Where You Can See Golden Globe Winner Teyana Taylor, From All's Fair to One Battle After Another

Clearly not willing to rest on her laurels, Taylor’s follow-up to her award-winning One Battle After Another performance has been another bombastic, hard-hitting action role in The Rip. This is the new movie from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck that’s taken Netflix by storm to kick off 2026. If you like films such as Training Day, Sicario, or The Town, it’s well worth a watch.

The Rip is all about corrupt cops and cartel chaos, with Damon and Affleck in lead roles. Taylor is in support, and though she’s not quite as integral to the story as she was in One Battle After Another, it’s another interesting and engaging role for the actress. The Rip is full of twists and turns and explosive moments; perfect for a Friday night in with a few beers and some popcorn with your buddies.

I mean, what can we say about One Battle After Another that hasn’t been said already? It was undoubtedly one of the very best movies of last year, with Thomas Anderson capturing the paranoia and tension of today’s world with a story of revolution and the two extremes of the radical left and right of the political spectrum.

On a technical level, One Battle After Another was a triumph, with incredible editing and great sound design. While it was Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn’s characters who were largely the focus, this is certainly a film built on the performances of two women: Teyana Taylor and Chase Infiniti. The latter brought warmth and vibrancy to her role, while Taylor was so formidable and had so much gravitas that we couldn’t help but be captivated by her character Perfidia’s destructive ways.

If you still haven’t seen this and you’re into films like Hell or High Water and Good Time, get watching! It’ll cost you £4.99 to rent on Apple TV, but it’s more than worth it.

Okay, now that we’ve got those two excellent roles and films out of the way, we have to address the elephant in the room: Teyana Taylor is in the TV show All’s Fair, and sadly, no one covered themselves in glory in that one. One of the newest Ryan Murphy projects, the series also stars the likes of Kim Kardashian, Sarah Paulson, Glenn Close, and Naomi Watts. It’s about a divorce lawyer, her clients and colleagues, and the drama surrounding their respective cases.

You can catch this on Disney+, and if you’re into Murphy’s work, or if you enjoy shows like How to Get Away With Murder or The Morning Show, maybe you’ll dig it. My partner liked it, but she’s a sucker for anything about the Kardashians, so an interest in that realm of reality TV and celebrity entertainment is perhaps all that’s needed to get into All’s Fair.

I honestly didn’t even realise until I was putting together this list, but Teyana Taylor was also in one of my favourite, most underrated movies of 2024: The Book of Clarence. Jeymes Samuel, the director of the brilliant Western, The Harder They Fall, put his own spin on the story of Jesus Christ by turning the focus on Clarence, an average Joe looking to ride on the coattails of the Messiah, who ends up finding his own unique version of spiritual enlightenment. Taylor plays Mary Magdalene in the film, which is a pretty important supporting role, especially in the first act.

LaKeith Stanfield is also brilliant in the lead role, bringing humour and an endearing awkwardness to the character of Clarence. The whole film is one big satirical journey with a razor-sharp script and moments of surrealism. If you vibed with Sorry To Bother You, you’ll love The Book of Clarence.

Unfortunately, this is another one of Teyana Taylor’s projects that just wasn’t for me. A big part of the problem is that this is a remake of a classic ‘90s cult comedy, which starred Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. Those two actors have incredible screen presence and chemistry. Sadly, Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls are nowhere near that level.

The White Men Can’t Jump remake very much felt like the straight-to-streaming product it was, but if you’re just looking for some really light, easy entertainment, you could do far worse. Taylor plays Imani, the supportive girlfriend of Kamal, and to be fair to her, she gives the character way more depth than you’d normally find in your standard love interest archetype.

I usually recommend films for my brother to watch. I do this pretty much once a week, at least, and that’s the way it’s always been. Sometimes, though, the roles are reversed, and he puts me onto a film I’ve not checked out, as was the case with Entergalactic in 2022. It’s safe to say this particular recommendation was a success, with the mesmerising visuals and fantastic soundtrack put together by Kid Cudi making this animated Netflix Original a hit in my house.

Granted, Teyana Taylor doesn’t have a huge role here – she lends her voice to the boxing instructor for the lead characters, Jabari and Meadow – but I just think Entergalactic is pretty neat and deserves more attention. If you dig the animation style of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and can get on board with chaotic stories like Uncut Gems and They Cloned Tyrone, I think you’ll find a lot to appreciate with this one.

Taylor had another minor role in the long-awaited comedy sequel, Coming 2 America, which arrived more than 30 years after the original Eddie Murphy hit. She’s in good company here, too, with Murphy joined by the likes of Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Wesley Snipes, James Earl Jones, and even Morgan Freeman in this straight-to-streaming flick on Prime Video.

It’s definitely not as good as the original, and probably suffers from being brought into a modern world; this style of comedy and this story just don’t work like they used to back in the ‘80s. Still, if you’re a fan of Coming to America and you enjoyed Murphy’s work on Dolemite is My Name, you’ll find this a worthwhile watch. At not even 110 minutes long, it could be just the thing if you want to switch off your brain for a bit and have something on in the background.