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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 10, 1990
Place of Birth
Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Teyana Me Shay Jacqueli Shumpert
- Taylor
- Teyana Me Shay Jacqueline Taylor
- Spike Tee
- Jimmy Neutch
Teyana Taylor
3.5 Popularity
Biography
Teyana Me Shay Jacqueli Shumpert (born December 10, 1990) is an American singer, actress, dancer and choreographer. In 2005, she signed a record deal with Pharrell Williams' Star Trak Entertainment imprint. Afterwards, she choreographed the music video for "Ring the Alarm" by Beyoncé. Taylor would then appear on MTV's My Super Sweet 16, prior to the 2008 release of her debut single "Google Me". Soon after, she landed (uncredited) guest features on the songs "Dark Fantasy" and "Hell of a Life" by Kanye West, from his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010). As an actress, Taylor has acted in the VH1 television series The Breaks, Lee Daniels' Star, and the Amazon Prime film Coming 2 America. Additionally, she starred in the VH1 reality show Teyana and Iman with her husband, basketball player Iman Shumpert. Taylor has collaborated with musicians such as Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu, and Missy Elliott, and has co-written songs for several artists, including Usher, Chris Brown, and Omarion. In 2022, Taylor competed in season seven of The Masked Singer as "Firefly" of Team Good. During the finals, Taylor was declared the winner. At 31 years old, she became the youngest "winner" in the show's history.
Known For
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The Rip
2026
🎬
0.0
Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
4.8
Milan
All's Fair
2025
7.5
Perfidia
One Battle After Another
2025
6.0
Self
In Whose Name?
2025
10.0
Escape Room
2025
7.8
Detective Kay Raymond
STRAW
2025
5.9
Self
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025
5.9
Mary Magdalene
The Book of Clarence
2024
8.6
Self
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
2023
Credits
The Rip
2026
0.0
🎬
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self
2025
0.0
All's Fair
as Milan
2025
4.8
One Battle After Another
as Perfidia
2025
7.5
In Whose Name?
as Self
2025
6.0
Escape Room
2025
10.0
STRAW
as Detective Kay Raymond
2025
7.8
Netflix Tudum 2025
as Self
2025
5.9
The Book of Clarence
as Mary Magdalene
2024
5.9
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
as Self
2023
8.6
White Men Can't Jump
as Imani
2023
6.4
A Thousand and One
as Inez
2023
6.6
Entergalactic
as Boxing Instructor (voice)
2022
7.7
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
JANET JACKSON.
as Self
2022
7.8
Miracles Across 125th Street
as Tammy
2021
5.0
We Got Love Teyana & Iman
as Self
2021
10.0
Coming 2 America
as Bopoto
2021
6.4
Assembly Required: Teyana Taylor
as Self
2020
7.0
The Trap
as Sherri
2019
4.8
The Masked Singer
as Firefly
2019
7.7
The After Party
as Blasia
2018
6.1
Kanye West Album Listening, May 31, 2018 - Jackson Hole, Wyoming
as Self
2018
0.0
Honey: Rise Up and Dance
as Skyler
2018
6.9
Teyana & Iman
2018
6.8
🎬
Lie Detector
as Self
2018
5.5
The Hollywood Puppet Show
as Self
2017
4.0
Star
as Joyce Sheree
2016
8.0
VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
as Self
2016
0.0
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
0.0
Brotherly Love
as Zip
2015
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Musical Guest
2014
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.9
Hit the Floor
as London Scott
2013
7.6
The Love Section
as Steph
2013
2.0
Cruel Summer
as Don
2012
4.3
Gang of Roses 2: Next Generation
as Candi Baxter
2012
9.0
Madea's Big Happy Family
as Sabrina
2011
6.7
Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
as Rena
2010
5.5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
BET Awards
as Self - Performer
2001
7.7
VH1 Divas
1998
7.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
🎬
The Smack
as Jade
N/A
0.0
🎬
72 Hours
N/A
0.0
🎬
Slime
as (voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled Dionne Warwick Biopic
as Dionne Warwick
N/A
0.0