- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 10, 1990
- Place of Birth
- Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Teyana Taylor
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…
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movieGet Lite
2027 · Director, Executive Producer
movie72 HOURS
2026
movieScary Movie
2026 · Teyana Taylor
movieLearning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another
2026 · Self
movieThe Roast of Kevin Hart
2026 · Self - Roaster
movieThe Rip
2026 · Detective Numa Baptistie
tvVariety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025 · Self
tvAll's Fair
2025 · Milan
movieOne Battle After Another
2025 · Perfidia
movieIn Whose Name?
2025 · Self
movieEscape Room
2025 · , Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Music Director
movieSTRAW
2025 · Detective Kay Raymond
movieNetflix Tudum 2025
2025 · Self
movieThe Book of Clarence
2024 · Mary Magdalene
movieRenaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
2023 · Self
movieKingdome
2023 · self (archival)
movieWhite Men Can't Jump
2023 · Imani
movieA Thousand and One
2023 · Inez
movieEntergalactic
2022 · Boxing Instructor (voice)
tvSherri
2022 · Self - Guest
tvThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self - Guest
tvJANET JACKSON.
2022 · Self
movieMiracles Across 125th Street
2021 · Tammy
tvWe Got Love Teyana & Iman
2021 · Self
movieComing 2 America
2021 · Bopoto
tvCardi Tries
2020 · Self
movieAssembly Required: Teyana Taylor
2020 · Self
movieHottieween
2019 · Director
tvRhythm + Flow
2019 · Self - Guest Collaborator
movieThe Trap
2019 · Sherri
tvThe Masked Singer
2019 · Firefly
movieThe After Party
2018 · Blasia
movieKanye West Album Listening, May 31, 2018 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming
2018 · Self
movieHoney: Rise Up and Dance
2018 · Skyler
tvTeyana & Iman
2018
tvThe Hollywood Puppet Show
2017 · Self
tvStar
2016 · Joyce Sheree
movieVH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
2016 · Self
movieVH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
movieBrotherly Love
2015 · Zip
tvHot Ones
2015 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest, Self - Guest and Musical Guest
tvHit the Floor
2013 · London Scott
movieThe Love Section
2013 · Steph
movieCruel Summer
2012 · Don
movieGang of Roses 2: Next Generation
2012 · Candi Baxter
movieMadea's Big Happy Family
2011 · Sabrina
movieStomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
2010 · Rena
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self - Guest Judge
tvMy Super Sweet 16
2005 · Self
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
tvBET Awards
2001 · Self - Performer
tvVH1 Divas
1998
tvThe View
1997 · Self
tvThe Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995 · Self
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest, Self - Host
tvAmerican Music Awards
1974 · Self - Musical Guest
tvThe Grammys
1959 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
Untitled Dionne Warwick Biopic
movieUntitled Dionne Warwick Biopic
— · Dionne Warwick
movieSlime
— · (voice)
The Parlay
movieThe Parlay
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