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Nicki Minaj
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
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 Mina…
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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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2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Barbie
Movie Songs
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2020
Feels Good Man
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2020
History 101
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2019
Charlie's Angels
Movie Songs
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2019
Hottieween
Movie Songs
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2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Movie Pinky (voice)
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2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Movie Songs
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2018
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
Nicki Minaj - Road to Success
Movie Self
- 2017
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2017
Fifty Shades Darker
Movie Songs
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2016
Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint Tour
Movie Nicki Minaj
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2016
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Movie Self - Vocals
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2016
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Movie Draya
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2015
Charli XCX: The F-Word and Me
Movie Self (archive footage)
More credits
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
The Pinkprint Movie
Movie
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2015
Nicki Minaj: My Time Again
Movie Self
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2014
On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Movie Self - Performer
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2014
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
Movie Nicki Minaj
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2014
The Other Woman
Movie Lydia
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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2013
Justin Bieber's Believe
Movie Self
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2013
Steven Universe
TV show Sugilite (voice)
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2013
Radio Disney Music Awards
TV show Self
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2013
Nicki Minaj: Pink Planet
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
The Re-Up
Movie Self
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2012
Nicki Minaj: My Truth
TV show
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2012
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Movie Steffie (voice)
- 2012
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2011
Britney Spears Live - The Femme Fatale Tour
Movie Self
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2011
Playtime Is Over
Movie Self
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2010
Nicki Minaj: My Time Now
Movie Herself
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2010
Runaway
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2010
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV show Self - Guest
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2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2009
The Carter
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