FKA twigs

Acting

FKA twigs

Born January 16, 1988 · Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK (age 38)

Tahliah Debrett Barnett (born 16 January 1988), known professionally as FKA twigs, is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, director and actor. Her father is Jamaican, and her mother is English, who is of part Spanish descent. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England she became a backup dancer after moving to London when she was 17 years old. 

Known For

The King's ManThe King's Man · 2021
The King's Man
★ 6.72021
MovieActionAdventure
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
Good TimeGood Time · 2017
Good Time
★ 7.22017
MovieCrimeThriller
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
The CrowThe Crow · 2024
The Crow
★ 5.82024
MovieActionFantasy
Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.
Mother MaryMother Mary · 2026
Mother Mary
★ 5.72026
MovieMusicDrama
Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm on the eve of her comeback performance.
The Carpenter's SonThe Carpenter's Son · 2025
The Carpenter's Son
★ 6.02025
MovieHorrorFantasy
A remote village in Roman-era Egypt explodes into spiritual warfare when a carpenter, his wife and their child are targeted by supernatural forces.
Honey BoyHoney Boy · 2019
Honey Boy
★ 7.02019
MovieDrama
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.
Soundtrack 7Soundtrack 7 · 2016
Soundtrack 7
★ 8.52016
Movie
Shot on location for the Manchester International Festival, the film shows the work twigs created and filmed one per day during her week-long residency last year. Conceptualized as an abstract autobiographical piece, Soundtrack 7 includes performances set to “How’s That”, “Ultraviolet,” and “Good to Love” among others, and is bound together by a striking, repeated recitation of Thomas Wyatt’s poem “I Find No Peace” (an excerpt from which opened twigs’ critically acclaimed LP1). Emphasizing the grit and physicality of dance, twigs describes her latest project as “flesh, sweat, feeling, muscle, and a live movement, no air brushing, no frills.” -BAMCinematek
FKA twigs: THE BODY IS ARTFKA twigs: THE BODY IS ART · 2024
FKA twigs: THE BODY IS ART
★ 9.02024
MovieMusic
FKA twigs took the stage for THE BODY IS ART live performance at London Fashion Week.

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PLAYSCAPEPLAYSCAPE · 2022
PLAYSCAPE
★ 10.02022
MovieMusic
In honour of the seven finalists of the 2022 International Woolmark Prize, FKA twigs directs and stars in PLAYSCAPE, a short film celebrating the art of “play”. FKA twigs’ collective ‘AVANT GARDEN’ launches its new era in this piece for the 2022 International Woolmark Prize. FKA twigs developed an exploration of play within creativity, a method in which the purest expression has a space to be birthed and happy accidents are embraced and elevated. PLAYSCAPE, was inspired by Noguchi’s vision of play as a creative catalyst. Featuring and directed by English singer-songwriter and dancer FKA twigs, the film merges influence from fashion, art, dance, and music. Choreographed by classically trained dancer Juliano Nunes, the film opens with an empty gallery of Noguchi’s play sculptures, which becomes populated by a diverse ensemble cast of characters.

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