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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 8, 1982
Place of Birth
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Also Known As
- Onika Tanya Maraj
- Roman Zolanski
- Harajuku Barbie
- Barbie
- نیکی میناژ
Nicki Minaj
3.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.7
Self - Musical Guest January 29, 2010 (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
7.1
Self (archive footage)
Feels Good Man
2020
7.1
Self (archive footage)
History 101
2020
7.1
Pinky (voice)
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
0.0
self
Ariana Grande: Live at Coachella 2019
2019
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
2018
0.0
Self
Nicki Minaj - Road to Success
2018
6.2
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
9.0
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint Tour
2016
7.3
Self - Vocals
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
2016
Credits
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Musical Guest January 29, 2010 (archive footage)
2025
7.7
Feels Good Man
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.1
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.1
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Pinky (voice)
2019
7.1
Ariana Grande: Live at Coachella 2019
as self
2019
0.0
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.7
Nicki Minaj - Road to Success
as Self
2018
0.0
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
6.2
Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint Tour
as Nicki Minaj
2016
9.0
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
as Self - Vocals
2016
7.3
Barbershop: The Next Cut
as Draya
2016
6.3
Charli XCX: The F-Word and Me
as Self (archive footage)
2015
8.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
🎬
The Pinkprint Movie
2015
0.0
Nicki Minaj: My Time Again
as Self
2015
9.4
On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z
as Self - Performer
2014
7.8
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
as Nicki Minaj
2014
7.5
The Other Woman
as Lydia
2014
6.4
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Justin Bieber's Believe
as Self
2013
7.0
Steven Universe
as Sugilite (voice)
2013
8.4
Steven Universe
as Sugilite (voice) (archive footage)
2013
8.4
Madonna: MDNA World Tour
as Self - Vocals
2013
7.9
Radio Disney Music Awards
as Self
2013
9.6
Nicki Minaj: Pink Planet
as Self (archive footage)
2013
6.5
The Re-Up
as Self
2012
0.0
Nicki Minaj: My Truth
2012
7.3
Ice Age: Continental Drift
as Steffie (voice)
2012
6.4
Britney Spears Live - The Femme Fatale Tour
as Self
2011
7.0
Playtime Is Over
as Self
2011
10.0
Nicki Minaj: My Time Now
as Herself
2010
10.0
Runaway
as Narrator (voice)
2010
7.6
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
as Self (archive footage)
2010
3.5
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest Judge
2010
6.1
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
The Carter
2009
6.6
The Come Up: Volume 15 Gangsta Grillz Edition
2008
0.0
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
2007
7.4
The Come Up: The Strip Club Edition
as Herself
2007
10.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
America's Next Top Model
as Guest
2003
5.3
American Idol
as Self - Judge
2002
5.1
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
as Self
1995
7.2
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Host
1994
10.0
MTV Europe Music Awards
as Self - Performer
1994
10.0
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self / Presenter
1992
8.1
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Herself
1992
5.4
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Performer
1984
7.7
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self - Host
1984
7.7
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
American Music Awards
as Self - Musical Guest
1974
8.2
Nicki Minaj: Queen of Rap
as Self (archive footage)
N/A
10.0