Acting

Roxane Gay

Born Oct 15, 1974 · 51 years16 titles 7 movies · 9 TV

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Biography

Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and commentator. She is the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist, as well as the short story collection Ayiti, the novel An Untamed State, the short story collection Difficult Women, and the memoir Hunger.

Born

Oct 15, 1974

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

12

Acting credits

0

Directing

2

Writing

3

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

1996 1 title(s)

The Daily Show
tv · as Self · ★ 6.4

2008 1 title(s)

Q&A
tv · as Self - Panellist · ★ 3.2

2009 1 title(s)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
tv · as Self - Guest · ★ 5.0

2015 1 title(s)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
tv · as Self · ★ 6.1

2017 2 title(s)

2018 2 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

Queer as Folk
tv · Writer, Consulting Producer · ★ 6.2

2024 2 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

It's Dorothy!
movie · as Self · ★ 4.0

2026 1 title(s)

The Forgotten Occupation: Jim Crow Goes to Haiti
movie · Executive Producer

Undated 1 title(s)

An Untamed State
movie · Writer