Janelle Monáe has joined the upcoming Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet, as Variety stories. The singer-songwriter and actress will star alongside British actress Cynthia Erivo, who will play Tubman. Elsewhere within the solid are Leslie Odom Jr., Joe Alwyn, Jennifer Nettles, Clarke Peters, and extra. The movie doesn’t but have a launch date.
Monáe has additionally been introduced to star within the animated function UglyDolls, based mostly on the plush toys of the identical title. In addition to voice-acting, she can be contributing unique music as properly. Later this yr, she’s going to seem in Robert Zemeckis’ Welcome to Marwen alongside Steve Carrell and Leslie Mann.
Janelle Monáe’s most up-to-date album Dirty Computer was launched earlier this yr. Read “Human After All: On Janelle Monáe in Hidden Figures and Moonlight” over on the Pitch.
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