- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 8, 1982
- Place of Birth
- Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982) is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer and songwriter, as well as an actress and voice actress. Known professionally as Nicki Minaj, she is hailed as the most famous female rapper in the planet, notably acclaimed for her versatility as an artist, her sharp lyrics and animated flow in her rapping, including alter egos and hyper accents. As a small child, Minaj lived with her grandmother in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobego until moving to New York City to live with her parents when she was five years old. Her father, Robert Maraj, a financial executive and part-time gospel singer, is of Indo-Trinidadian and Afro-Trinidadian descent, while her mother, Carol Maraj, also a gospel singer, is of Afro-Trinidadian ancestry. Minaj graduated from the LaGuardia High School in Manhattan, which focuses on visual and performing arts with the intention …
Filmography
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieBarbie
2023 · Songs
movieFeels Good Man
2020 · Self (archive footage)
tvHistory 101
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieCharlie's Angels
2019 · Songs
movieHottieween
2019 · Songs
movieThe Angry Birds Movie 2
2019 · Pinky (voice)
movieSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · Songs
movieMatangi / Maya / M.I.A.
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieNicki Minaj - Road to Success
2018 · Self
movieDouble Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
movieFifty Shades Darker
2017 · Songs
movieNicki Minaj: The Pinkprint Tour
2016 · Nicki Minaj
movieMadonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016 · Self - Vocals
movieBarbershop: The Next Cut
2016 · Draya
movieCharli XCX: The F-Word and Me
2015 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
The Pinkprint Movie
movieThe Pinkprint Movie
2015
movieNicki Minaj: My Time Again
2015 · Self
movieOn the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z
2014 · Self - Performer
movieDave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
2014 · Nicki Minaj
movieThe Other Woman
2014 · Lydia
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
movieJustin Bieber's Believe
2013 · Self
tvSteven Universe
2013 · Sugilite (voice), Sugilite (voice) (archive sound)
tvRadio Disney Music Awards
2013 · Self
movieNicki Minaj: Pink Planet
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Re-Up
2012 · Self, Music
tvNicki Minaj: My Truth
2012
movieIce Age: Continental Drift
2012 · Steffie (voice), Songs
Madonna - Super Bowl XLVI halftime show
movieMadonna - Super Bowl XLVI halftime show
2012
movieBritney Spears Live - The Femme Fatale Tour
2011 · Self
moviePlaytime Is Over
2011 · Self
movieNicki Minaj: My Time Now
2010 · Herself
movieRunaway
2010 · Narrator (voice)
movieMy Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
2010 · Self (archive footage)
tvRuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010 · Self - Guest Judge
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
tvRuPaul's Drag Race
2009 · Self - Guest Judge
movieThe Carter
2009
movieThe Come Up: Volume 15 Gangsta Grillz Edition
2008
tvKeeping Up with the Kardashians
2007 · Self
movieThe Come Up: The Strip Club Edition
2007 · Herself
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
tvThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
tvAmerica's Next Top Model
2003 · Self - Guest
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self (archive footage)
tvAmerican Idol
2002 · Self - Judge, Self - Performer
tvVictoria's Secret Fashion Show
1995 · Self
tvMTV Europe Music Awards
1994 · Self - Performer, Self - Host
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Musical Guest
tvMTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self / Presenter
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Herself
tvMTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Self - Performer, Self - Host
tvEntertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975 · Self - Performer
tvAmerican Music Awards
1974 · Self - Musical Guest
movieNicki Minaj: Queen of Rap
— · Self (archive footage)