Janelle Monáe is an American musical recording artist, actress and model signed to her own imprint, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records.

She was born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Janet, a janitor, and Michael Robinson Summers, a truck driver. In 2010, Monáe released her first full-length studio album, The ArchAndroid. In March 2012, "We Are Young" by Fun., on which Monáe appears as a guest vocalist, reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, her first appearance in the US Top 10. Monáe's music has garnered her six Grammy Award nominations.

Monáe has excelled at film acting and picking roles, having had major parts in Moonlight (2016), Hidden Figures (2016), Lady and the Tramp (2019) and Harriet (2019). In 2020, she played the lead in the horror film Antebellum (2020).

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Daniel Craig and Janelle Monáe in Glass Onion (2022)

Daniel Craig, Janelle Monáe, and Jessica Henwick in Glass Onion (2022)

Kathryn Hahn and Janelle Monáe in Glass Onion (2022)

Edward Norton, Kate Hudson, Daniel Craig, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe, Madelyn Cline, and Jessica Henwick in Glass Onion (2022)

Janelle Monáe, The Kid Mero, and Desus Nice in Brunch Boots (2020)

Julianne Moore and Janelle Monáe in The Glorias (2020)

Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Mahershala Ali, Glen Powell, Jim Parsons, and Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures (2016)

Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders, and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)

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