Janelle Monáe
American, Singer
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- In October 2022, Janelle was honored with the “Trailblazer Award” at the 2022 Outfest Legacy Awards Gala.
- In December 2020, Janelle gave essential items to the families-in-need during the Wondalunch Food Giveaway event in Los Angeles.
- As a child, she used to sing on holidays and Sundays at the local Baptist church.
- She brought to life the character of Veronica Henley/Eden in the 2020 thriller film, Antebellum.
- She co-starred as Jacqueline Calico/Alex Eastern in the psychological thriller television series, Homecoming, in 2020 and the series also starred Julia Roberts, Bobby Cannavale, Stephan James, Shea Whigham, and others.
- Alongside Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Timothy Hutton, Lorraine Toussaint, and Bette Midler, she portrayed feminist journalist and social-political activist Gloria Steinem in the biographical drama film, The Glorias, in 2020.
- She has created her own range of clothing products under the label of Electro Phi Beta Sorority.
- At the age of 12, she had written a full-length play inspired by Stevie Wonder‘s 1979 album Journey through the Secret Life of Plants.
- While growing up, she was a member of Kansas City’s Coterie Theater Young Playwrights’ Round Table and was writing full-length plays.
- She considers her signature black and white tuxedo uniform, a homage to her hard-working parents as well as to the working class of the U.S.
- Along with songwriters, Chuck Lightning and Nate Wonder, she has co-founded Wondaland Arts Society, which is a record label and artist group.
- In her early struggling days, she used to live in an Atlanta boarding house with 5 other women and worked at an office depot.
- When she got enrolled at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, she was the only black female student in her class.