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      Janelle Monáe

      Janelle Monáe

      Highest Rated: 98% Moonlight (2016)

      Lowest Rated: 30% UglyDolls (2019)

      Birthday: Dec 1, 1985

      Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas, USA

      Janelle Monáe was never a typical R&B singer. She based her music around a science fiction concept of a dystopian world called "Metropolis," and developed the alter ego of an android, Cindi Mayweather, living in the year 2719. For all the visionary trappings of her music, Monáe was also a straightforward pop singer who fully engaged with the 21st-century pop mainstream, starring in makeup commercials for a major international brand and finding success in the animated cartoon feature "Rio 2" (2014) and period drama "Hidden Figures" (2016). Janelle Monáe Robinson was born on December 1, 1985 in Kansas City, Kansas. As a child, Monáe often lived in her own imaginary world, which would later inspire her music. Monáe moved to New York to study drama at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, and also went to a performing arts school called Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia. Monáe moved to Atlanta in 2001, where she met her early mentor, rapper and producer Big Boi from OutKast. Founding her own arts collective and record label, Wondaland Arts Society, Monáe self-released her first EP, The Audition. Although The Audition didn't get much exposure, it did bring Monáe to the attention of Sean "Puffy" Combs, who signed her to his Bad Boy label in 2006. There, Monáe began plotting out an ambitious series of concept recordings collectively known as "Metropolis," the story of a runaway android named Cindi Mayweather in the year 2719. First came the EP Metropolis: Suite 1 (The Chase), a critically-acclaimed released that earned Monáe an opening slot for No Doubt in 2009. Monáe kept forging ahead with the Metropolis concept, releasing her full-length debut The ArchAndroid in 2010. Featuring the hit singles "Tightrope" and "Cold War," the acclaimed album was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Monáe also won the ASCAP Vanguard Award at the Billboard Music Awards in 2010. In keeping the multimedia reality of modern pop stardom, Monáe then became a spokeswoman for an extensive TV and print ad campaign for CoverGirl, and also appeared in commercials for Sonos Wireless HiFi. Monáe became a bona fide pop star when her guest performance on the song "We Are Young" by the New York alt-rock act Fun. became a number-one hit in 2012. Monáe's second solo album, The Electric Lady, came out in September 2013, continuing the Metropolis storyline and featuring the hit single "Q.U.E.E.N.," with a guest spot by Queen Latifah. She then performed at a "Women of Soul" concert at the White House along with legends Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, and more. In addition to her successful music career, Monáe provided the voice of Dr. Monáe in the animated hit "Rio 2" (2014), and also wrote and performed a song for the soundtrack, "What Is Love." Monae's acting career took a major stride forward with her starring role alongside Octavia Spencer in the '60s-set NASA-based drama "Hidden Figures" (2016). Following a five-year break from music, which she attributed partly to the death of her idol and latter-day mentor Prince, Monáe returned with the album Dirty Computer in April 2018. While doing press for the album, Monáe addressed her sexuality for the first time, declaring herself "pansexual" in an interview with Rolling Stone.

      Highest rated movies

      98% Moonlight 93% Hidden Figures 91% Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 74% Harriet 68% The Glorias 34% Welcome to Marwen 31% Antebellum

