired)
One of awards season's premier events, the Actor Awards annually celebrates the outstanding motion picture and television performances of the year, as ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Sep 1988 (first aired)
A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spo ... view
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Self - Guest (1 ep.)
Oct 1975 (first aired)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture a ... view
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Self - Musical Guest (1 ep.)
Self - Host (1 ep.)
Feb 1974 (first aired)
An annual American music awards show. Unlike the Grammys, which are awarded on the basis of votes by members of the Recording Academy, the AMAs are de ... view
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Self - Musical Guest (1 ep.)
Nov 1959 (first aired)
An awards show honoring the achievements of the members of the professional music recording industry. The members of the Recording Academy vote on who ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Mar 1953 (first aired)
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuett ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
Jan 1944 (first aired)
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Associatio ... view
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Self - Nominee (1 ep.)