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Acting

Teyana Taylor

Career

Active from 2012 to 2027, busiest in 2025 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another
GoodWatch score84/100

Awards

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

  • Golden Globe Awards · Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture

    2026 · Won · 83rd Golden Globe Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Supporting Role

    2026 · Nominated · 98th Academy Awards

    One Battle After Another

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

10

The characters Teyana Taylor played, best-known titles first.

Teyana Taylor as Numa Baptiste
Teyana Taylor as Bopoto
Teyana Taylor as Teyana Taylor
Teyana Taylor as Boxing Coach
Teyana Taylor as Milan
Teyana Taylor as Imani
Teyana Taylor as Mary Magdalene
Teyana Taylor as Firefly
Teyana Taylor as London Scott
Teyana Taylor as Imani X

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Teyana Taylor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Nostalgia
    3.0, average 3.8
  • Scare
    1.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Underdog Story 2
  • Contemporary 2
  • Community 2
  • Redemption Story 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Contemporary Realism 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Character-Driven Drama 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

2 titles
Slime
Slime

as (voice)

Untitled Dionne Warwick Biopic
Untitled Dionne Warwick Biopic

as Dionne Warwick

2020s

14 titles · average score 58
The Rip
The Rip (2026)
GoodWatch score 67

as Detective Numa Baptistie

72 HOURS
72 HOURS (2026)
GoodWatch score 46

as Jennifer

Scary Movie
Scary Movie (2026)
GoodWatch score 43

as Teyana Taylor

STRAW
STRAW (2025)
GoodWatch score 60

as Detective Kay Raymond

One Battle After Another
One Battle After Another (2025)
GoodWatch score 84

as Perfidia

All's Fair
All's Fair (2025)
GoodWatch score 27

TV show · as Milan

Escape Room
Escape Room (2025)

Music Director, Writer

The Book of Clarence
The Book of Clarence (2024)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mary Magdalene

A Thousand and One
A Thousand and One (2023)
GoodWatch score 80

as Inez

White Men Can't Jump
White Men Can't Jump (2023)
GoodWatch score 43

as Imani

Miracles Across 125th Street
Miracles Across 125th Street (2021)
GoodWatch score 51

as Tammy

Coming 2 America
Coming 2 America (2021)
GoodWatch score 49

as Bopoto

2010s

13 titles · average score 52
The Trap
The Trap (2019)
GoodWatch score 46

as Sherri

Hottieween
Hottieween (2019)

Director

Honey: Rise Up and Dance
Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018)
GoodWatch score 54

as Skyler

Teyana & Iman
Teyana & Iman (2018)

TV show

The After Party
The After Party (2018)
GoodWatch score 64

as Blasia

Star
Star (2016)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Joyce Sheree

Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love (2015)
GoodWatch score 57

as Zip

Hit the Floor
Hit the Floor (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as London Scott

The Love Section
The Love Section (2013)
GoodWatch score 34

as Steph

Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation
Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation (2012)
GoodWatch score 42

as Candi Baxter

Madea's Big Happy Family
Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
GoodWatch score 50

as Sabrina

Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010)
GoodWatch score 45

as Rena

1990s

1 title
VH1 Divas
VH1 Divas (1998)

TV show