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      Janelle Monae Christmas in Washington, Janelle Monae, 12/20/2013, ©TNT MOONLIGHT, JANELLE MONAE, 2016, PHOTO BY DAVID BORNFRIEND, ©A24 American Idol, Janelle Monae, 'Results Show', Season 13, Ep. #23, 03/27/2014, ©FOX American Idol, Janelle Monae, Season 13, 1/15/2014, ©FOX 4130_D028_00229_R Janelle Monáe stars as Marie Buchanon in HARRIET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Glen Wilson / Focus Features 4130_D028_00304_RC Janelle Monáe stars as Marie Buchanon and Cynthia Erivo as Harriet Tubman in HARRIET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Glen Wilson / Focus Features Hollywood Film Awards, Janelle Monae, 11/14/2014, ©CBS Hollywood Film Awards, Janelle Monae, 11/14/2014, ©CBS Hollywood Film Awards, Janelle Monae, 11/14/2014, ©CBS I Want to Work For Diddy, Janelle Monae, 08/04/2008, ©VH1 American Idol, Janelle Monae, Season 13, 1/15/2014, ©FOX American Idol, Janelle Monae, 'Results Show', Season 13, Ep. #23, 03/27/2014, ©FOX HIDDEN FIGURES, from left: Olek Krupa, Janelle Monae, 2017. ph: Hopper Stone/TM and © copyright Fox 2000 Pictures. All rights reserved. HIDDEN FIGURES, Taraji P. Henson (eyeglasses), Octavia Spencer (center), Janelle Monae (back right), 2017. ph: Hopper Stone/TM and © copyright Fox 2000 Pictures. All rights reserved. HIDDEN FIGURES, JANELLE MONAE, 2016. PH HOPPER STONE/TM & COPYRIGHT © 20TH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. HIDDEN FIGURES, from left, Glen Powell, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, 2016, photo by Hopper Stone, ©Fox 2000 Pictures HIDDEN FIGURES, from left: Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, 2017. ph: Hopper Stone/TM and © copyright Fox 2000 Pictures. All rights reserved. HIDDEN FIGURES, Janelle Monae, (right), with children Tre Stokes (left), Selah Kimbro Jones, 2016, photo by Hopper Stone, ©Fox 2000 Pictures HIDDEN FIGURES, FROM LEFT: TARAJI P. HENSON, JANELLE MONAE, 2016. PH HOPPER STONE/TM & COPYRIGHT © 20TH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      88% 81% The Beach Boys Self - 2024
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story Self - 2024
      96% 66% Fitting In Executive Producer - 2023
      91% 92% Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Andi (Character) - 2022
      68% 84% The Glorias Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Character) - 2020
      31% 50% Antebellum Veronica/Eden (Character) - 2020
      67% 50% Lady and the Tramp Peg (Voice) - 2019
      74% 97% Harriet Marie (Character) $43.0M 2019
      30% 54% UglyDolls Mandy (Voice) $20.1M 2019
      No Score Yet 74% Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer Jane 57821 (Character) - 2018
      34% 48% Welcome to Marwen GI Julie (Character) $10.7M 2018
      93% 93% Hidden Figures Mary Jackson (Character) $169.3M 2016
      98% 79% Moonlight Teresa (Character) $27.9M 2016
      No Score Yet 71% The Past Is a Grotesque Animal Unknown (Character) - 2014
      53% 33% Made in America Self - 2013

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 24% The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2023
      84% 72% RuPaul's Drag Race Judge 2023
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Guest 2023
      No Score Yet 47% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Music Performer,
      Guest
      2018 2020-2021 2023
      No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2020 2022
      No Score Yet 9% The View Guest 2020 2022
      No Score Yet 36% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2020 2022
      No Score Yet 67% We the People Music Performer 2021
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Desus & Mero Guest 2020
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter Guest 2020
      79% 66% Homecoming Jackie/Alex (Character) 2020
      100% 64% Sex, Explained Narrator 2020
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2019
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2018
      No Score Yet 19% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2017-2018
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Austin City Limits Music Performer 2018
      No Score Yet 60% The Voice Music Performer 2018
      72% 75% Electric Dreams Alice (Character) 2018
      No Score Yet 64% StarTalk Guest 2018
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2017
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Music Performer,
      Guest
      2015 2017
      No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Music Performer,
      Guest
      2015-2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Music Voyager Guest 2016
      68% No Score Yet American Idol Music Performer 2014-2015
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
      100% 90% Late Show With David Letterman Music Performer 2013-2014
      No Score Yet 58% Saturday Night Live Music Performer 2013
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 106 & Park Unknown (Character) 2013
      No Score Yet 90% American Dad! Unknown (Guest Voice) 2013
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Music Performer 2013
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dancing With the Stars Music Performer 2010
      No Score Yet 58% So You Think You Can Dance Music Performer 2010
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lopez Tonight Music Performer 2010
      70% 75% Stargate Universe Unknown (Guest Star) 2009