Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of her time and considered a pioneer of neo soul and rap-singing, she has been credited by The Telegraph with popularizing hip-hop music. In 2015, Billboard named her the greatest female rapper. Hill has been named one of Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers, VH1's 100 Women in Music, and NPR's 50 Great Voices. She is the highest-grossing American female rapper in live music, and has won eight Grammy Awards, the most for any female rapper.

Filmography

• 2022Why Is We Americans? — Self, Producer
• 2021When I See Them, I See Us
• 2019Queen & Slim — Songs
• 2018Fly Paper
• 2018Ms. Lauryn Hill - Baloise Session 2018 — vocals
• 2015Lauryn Hill: Austin City Limits — vocals
• 2015Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
• 2014Concerning Violence — Narrator in English version
• 2001Lauryn Hill: MTV Unplugged — Self, Music, Musician, Vocals
• 1999Lauryn Hill - Live at Budokan, Japan — vocals
• 1999Restaurant — Leslie
• 1997Hav Plenty — Debra
• 1996Daddy's Girl — Malika
• TFI Friday
• 1993King of the Hill — Elevator Operator
• 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit — Rita Louise Watson
• Here and Now
• Later... with Jools Holland

Appearances as themselves (30)

• 2026Ye Live at SoFi — Self
• 2025Hodgepodge — Self (archive footage)
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self (archive footage)
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2021You're Watching Video Music Box — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert — Self (archive footage)
• 2019The Apollo — Self (archive footage)
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2010My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop — Self (archive footage)
• 2009DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd — Self (archive footage)
• 2007Soul Divas — Self
• 2005Dave Chappelle's Block Party — Self (Fugees)
• 2005Santana: In Concert — Self - Vocals
• BET Awards — Self - Performer
• 2000Santana: Supernatural Live — Self
• 1999Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales — Self
• 1999One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute — Self - Perfomer
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• 1998Free Tibet — Self - Fugees
• 1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! — Self - The Fugees
• 1997Rhyme & Reason — Self
• 1996Fugees: Live at New Pop Festival 1996 — Self - Fugees
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• All That — Self
• ECHO-Verleihung — Self
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• The BRIT Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest
• The Grammys — Self
• Dave Chappelle's Block Party 2 — Self