Bio: Janelle Mon��e is an American musical recording artist, actress and model signed to their own imprint, Wondaland Arts Society, and Atlantic Records.They were born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Janet, a janitor, and Michael Robinson Summers, a truck driver. In 2010, Mon��e released her first full-length studio album, The ArchAndroid. In March 2012, "We Are Young" by Fun., on which Mon��e appears as a guest vocalist, reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, their first appearance in the US Top 10. Mon��e's music has garnered them six Grammy Award nominations.Mon��e has excelled at film acting and picking roles, having had major parts in Moonlight (2016), Hidden Figures (2016), Lady and the Tramp (2019) and Harriet (2019). In 2020, they played the lead in the horror film Antebellum (2020).
Tivia: Is a huge science fiction fan who grew up watching "The Twilight Zone" religiously on television.They made their film debut in 2016, co-starring in Moonlight (2016) and Hidden Figures (2016). Both films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at The Oscars (2017), with Moonlight (2016) ultimately winning the accolade.Janelle has begun a non-profit organization called "FemTheFuture," the purpose of which is to educate and assist school-age girls and young ladies of color in real life matters (e.g. financial literacy) that are not normally taught in inner city schools.Received the "Breakthrough Award" at the 10th annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood event, February, 2017.Counts Octavia Butler as one of their favorite authors.They are openly pansexual.They attended the Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia. It is a performing arts school, and the oldest African-American theater in Philadelphia.Received the "Lincoln Breakthrough of the Year Award" at the 8th annual Essence Black Women In Hollywood event, February, 2015.Reporter Umberto Gonzales thinks Mon��e is the perfect actress to play the X-Men character Dazzler, rather than Taylor Swift. Halston Sage briefly played Dazzler in X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019).Janelle made their movie debut in 2016, co-starring in "Moonlight" (2016) and "Hidden Figures" (2016). Both movies were nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, where "La La Land" was mistakenly announced as the winner by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Ultimately, after a few minutes of excited confusion, "Moonlight" did indeed won the award.