Portrait of Janelle Monáe

Acting

Janelle Monáe

Career

Active from 2016 to 2026, busiest in 2018 and 2019 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Moonlight
Moonlight
GoodWatch score87/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Screen Actors Guild Awards · Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

    2017 · Won · 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards

    Hidden Figures

    Source: Wikidata

  • Critics' Choice Awards · Best Cast

    2016 · Won · 22nd Critics' Choice Awards

    Moonlight

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

7

The characters Janelle Monáe played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Janelle Monáe Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.3, average 5.4
  • Crime
    2.8, average 3.5
  • Scare
    1.9, average 2.6
  • Sports
    0.1, average 0.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Biographical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

24
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

3 titles
Agent Moxy
Agent Moxy

as Mandy (voice) (archive footage)

Never Saw Me Coming
Never Saw Me Coming

as Tanya Smith

Don't Look
Don't Look

Producer

2020s

8 titles · average score 66
Is God Is
Is God Is (2026)
GoodWatch score 74

as Angie

Bass X Machina
Bass X Machina (2026)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Glory (voice)

Fitting In
Fitting In (2024)
GoodWatch score 73

Executive Producer

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
GoodWatch score 74

as Andi Brand

Human Resources
Human Resources (2022)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Claudia (voice)

We the People
We the People (2021)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as (voice)

Antebellum
Antebellum (2020)
GoodWatch score 45

as Veronica / Eden

The Glorias
The Glorias (2020)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dorothy Pitman Hughes

2010s

12 titles · average score 65
Harriet
Harriet (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

as Marie Buchanon

UglyDolls
UglyDolls (2019)
GoodWatch score 44

as Mandy (voice)

Lady and the Tramp
Lady and the Tramp (2019)
GoodWatch score 58

as Peg (voice)

Homecoming
Homecoming (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Jackie Calico / Alex Eastern

Welcome to Marwen
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
GoodWatch score 47

as GI Julie

Dirty Computer
Dirty Computer (2018)
GoodWatch score 73

as Jane 57821

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Alexis

Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

as Mary Jackson

Moonlight
Moonlight (2016)
GoodWatch score 87

as Teresa

Rio 2
Rio 2 (2014)
GoodWatch score 55

as Dr. Monae (voice)

Janelle Monáe: Live at Lowlands 2014
Janelle Monáe: Live at Lowlands 2014 (2014)

Music

Janelle Monáe: Live at iTunes Festival 2013
Janelle Monáe: Live at iTunes Festival 2013 (2013)

Music

1990s

1 title · average score 46
Later... with Jools Holland
Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show