Nicki Minaj

Known for ActingBorn 1982-12-08 (age 43)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Hottieween

iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2014

Playtime Is Over

Nicki Minaj: My Time Now

The Come Up: The Strip Club Edition

MTV Europe Music Awards

Radio Disney Music Awards

Nicki Minaj: My Time Again

Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint Tour

People's Choice Awards

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Steven Universe

Charli XCX: The F-Word and Me

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z

American Music Awards

Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

Runaway

MTV Video Music Awards

Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special

RuPaul's Drag Race

Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

History 101

The Graham Norton Show

Feels Good Man

The Angry Birds Movie 2

Barbie

Britney Spears Live - The Femme Fatale Tour

Justin Bieber's Believe

The Carter

Fifty Shades Darker

Saturday Night Live

Nicki Minaj: Pink Planet

The Other Woman

Charlie's Angels

Ice Age: Continental Drift

Barbershop: The Next Cut

Late Show with David Letterman

Double Dutchess: Seeing Double

Nicki Minaj: My Truth

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

America's Next Top Model