Cast & creator
Nicki Minaj
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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.
Also known as: Onika Tanya Maraj, Roman Zolanski, Harajuku Barbie, Barbie, Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty
36
film credits
34
television credits
63
1974–2025 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 5.0Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 2009
★ 5.8The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest · 2014
★ 5.8The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 2014
★ 6.1The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 2015
★ 6.5Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest · 1993
Across film & television
Filmography (70)
Showing 70 of 70 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Musical Guest
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Musical Guest
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest/Musical Guest
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Musical Guest
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self
2007
Steven Universe
Sugilite (voice)
2013Steven Universe
Sugilite (voice) (archive sound)
2013
American Idol
Self - Judge
2002American Idol
Self - Performer
2002
MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Performer
1984MTV Video Music Awards
Self - Host
1984MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
America's Next Top Model
Self - Guest
2003
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Songs
2018
Barbie
Songs
2023
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Self - Guest Judge
2010
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self / Presenter
1992
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Steffie (voice)
2012Ice Age: Continental Drift
Songs
2012
People's Choice Awards
Self - Performer
1975
American Music Awards
Self - Musical Guest
1974
MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Performer
1994MTV Europe Music Awards
Self - Host
1994
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
Self
1995
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Fifty Shades Darker
Songs
2017
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Pinky (voice)
2019
Radio Disney Music Awards
Self
2013
History 101
Self (archive footage)
2020
Charlie's Angels
Songs
2019
The Other Woman
Lydia
2014
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Draya
2016
Feels Good Man
Self (archive footage)
2020
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
Justin Bieber's Believe
Self
2013
Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
Self (archive footage)
2018
Double Dutchess: Seeing Double
2017
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour
Self - Vocals
2016
Nicki Minaj: Pink Planet
Self (archive footage)
2013
Britney Spears Live - The Femme Fatale Tour
Self
2011
My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip Hop
Self (archive footage)
2010
The Carter
2009
Hottieween
Songs
2019
Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint Tour
Nicki Minaj
2016
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2014
Self
2014
The Re-Up
Self
2012The Re-Up
Music
2012
Nicki Minaj: My Truth
2012
Charli XCX: The F-Word and Me
Self (archive footage)
2015
On the Run Tour: Beyoncé and Jay-Z
Self - Performer
2014
Nicki Minaj: My Time Again
Self
2015
Dave Skylark's Very Special VMA Special
Nicki Minaj
2014
Playtime Is Over
Self
2011
Runaway
Narrator (voice)
2010
Nicki Minaj: My Time Now
Herself
2010
The Come Up: Volume 15 Gangsta Grillz Edition
2008
Nicki Minaj: Queen of Rap
Self (archive footage)
The Pinkprint Movie
2015
The Come Up: The Strip Club Edition
Herself
2007
Nicki Minaj - Road to Success
Self
2018