Lauryn Hill

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Lauryn Hill

Acting 51 May 26, 1975

South Orange, New Jersey, USA

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 c…

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8 2014 TV Show
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

6.4 1993 Movie
Queen & Slim

Queen & Slim

7.1 2019 Movie
MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

7.9 1984 TV Show
All That

All That

7.7 1994 TV Show
King of the Hill

King of the Hill

6.8 1993 Movie
Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Dave Chappelle's Block Party

6.8 2005 Movie
TFI Friday

TFI Friday

7.1 1996 TV Show
The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

4.1 1996 TV Show
The BRIT Awards

The BRIT Awards

10.0 1977 TV Show
BET Awards

BET Awards

7.7 2001 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Ye Live at SoFi

    Movie Self

  2. 2025
    Hodgepodge

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2025
    SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

    Movie Self

  4. 2025
    Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2022
    Why Is We Americans?

    Movie Self

  6. 2021
    You're Watching Video Music Box

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2021
    When I See Them, I See Us

    Movie

  8. 2020
    Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2019
    Queen & Slim

    Movie Songs

  10. 2019
    The Apollo

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2018
    Ms. Lauryn Hill - Baloise Session 2018

    Movie vocals

  12. 2018
    Fly Paper

    Movie

  13. 2015
    Lauryn Hill: Austin City Limits

    Movie vocals

  14. 2015
    Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

    Movie

  15. 2014
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    TV show Self

  16. 2014
    Concerning Violence

    Movie Narrator in English version

More credits
  1. 2010
    My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2009
    DJ Cinema Presents: Masterpiece Theater Blend Dvd

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2007
    Soul Divas

    Movie Self

  4. 2005
    Santana: In Concert

    Movie Self - Vocals

  5. 2005
    Dave Chappelle's Block Party

    Movie Self (Fugees)

  6. 2001
    BET Awards

    TV show Self - Performer

  7. 2001
    Lauryn Hill: MTV Unplugged

    Movie Self

  8. 2000
    Santana: Supernatural Live

    Movie Self

  9. 1999
    Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales

    Movie Self

  10. 1999
    One Love: The Bob Marley All-Star Tribute

    Movie Self - Perfomer

  11. 1999
    Teen Choice Awards

    TV show Self

  12. 1999
    Restaurant

    Movie Leslie

  13. 1999
    Lauryn Hill - Live at Budokan, Japan

    Movie vocals

  14. 1998
    Free Tibet

    Movie Self - Fugees

  15. 1998
    Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

    Movie Self - The Fugees

  16. 1997
    Hav Plenty

    Movie Debra

  17. 1997
    Rhyme & Reason

    Movie Self

  18. 1996
    Fugees: Live at New Pop Festival 1996

    Movie Self - Fugees

  19. 1996
    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    TV show Self

  20. 1996
    Daddy's Girl

    Movie Malika

  21. 1996
    TFI Friday

    TV show

  22. 1994
    All That

    TV show Self

  23. 1993
    Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

    Movie Rita Louise Watson

  24. 1993
    King of the Hill

    Movie Elevator Operator