Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#801
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Tiffany Haddish works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Tiffany Haddish appears in 42 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Tiffany. Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week is the clearest case: a film rated 10.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for comedy, family, animation. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Mike Roberts, Lil Rel Howery, Bilall Fallah and others, Tiffany Haddish helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week (2021) as Self · VOMO: Vote or Miss Out (2020) as Self · Haunted Heist (2026) as Shari
Career snapshot
Ranked #801 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
42
2014–2026
Career length
12 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
10.0
Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week
Average Nutevio score
5.9
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
10.0
Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week
Most frequent director
Mike Roberts
1 film together
Longest collaboration
1×
With Mike Roberts
Most common genre
Comedy
30 titles
Average runtime
1h 29m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.5
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2010s
6.4 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah, Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate, The Secret Life of Pets 2 — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.4
Across 17 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.4
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah, Still Laugh-In: The Stars Celebrate, The Secret Life of Pets 2.
Most productive era
2020s
25 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.82 films | 6.45 films |
| Action | 6.54 films | 7.02 films |
| Thriller | — | 3.02 films |
| Comedy | 6.412 films | 6.318 films |
| Crime | 6.02 films | 5.35 films |
| Romance | 6.11 film | — |
| Horror | — | 9.71 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2014School Dance
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Trina.
First Nutevio masterpiece · Highest rated performance
The first film here to clear 9.0 on our scale — a threshold fewer than one film in ten reaches. 10.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer.
Career peak
2021Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week
Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026Haunted Heist
The current state of the argument, as Shari.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
42 of 42 films
as Shari
Directed by Lil Rel Howery
as Self
Directed by Unknown
as Emma Payge
Directed by Billy Crystal
as Self - Actress and Comedian
Directed by Unknown
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Shari
Haunted Heist (2026)
Performance score9.9
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Shari gives Tiffany Haddish a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Self
Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week (2021)
Performance score9.9
Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Self is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
View movie#3
Self
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out (2020)
Performance score9.5
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Self is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
View movie#4
Emma Payge
Here Today (2021)
Performance score7.4
Here Today asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Emma Payge is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Shari
Start here. Haunted Heist is the clearest statement of what Tiffany Haddish does — accessible, 87 minutes, and rated 9.7 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Tiffany at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
I Am Richard Pryor (2019)
A deliberate change of key after Haunted Heist — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out (2020)
Same director as I Am Richard Pryor, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week (2021)
Same director as VOMO: Vote or Miss Out, different problem to solve. Watching them in order shows how much of the effect was the collaboration.
Here Today (2021)
Keeps the comedy register of Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Nick Cannon
Director
1 film together
Notably School Dance
Peter Atencio
Director
1 film together
Notably Keanu
Tyler Perry
Director
1 film together
Notably Nobody's Fool
Charles Stone III
Director
1 film together
Notably Uncle Drew
Malcolm D. Lee
Director
1 film together
Notably Night School
Paul Dugdale
Director
1 film together
Notably Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour
Thurop Van Orman
Director
1 film together
Notably The Angry Birds Movie 2
Mike Mitchell
Director
1 film together
Notably The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Andy Fisher
Director
1 film together
Notably Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Alex Stapleton
Director
1 film together
Notably Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
Scott Aukerman
Director
1 film together
Notably Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Chris Renaud
Director
1 film together
Notably The Secret Life of Pets 2
Linda Mendoza
Director
1 film together
Notably Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah
Dan Povenmire
Director
1 film together
Notably Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
Jay Karas
Director
1 film together
Notably Feeding America Comedy Festival
Miguel Arteta
Director
1 film together
Notably Like a Boss
Roman Coppola
Director
1 film together
Notably Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Tim Hill
Director
1 film together
Notably The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Billy Crystal
Director
1 film together
Notably Here Today
Paul Schrader
Director
1 film together
Notably The Card Counter
Kitao Sakurai
Director
1 film together
Notably Bad Trip
Jay Chandrasekhar
Director
1 film together
Notably Easter Sunday
Jerrod Carmichael
Director
1 film together
Notably On the Count of Three
Tom Gormican
Director
1 film together
Notably The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Justin Simien
Director
1 film together
Notably Haunted Mansion
Chris Spencer
Director
1 film together
Notably Back on the Strip
Rob Reiner
Director
1 film together
Notably Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Cory Finley
Director
1 film together
Notably Landscape with Invisible Hand
Bilall Fallah
Director
1 film together
Notably Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Lil Rel Howery
Director
1 film together
Notably Haunted Heist
Mike Roberts
Director
1 film together
Notably Backyard Sports: The Animated Special
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Lil Rel Howery
Director
1 film together · 9.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Haunted HeistPaul Dugdale
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium TourTim Hill
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the RunNick Cannon
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
School DanceBilall Fallah
Director
1 film together · 7.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bad Boys: Ride or DieRob Reiner
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Albert Brooks: Defending My LifeDan Povenmire
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the UniverseThurop Van Orman
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Angry Birds Movie 2Billy Crystal
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Here TodayChris Renaud
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Secret Life of Pets 2Tom Gormican
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Unbearable Weight of Massive TalentMike Mitchell
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Lego Movie 2: The Second PartCharles Stone III
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Uncle DrewJerrod Carmichael
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
On the Count of ThreeJustin Simien
Director
1 film together · 6.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Haunted MansionRoman Coppola
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas SpecialMiguel Arteta
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Like a BossKitao Sakurai
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Bad TripPaul Schrader
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Card CounterLinda Mendoza
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Tiffany Haddish: Black MitzvahAndy Fisher
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"Malcolm D. Lee
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Night SchoolTyler Perry
Director
1 film together · 6.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Nobody's FoolPeter Atencio
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
KeanuCory Finley
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Landscape with Invisible HandScott Aukerman
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Between Two Ferns: The MovieJay Karas
Director
1 film together · 5.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Feeding America Comedy FestivalJay Chandrasekhar
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Easter SundayChris Spencer
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Back on the StripAlex Stapleton
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, ChelseaMike Roberts
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Backyard Sports: The Animated SpecialSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Haunted Heist
as Shari
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
as Self
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out
as Self
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
as The Sound Someone Makes When They Explode From The Waist Up (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Haunted Heist
as Shari
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Tiffany Haddish has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
30 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week
as Self
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Haunted Heist
as Shari
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
as Self
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
as Master of Ceremonies (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Tiffany Haddish Does Shark Week
as Self
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
as Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
School Dance
as Trina
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Here Today
as Emma Payge
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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