Nicki Minaj
Acting
Born 1982-12-08
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982) is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer and songwriter, as well as an actress and voice actress. Known professionally as Nicki Minaj, she is hailed as the most famous female rapper in the planet, notably acclaimed for her versatility as an artist, her sharp lyrics and animated flow in her rapping, including alter egos and hyper accents.
As a small child, Minaj lived with her grandmother in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobego until moving to New York City to live with her parents when she was five years old. Her father, Robert Maraj, a financial executive and part-time gospel singer, is of Indo-Trinidadian and Afro-Trinidadian descent, while her mother, Carol Maraj, also a gospel singer, is of Afro-Trinidadian ancestry.
Minaj graduated from the LaGuardia High School in Manhattan, which focuses on visual and performing arts with the intention to become an actress, and in 2001 was cast in the Off-Broadway play 'In Case You Forget'. Nicki Minaj earned public attention after releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009, signing to Young Money Entertainment and outshining other artists in her infamous features all before the release of her first studio album 'Pink Friday' in 2010, which skyrocketed her into a global and cultural icon, her influence, popularity and acclaim only growing to cement her as an icon of over the course of the decade. She is the most followed rapper of all time on the social media platform, Instagram.
Nicki Minaj made her film debut in a voice acting role for the 2012 animated film 'Ice Age: Continental Drift', followed by supporting roles in 'The Other Woman' (2014) and a voice acting role in 'Angry Birds Movie 2' (2019). She has appeared as self-archive footage in multiple films and documentaries, and stated in early 2022 her intention to return her focus to acting with her biggest role to date.
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Filmography
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Show with David Letterman
Saturday Night Live
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The Graham Norton Show
RuPaul's Drag Race
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Steven Universe
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Barbie
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
MTV Video Music Awards
America's Next Top Model
American Idol
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Ice Age: Continental Drift
People's Choice Awards
American Music Awards
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Fifty Shades Darker
MTV Europe Music Awards
Charlie's Angels
The Other Woman
Entertainment Tonight
History 101
Radio Disney Music Awards
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Feels Good Man
Justin Bieber's Believe
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
The Re-Up
Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint Tour
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
Playtime Is Over
Britney Spears Live - The Femme Fatale Tour
Hottieween
On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Nicki Minaj: Pink Planet
The Carter
Runaway
Nicki Minaj: My Time Again
Nicki Minaj: My Truth
Charli XCX: The F-Word and Me
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
Madonna - Super Bowl XLVI halftime show
The Pinkprint Movie
The Come Up: The Strip Club Edition
Nicki Minaj: My Time Now
Nicki Minaj - Road to Success
The Come Up: Volume 15 Gangsta Grillz Edition
Nicki Minaj: Queen of Rap
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