--- name: "Lauryn Hill" canonical: "https://film.one/person/lauryn-hill" fi1m_id: "lauryn-hill" imdb_id: "nm0005012" tmdb_id: 4244 wikidata_id: "Q214226" roles: [] born: "26 May 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-21T20:56:00.496828+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Lauryn Hill ## Identity Lauryn Hill - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lauryn-hill - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** lauryn-hill - **IMDb ID:** nm0005012 - **TMDB ID:** 4244 - **Wikidata ID:** Q214226 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214226, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4244 Actor. Born 26 May 1975 in South Orange, New Jersey, USA. ## Details - **Born:** 26 May 1975, South Orange, New Jersey, USA - **Also known as:** The Fugees, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Noelle Hill, L. Boogie, Ms. Hill - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 75 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214226, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005012/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4244 ## Biography Lauryn Hill is an American actor and musician. She was born on 26 May 1975 in South Orange, New Jersey. Her screen credits include the role of Rita Louise Watson in *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993) and appearances as herself in *Dave Chappelle's Block Party* (2005) with the Fugees. She also appeared in *King of the Hill* (1993) and *Restaurant* (1998). *Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) - *King of the Hill* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Elevator Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Dave Chappelle's Block Party* (2005), Fi1m 75, as Self (Fugees) — [page](https://film.one/film/dave-chappelles-block-party.md) ## Complete filmography (17) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Why Is We Americans?* (2022), Producer - *When I See Them, I See Us* (2021), Actor - *Queen & Slim* (2019), as Songs - *Ms. Lauryn Hill - Baloise Session 2018* (2018), as vocals - *Fly Paper* (2018), Actor - *Lauryn Hill: Austin City Limits* (2015), as vocals - *Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives* (2015), Actor - *Concerning Violence* (2014), as Narrator in English version - *Lauryn Hill: MTV Unplugged* (2001), Music, Vocals, Musician - *Restaurant* (1999), as Leslie - *Lauryn Hill - Live at Budokan, Japan* (1999), as vocals - *Hav Plenty* (1997), as Debra - *Daddy's Girl* (1996), as Malika - *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor - *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), as Rita Louise Watson - *King of the Hill* (1993), as Elevator Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md) - *Here and Now* (1992), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Lauryn Hill](https://film.one/media/person/330549/gallery-6677cf84da97.jpg) Lauryn Hill — Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Ms._Lauryn_Hill_08.jpg/1280px-Ms._Lauryn_Hill_08.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ms. Lauryn Hill performing at Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2019](https://film.one/media/person/330549/gallery-a9082d0c0c9b.jpg) Ms. Lauryn Hill performing at Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2019 — Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Ms._Lauryn_Hill_02.jpg/1280px-Ms._Lauryn_Hill_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ms. Lauryn Hill performing at Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2019](https://film.one/media/person/330549/gallery-a8355ccb3d87.jpg) Ms. Lauryn Hill performing at Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2019 — Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Ms._Lauryn_Hill_03.jpg/1280px-Ms._Lauryn_Hill_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Lauryn Hill at Kirketorget. The concert was part of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and took place on 04. July 2019 in Kongsberg. Lineup:Lauryn Hill (vocal)Igmar Thomas ](https://film.one/media/person/330549/gallery-85bae62146e2.jpg) Lauryn Hill at Kirketorget. The concert was part of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and took place on 04. July 2019 in Kongsberg. Lineup:Lauryn Hill (vocal)Igmar Thomas — Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Lauryn_Hill_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2019_%28221423%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lauryn Hill at Kirketorget. The concert was part of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and took place on 04. July 2019 in Kongsberg. Lineup:Lauryn Hill (vocal)Igmar Thomas ](https://film.one/media/person/330549/gallery-729248f8734d.jpg) Lauryn Hill at Kirketorget. The concert was part of Kongsberg Jazzfestival and took place on 04. July 2019 in Kongsberg. Lineup:Lauryn Hill (vocal)Igmar Thomas — Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Lauryn_Hill_Kongsberg_Jazzfestival_2019_%28221758%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ms. Lauryn Hill performing at Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2019](https://film.one/media/person/330549/gallery-1f3dd1767761.jpg) Ms. Lauryn Hill performing at Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2019 — Birgit Fostervold, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Ms._Lauryn_Hill_01.jpg/1280px-Ms._Lauryn_Hill_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Grammy Award for Best New Artist 1999: Grammy Award for Best New Artist (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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