Portrait of Mary J. Blige

Acting

Mary J. Blige

Career

Active from 2000 to 2024, busiest in 2020 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lost Ollie
Lost Ollie
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mary J. Blige Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0
  • Dark Humor
    2.2, average 2.8
  • Scare
    1.9, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Family Drama 3
  • Violence 3
  • Psychological 3
  • Redemption 3
  • Musical 2
  • Gospel Music 2
  • Urban Setting 2
  • Biographical Drama 2
  • Bleak 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

16 titles ยท average score 66
Be Happy
Be Happy (2026)

Executive Producer

Mary J. Blige's Family Affair
Mary J. Blige's Family Affair (2025)

Executive Producer

Rob Peace
Rob Peace (2024)
GoodWatch score 70

as Jackie Peace

Strength of a Woman
Strength of a Woman (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer, Executive Producer

The Color Purple
The Color Purple (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

Songs

Real Love
Real Love (2023)
GoodWatch score 75

Executive Producer

Lost Ollie
Lost Ollie (2022)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show ยท as Rosy (voice)

Respect
Respect (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dinah Washington

Power Book II: Ghost
Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Monet Stewart Tejada

Body Cam
Body Cam (2020)
GoodWatch score 45

as Renee Lomito-Smith

Trolls World Tour
Trolls World Tour (2020)
GoodWatch score 61

as Queen Essence (voice)

The Violent Heart
The Violent Heart (2020)
GoodWatch score 49

as Nina

2010s

15 titles ยท average score 68
The Umbrella Academy
The Umbrella Academy (2019)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Cha-Cha

Sherlock Gnomes
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
GoodWatch score 39

as Irene (voice)

Mudbound
Mudbound (2017)
GoodWatch score 83

as Florence Jackson

Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

Songs

The Wiz Live!
The Wiz Live! (2015)
GoodWatch score 81

as Evillene

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Empire
Empire (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Angie

How to Get Away with Murder
How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Rolanda

black-ish
black-ish (2014)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Mirabelle

Betty and Coretta
Betty and Coretta (2013)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dr. Betty Shabazz

Black Nativity
Black Nativity (2013)
GoodWatch score 49

as Platinum Fro

The Help
The Help (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

Songs

2000s

9 titles ยท average score 67
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
I Can Do Bad All By Myself (2009)
GoodWatch score 59

as Tanya

30 Rock
30 Rock (2006)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Mary J. Blige

Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Jackie Boyd

VH1 Storytellers
VH1 Storytellers (2005)

TV show

Entourage
Entourage (2004)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Mary J. Blige

Prison Song
Prison Song (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mom

DMX: Angel
DMX: Angel (2001)

as Guardian Angel

Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine (2000)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Simone Fellows

Gangstresses
Gangstresses (2000)

as Mary J. Blige

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 59
Moesha
Moesha (1996)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Mary J. Blige

The Jamie Foxx Show
The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show ยท as Ola Mae

New York Undercover
New York Undercover (1994)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

Later... with Jools Holland
Later... with Jools Holland (1992)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

In Living Color
In Living Color (1990)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show

The Word
The Word (1990)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show

1960s

1 title ยท average score 47
One Life to Live
One Life to Live (1968)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show