Teyana Me Shay Jacqueline Taylor\u00a0(\/ti\u02c8\u0251\u02d0n\u0259\/; born December 10, 1990)\u00a0is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, and music video director.\u00a0Her\u00a0accolades\u00a0include a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, two\u00a0Critics’ Choice Awards, and an\u00a0NAACP Image Award, along with nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award, two\u00a0Actor Awards, a\u00a0British Academy Film Award, and a\u00a0Grammy Award. She was named one of\u00a0Time’s 2026 Women of the Year.<\/p>\n
At age 15, she choreographed the video for “Ring the Alarm” by\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9\u00a0and signed a recording contract with\u00a0the Neptunes’\u00a0Star Trak Entertainment. During this period, Taylor appeared as a dancer in the video for Jay-Z’s “Blue Magic” \u00a0and released her debut single, “Google Me.” She earned wider recognition for work on\u00a0Kanye West’s “Dark Fantasy” and “Hell of a Life” from\u00a0My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy\u00a0(2010).<\/p>\n
In 2012, she signed with West’s\u00a0GOOD Music\u00a0and appeared on the label’s compilation album,\u00a0Cruel Summer, which peaked at number two on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0200. Her debut studio album,\u00a0VII\u00a0(2014), topped the\u00a0R&B\/Hip-Hop Albums\u00a0chart. Taylor starred in and co-choreographed “Fade” by Kanye West, earning the\u00a0MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography. She then released\u00a0K.T.S.E. (2018), followed by\u00a0The Album\u00a0(2020), which entered the top ten on the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0200 and featured collaborations with\u00a0Missy Elliott\u00a0and\u00a0Lauryn Hill. Her fourth album,\u00a0Escape Room(2025), received a\u00a0Grammy Award\u00a0nomination for\u00a0Best R&B Album.<\/p>\n
As an actress, Taylor appeared in films such as\u00a0Stomp the Yard: Homecoming\u00a0(2010) and\u00a0Madea’s Big Happy Family\u00a0(2011) before taking on starring roles in\u00a0Coming 2 America\u00a0(2021) and\u00a0The Rip\u00a0(2026). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Inez in\u00a0A Thousand and One\u00a0(2023), earning the\u00a0National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. For her performance in\u00a0Paul Thomas Anderson’s\u00a0One Battle After Another\u00a0(2025), she won the\u00a0Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress\u00a0and received an\u00a0Academy Award\u00a0nomination.\u00a0On television, she starred in the\u00a0Ryan Murphy\u00a0legal drama\u00a0All’s Fair\u00a0(2025\u2013present) and won an\u00a0NAACP Image Award\u00a0for her performance in the 2025\u00a0Netflix\u00a0television film\u00a0Straw.<\/p>\n
Her other ventures include collaborations with\u00a0Adidas\u00a0and\u00a0Air Jordan\u00a0on limited-edition releases.\u00a0Taylor has directed music videos for herself and other artists, and her feature directorial debut, Get Lite, starring actress\u00a0Storm Reid, for\u00a0Paramount Pictures.<\/p>\n
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Teyana Me Shay Jacqueline Taylor\u00a0(\/ti\u02c8\u0251\u02d0n\u0259\/; born December 10, 1990)\u00a0is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, and music video director.\u00a0Her\u00a0accolades\u00a0include a\u00a0Golden Globe Award, two\u00a0Critics’ Choice Awards, and an\u00a0NAACP Image Award, along with nominations for an\u00a0Academy Award, two\u00a0Actor Awards, a\u00a0British Academy Film Award, and a\u00a0Grammy Award. She was named one of\u00a0Time’s 2026 Women of the Year. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8532","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n