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Portrait of Maya Angelou

Acting

Maya Angelou

Career

Active from 1969 to 2024, with a break from 1999 to 2017, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister
GoodWatch score77/100

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

    1996 · Nominated

    How to Make an American Quilt

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 6.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Maya Angelou Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.5, average 4.8
  • Tension
    3.7, average 5.9
  • Mystery
    1.8, average 3.9
  • Violence
    2.2, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Assignment America
Assignment America

TV show

2020s

2 titles
Daedalus
Daedalus (2024)

as Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)

Wild & Free
Wild & Free (2024)

Thanks

2010s

1 title
Words Are Things
Words Are Things (2018)

as Narrator (voice)

2000s

3 titles · average score 58
The Black Candle
The Black Candle (2009)

Poem

Madea's Family Reunion
Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
GoodWatch score 49

as May

The Runaway
The Runaway (2000)
GoodWatch score 67

as Conjure Woman

1990s

12 titles · average score 63
Down in the Delta
Down in the Delta (1998)
GoodWatch score 62

Director

The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens (1998)

as Narrator

HARDtalk
HARDtalk (1997)

TV show

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)
GoodWatch score 63

as Narrator (voice)

America's Dream
America's Dream (1996)
GoodWatch score 73

Story

Moesha
Moesha (1996)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Maya Angelou

How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

as Anna

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Fairy Godmother (voice)

Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel (1994)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show · as Clarice Mitchell

Poetic Justice
Poetic Justice (1993)
GoodWatch score 56

as Aunt June

There Are No Children Here
There Are No Children Here (1993)
GoodWatch score 69

as Lelia Mae

Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists
Kindred Spirits: Contemporary African American Artists (1992)

as Anchor

1980s

1 title · average score 77
Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister (1982)
GoodWatch score 77

Producer, Writer

1970s

7 titles · average score 69
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
GoodWatch score 62

Novel, Writer

The Richard Pryor Special?
The Richard Pryor Special? (1977)

as Willie's Wife

Roots
Roots (1977)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Nyo Boto

The Richard Pryor Show
The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

The Tapestry
The Tapestry (1976)

Director

All Day Long
All Day Long (1975)

Director

Georgia, Georgia
Georgia, Georgia (1972)

Music, Writer

1960s

1 title
Integration Report 1
Integration Report 1 (1960)

Music

1950s

2 titles · average score 73
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess (1959)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dancer

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Conjure woman