Teyana Me Shay Jacqueline Taylor (/tiˈɑːnə/; born December 10, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, and music video director. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, and an NAACP Image Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award, two Actor Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and a Grammy Award. She was named one of Time's 2026 Women of the Year. At age 15, she choreographed the video for "Ring the Alarm" by Beyoncé and signed a recording contract with the Neptunes' Star Trak Entertainment. During this period, Taylor appeared as a dancer in the video for Jay-Z's "Blue Magic"  and released her debut single, "Google Me." She earned wider recognition for work on Kanye West's "Dark Fantasy" and "Hell of a Life" from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). In 2012, she signed with West's GOOD Music and appeared on the label's compilation album, Cruel Summer, which peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. Her debut studio album, VII (2014), topped the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Taylor starred in and co-choreographed "Fade" by Kanye West, earning the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography. She then released K.T.S.E. (2018), followed by The Album (2020), which entered the top ten on the Billboard 200 and featured collaborations with Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill. Her fourth album, Escape Room(2025), received a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Album. As an actress, Taylor appeared in films such as Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (2010) and Madea's Big Happy Family (2011) before taking on starring roles in Coming 2 America (2021) and The Rip (2026). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Inez in A Thousand and One (2023), earning the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. For her performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another (2025), she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received an Academy Award nomination. On television, she starred in the Ryan Murphy legal drama All's Fair (2025–present) and won an NAACP Image Award for her performance in the 2025 Netflix television film Straw. Her other ventures include collaborations with Adidas and Air Jordan on limited-edition releases. Taylor has directed music videos for herself and other artists, and her feature directorial debut, Get Lite, starring actress Storm Reid, for Paramount Pictures. Description above from the Wikipedia article Teyana Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2027Get Lite — Director, Executive Producer
• 202672 HOURS — Jennifer
• 2026Scary Movie — Teyana Taylor
• 2026The Rip — Detective Numa Baptistie
• All's Fair — Milan
• 2025Escape Room — Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Music Director
• 2025One Battle After Another — Perfidia
• 2025STRAW — Detective Kay Raymond
• 2024The Book of Clarence — Mary Magdalene
• 2023A Thousand and One — Inez
• 2023White Men Can't Jump — Imani
• 2022Entergalactic — Boxing Instructor (voice)
• 2021Coming 2 America — Bopoto
• 2021Miracles Across 125th Street — Tammy
• 2019Hottieween — Director
• The Masked Singer — Firefly
• 2019The Trap — Sherri
• 2018Honey: Rise Up and Dance — Skyler
• Teyana & Iman
• 2018The After Party — Blasia
• Star — Joyce Sheree
• 2016VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
• 2015Brotherly Love — Zip
• Hit the Floor — London Scott
• 2013The Love Section — Steph
• 2012Cruel Summer — Don
• 2012Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation — Candi Baxter
• 2011Madea's Big Happy Family — Sabrina
• 2010Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming — Rena
• VH1 Divas
• Slime — (voice)
• The Parlay
• Untitled Dionne Warwick Biopic — Dionne Warwick

Appearances as themselves (34)

• 2026Learning, Studying… Always Perfecting: The Making of One Battle After Another — Self
• 2026The Roast of Kevin Hart — Self - Roaster
• 2025In Whose Name? — Self
• 2025Netflix Tudum 2025 — Self
• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors — Self
• 2023Kingdome — self (archival)
• 2023Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé — Self
• JANET JACKSON. — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• We Got Love Teyana & Iman — Self
• 2020Assembly Required: Teyana Taylor — Self
• Cardi Tries — Self
• Rhythm + Flow — Self - Guest Collaborator
• 2018Kanye West Album Listening, May 31, 2018 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming — Self
• The Hollywood Puppet Show — Self
• 2016VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night — Self
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Guest, Self - Guest and Musical Guest
• RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• My Super Sweet 16 — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• BET Awards — Self - Performer
• The View — Self
• The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• MTV Video Music Awards — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Musical Guest, Self - Host
• American Music Awards — Self - Musical Guest
• The Grammys — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee