Cast & creator
Mary J. Blige
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show
Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist. She started her career as a backing singer on Uptown Records in 1989. She has released 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige has sold over 80 million records, has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and has also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in the film Mudbound (2017) and another for its second original song "Mighty River" for Mudbound; she also received a nomination for the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song, becoming the first person nominated for acting and songwriting in the same year. In 1992, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?. Her 1994 album My Life is among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[4] and Time magazine's All-Time 100 Albums. She received a Legends Award at the World Music Awards in 2006, and the Voice of Music Award from ASCAP in 2007. As of 2018, Blige has sold 80 million records worldwide. Billboard ranked Blige as the most successful female R&B/Hip-Hop artist of the past 25 years. In 2017, Billboard magazine named her 2006 song "Be Without You" as the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop song of all time, as it spent an unparalleled 15 weeks atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and over 75 weeks on the chart. In 2011, VH1 ranked Blige as the 80th greatest artist of all time. ln 2012, VH1 ranked Blige at number 9 in "The 100 Greatest Women in Music" list.
Also known as: Mary Jane Blige
81
film credits
72
television credits
142
1952–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (153)
Showing 153 of 153 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
The View
Self
1997The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
Top of the Pops
Self
1964
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Ghost Whisperer
Jackie Boyd
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
30 Rock
Mary J. Blige
2006
Entourage
Mary J. Blige
2004
How to Get Away with Murder
Rolanda
2014
Strong Medicine
Simone Fellows
2000
black-ish
Mirabelle
2014
American Idol
Self - Guest
2002American Idol
Self - Mentor
2002American Idol
Self - Performer
2002
Empire
Angie
2015
Later... with Jools Holland
1992
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
2009
America's Next Top Model
Self - Guest
2003
The Tyra Banks Show
Self
2005
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Moesha
Mary J. Blige
1996
The Umbrella Academy
Cha-Cha
2019
Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015
New York Undercover
1994
The Jamie Foxx Show
Ola Mae
1996
All That
Self
1994
Today
Self
1952
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
Hidden Figures
Songs
2016
Power Book II: Ghost
Monet Stewart Tejada
2020
In Living Color
1990
People's Choice Awards
Self - Performer
1975
Scream: The TV Series
Sherry Elliot
2015
The Help
Songs
2011
Trolls World Tour
Queen Essence (voice)
2020
American Music Awards
Self - Musical Guest
1974
The Word
1990
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Classic Albums
Self
1997
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Self
2003
MTV Unplugged
Self
1989
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Self - Guest / Performer
2009
The Chris Rock Show
Self
1997
One Life to Live
1968
The Shop
Self
2018
Yo! MTV Raps
Self
1988The Marriage Ref
Self - Panelist
2010
The Color Purple
Songs
2023
In Vogue: The 90s
Self
2024
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
Self - Musical Guest
2004
Impact x Nightline
2022
Rock of Ages
Justice
2012
VH1 Storytellers
2005
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Self (archive footage)
2025
The Crew Has It
2022
Lost Ollie
Rosy (voice)
2022
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
Self
2005
Sherlock Gnomes
Irene (voice)
2018Out All Night
Self
1992
Justin Lee Collins: Good Times
Self
2010
Respect
Dinah Washington
2021
Body Cam
Renee Lomito-Smith
2020
Teenage Paparazzo
Self (uncredited)
2010
Rob Peace
Jackie Peace
2024Rob Peace
Executive Producer
2024The Making of What's Going On: All-Star Tribute
2002
Thriller 40
Self
2023
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
Self - Musical Guest
2015
Mudbound
Florence Jackson
2017Mudbound
Songs
2017
And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2004
Strength of a Woman
Executive Producer
2023Strength of a Woman
Writer
2023
I Can Do Bad All By Myself
Tanya
2009
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2021
Be Happy
Executive Producer
2026
TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
Self (archive footage)
2024
Fat Joe Talks
Self - Guest
2024
2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2024
Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby
Self
2012
Mary J. Blige's Family Affair
Executive Producer
2025
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self
2022
The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent
Self - Performer
2022
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Self (archive footage)
2022
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
Self
2013
Mary J. Blige's My Life
Self
2021
Grammy's Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
Self
2017
Pink Skies Ahead
Doctor Monroe
2020
Prison Song
Mom
2001
Michael Jackson: Number Ones
Self (archive footage)
2003
Soul Divas
Self
2007
Real Love
Executive Producer
2023
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
The Wiz Live!
Evillene
2015
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Self
2022
The Violent Heart
Nina
2020
Michael Jackson: The One
Self
2004
George Michael: Freedom
Self
2017
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Self
2011
JAY-Z: Fade to Black
Self
2004
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
Self
2009
Black Nativity
Platinum Fro
2013
Quincy
Self
2018
Wham!: Last Christmas Unwrapped
Self
2024
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Self (archive footage)
2021
George Michael - Twenty Five
Self
2006
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige
Self - Host
2023
The Grammys
Self
1959
Betty and Coretta
Dr. Betty Shabazz
2013
VH1 Divas Live 2: An Honors Concert for VH1's Save the Music
Self - Performer
1999
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Self
2017
Songs & Visions
Self
1997
Carole King and her Songs at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2023
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
Self
2012
Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love
Self - Special Guest Vocalist
2003
Queens of Soul at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2015
Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert
Self - Guest star
1999Hope for Haiti Now
Self
2010
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
Self
2001
Classic Albums: Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Self
2007
The Making of the Wiz Live!
Self
2015
Elton John: One Night Only, The Greatest Hits
Self - Guest Appearance
2000
Mary J. Blige: For My Fans
Self
2025Mary J. Blige: For My Fans
Executive Producer
2025
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
2004
Gangstresses
Mary J. Blige
2000
All Access: Front Row. Backstage. Live!
Self
2001
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Self (voice)
2004
THE SHOW: California Love
Self
2022
Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged
Self
2001
Michael Bublé’s 3rd Annual Christmas Special
Self
2013
An Intimate Evening with Mary J. Blige - Live from the House of Blues
Self
2005
VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul
Self
2011
The Box
Evil Commander
2018
Mary J. Blige - Live in Los Angeles
2004MTV 20: Jams
2001Mary J. Blige: VH1 Storytellers
Self
2008
Mary J. Blige: Live at Made in America
Self
2015
DMX: Angel
Guardian Angel
2001