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My Take
Teyana Taylor strikes me as the rare multi-hyphenate whose hyphens all carry equal weight. Harlem made her, and you can feel it: the choreography is muscular, the singing is church and block party at once, and the screen presence that earned her a Golden Globe feels lived-in rather than performed. What I respect most is the authorship; she directs music videos, builds her own visual language, and refuses to be a passenger in her own career. Being named one of Time's 2026 Women of the Year confirms what fans long suspected: she was never just a singer who dances. I suspect her second act as an actress will become her defining one.
Overview
Teyana Me Shay Jacqueline Taylor (; born December 10, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, choreographer, and music video director. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, two Critics Choice Awards, and an NAACP Image Award, along with nominations for an Academy Award, two Actor Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and a Grammy Award. She was named one of Time's 2026 Women of the Year.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Teyana Taylor
- Name (Japanese)
- テヤナ・テイラー
- Reading
- てやな・ていらー
- Born
- December 10, 1990 (age 35)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Horse
- Origin
- New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / songwriter / model / actor / dancer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://teyanataylor.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/teyanataylor/
- Xhttps://x.com/TEYANATAYLOR
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teyana%20Taylor
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.