Janelle Monáe movies

American singer-songwriter and rapper Janelle Monáe Robinson has made sure to leave a deep imprint on the hearts of her fans through her bustling career. Monáe began her career as a singer in 2003 via her demo album titled The Audition. She began gaining recognition in 2007 after her conceptual EP titled Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase) was released.

The EP was a massive win for the singer after it went on to peak at number two on the US Top Heatseekers chart. Monae is one of the A-lister faces of the music industry. However, the singer is also a well-known actress. She made her debut by voicing the character ‘Dr. Monae” in Rio 2. After which she worked in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight. The singer-turned-actress has also worked in various TV shows.

List of all the movies Janelle Monáe has worked in

Although Janelle Monáe has worked in more TV show-based projects, the singer-turned-actress has made her name in the Hollywood industry for her work in many film projects too. She began her acting venture by being a voice actor in Blue Sky Studios’ Rio 2.

The list of all the movies she has worked in and when they were released are mentioned below:

• Rio 2 (2014)

• Moonlight (2016)

• Hidden Figures (2016)

• Dirty Computer (2018)

• Welcome to Marwen (2018)

• UglyDolls (2019)

• Harriet Marie Buchanon (2019)

• Lady and the Tramp (2019)

• The Glorias (2020)

• Antebellum (2020)

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

Did Janelle Monáe win any awards for her acting?

Although the singer has been nominated multiple times and won numerous accolades over the years for many things, the singer has yet to bag her first award when it comes to acting in a film. In 2022, Monáe won her first Children's and Family Emmy Awards for Outstanding Short Form Program for her role in the TV series We the People.

For her role as engineer Mary Jackson in the film Hidden Figures, the actress was nominated for Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actress. However, she did not end up winning it.

What role did Janelle Monáe play in Moonlight?

Janelle Monáe played the role of Teresa, the girlfriend of Juan, a drug dealer who becomes a father figure to the lead character Chiron. The 2016 Oscar-winning American coming-of-age drama film Moonlight was claimed to be one of the best films of the 21st century. Directed by Barry Jenkinsime the film is based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play titled “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue”

The film revolves around the life of Chiron, the lead character who deals with difficulties when it comes to his sexuality and identity which include physical and emotional abuse over his entire period of life. The film is set in three stages of the lead character’s life. The film was released on October 21, 2016, and was a massive success at the box office.