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Megan Thee Stallion

Acting

Born February 15, 1995 · San Antonio, Texas, USA

Also known as Megan Pete · Megan Jovon Ruth Pete

Biography

Megan Jovon Ruth Pete (born February 15, 1995), known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion, is an American rapper and singer. Originally from Houston, Texas, she first garnered attention when videos of her freestyling became popular on social media platforms such as Instagram. Megan Thee Stallion signed to 300 Entertainment in 2018, where she released the mixtape Fever (2019) and the extended play Suga (2020), both of which reached the top ten of the Billboard 200. Her ‘Tina Snow’ single “Big Ole Freak” was her first to crack the Hot 100, peaking at No. 65 in May 2019, while the EP peaked at No. 166 on the Billboard 200. Standalone single “Hot Girl Summer” featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign would climb the Hot 100, topping out at No. 11 in August 2019. Megan dropped her debut studio album, ‘Good News,’ in November 2020, and it reached No. 2, with single “Body” making it to No. 12. “Savage,” off EP ‘Suga,’ became her first Hot 100 No. 1, reaching the summit in March 2020. Her feature on Cardi B’s “WAP” also topped the chart in August that year. Sophomore album ‘Traumazine’ arrived in 2022 and peaked at No. 4. Megan Thee Stallion has worked with various artists during her career, including Maroon 5, Ariana Grande, Lil Nas X and more. She received the Powerhouse Award at the 2019 Billboard Women in Music, and has won several Grammys, including best new artist and best rap song for “Savage” in 2021. Also in 2021, she signed an exclusive first-look deal at Netflix, to create and executive produce new series and other projects. She guest starred in the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as a fictionalized version of herself and went on to make her theatrical debut in the first ever A24 musical movie “Dicks The Musical” in 2023. In 2024, she made a small cameo in the broadway adaptation of Mean Girls, playing another fictional version of herself and being apart of the movie’s soundtrack.

Awards & recognition

  • Grammy AwardBest New Artist · 2021
  • Grammy AwardBest Rap Song · 2021
  • Grammy AwardBest New Artist · 2021 · nominated

Filmography27 titles

Love Island: Beyond the Villa

2025as Self

Celebrity Family Feud

2015as Self - Contestant

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025as Self (archive footage)

Good Girls

2018as Onyx

MTV Video Music Awards

as Self

Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words

2024as Self

P-Valley

2020as Tina Snow

Big Mouth

2017as Megan the(e?) Hormone Monstress (voice)

Queen & Slim

2019Songs

Hot Ones

2015as Self

Love Island USA

2019as Self - Guest

The Addams Family 2

2021Songs

Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

2020Songs

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Musical Guest

Roommates

2026as Louise

Coming 2 America

2021Songs

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law

2022as Megan Thee Stallion

Mean Girls

2024as Megan Thee Stallion

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self - Guest Host

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self - Guest

Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine

2020as Megan Thee Stallion

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins

2026as Denise

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Denise (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dicks: The Musical

2023as Gloria

Gutsy

as Self

KPopped

2025as Self

Playground

Executive Producer