---
name: "Nona Gaye"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nona-gaye"
fi1m_id: "nona-gaye"
imdb_id: "nm0310850"
tmdb_id: 18286
wikidata_id: "Q508359"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 September 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 53
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T03:29:42.525991+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."
---

# Nona Gaye

## Identity

Nona Gaye

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nona-gaye
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nona-gaye
- **IMDb ID:** nm0310850
- **TMDB ID:** 18286
- **Wikidata ID:** Q508359
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nona_Gaye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q508359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18286

Actor. Born 4 September 1974 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 September 1974, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- **Active:** 2003–2005
- **Also known as:** ノーナ・ゲイ,  ノーナ・M・ゲイ, 诺娜加耶, نونا گی
- **Average Fi1m score:** 53, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 53 to 59 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,262m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nona_Gaye, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q508359, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310850/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18286

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Matrix Reloaded*](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Nona Gaye is an American singer, former fashion model and retired actress. She is the daughter of singer Marvin Gaye and the maternal granddaughter of jazz musician Slim Gaillard.

Gaye began her career as a vocalist in the early 1990s. Her film roles include a small part in *Harlem Nights* (1989), Belinda Ali in *Ali* (2001), Zee in *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003) and *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Karen in *Crash* (2005), and the voice of Hero Girl in *The Polar Express* (2004). She is also credited in *xXx: State of the Union* (2005) and *Blood and Bone* (2009).

Gaye replaced Aaliyah in the role of Zee after the latter's death in 2001.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikimili.com, en.wikipedia.org, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Crash* (2005), Fi1m 54, as Karen — [page](https://film.one/film/crash-2005.md)
- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), Fi1m 60, as Zee — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), Fi1m 46, as Zee — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Blood and Bone* (2009), as Tamara
- *The Gospel* (2005), as Charlene
- *Crash* (2005), as Karen — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/crash-2005.md)
- *xXx: State of the Union* (2005), as Lola Jackson
- *The Polar Express* (2004), as Hero Girl (voice)
- *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), as Zee — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-revolutions.md)
- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), as Zee — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *The Making of What's Going On: All-Star Tribute* (2002), Actor
- *Ali* (2001), as Belinda Ali
- *Prince: Love 4 One Another* (1996), Actor
- *Prince: The Beautiful Experience* (1994), Actor
- *Harlem Nights* (1989), as Patron

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/nona-gaye