Teyana Taylor

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.

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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)

Origin

New York, United States

Occupation

singer / songwriter / model / actor / dancer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Horse

• Official sitehttps://teyanataylor.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/teyanataylor/
• Xhttps://x.com/TEYANATAYLOR
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teyana%20Taylor
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7708542

Tags

• New York
• singer
• songwriter
• model

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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