Rihanna Videography
The music video for "Umbrella", the lead single from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007), was directed by Chris Applebaum and featured scenes of Rihanna naked and covered in silver paint. It won the Video of the Year accolade at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. Seven more singles, accompanied with separate music videos directed by Mandler, were released from the album. Rihanna flew to Europe to shoot the music videos for the 2007 singles "Shut Up and Drive" and "Don't Stop the Music" in Prague. "Russian Roulette", the lead single from Rihanna's fourth studio album Rated R (2009), featured a cameo appearance by American actor and model Jesse Williams. The music video for the second single, "Hard", was directed by Melina Matsoukas, who also directed the videos for Rihanna's 2010 singles, "Rude Boy" and "Rockstar 101". The same year, Rihanna provided vocals for Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie". The song's accompanying music video features actors Dominic Monaghan and Megan Fox in a love-hate relationship while Eminem and Rihanna perform in front of a burning house. In 2010, Rihanna also filmed the scenes for her second film appearance in Battleship, which was released in April 2012.
In 2011, three of Rihanna's videos met with criticism and controversy. The Matsoukas-directed music video for "S&M" (Loud, 2010) faced a lawsuit from American photographer David LaChapelle and was banned in eleven countries due to its sexual content. The Parents Television Council (PTC) criticized Rihanna for her "cold, calculated execution of murder" in the video for her 2011 single "Man Down". In September 2011, Rihanna released "We Found Love", the lead single from her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk; its music video caused controversy from some activist groups, including The Rape Crisis Centre in the UK. Christian youth pastors and the Ulster Cancer Foundation also criticized the video for Rihanna's portrayal of sexual intercourse while under the influence of illegal drugs, not being a role model to young girls and women and for smoking in the video. Despite the criticism, the video won the awards for Video of the Year at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards and a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. Mandler directed the video for "Diamonds", the lead single from Rihanna's seventh studio album Unapologetic. It depicts Rihanna in four environments that represent the elements of earth, air, water and fire.
Music videos
As lead artist
As featured artist
Guest appearances
| Title | Performer(s) | Director(s) | Album | Year | Ref. |
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| "Like That" | Memphis Bleek Swizz Beatz |
R. Malcolm Jones | 534 | 2006 | |
| "Paranoid" | Kanye West Mr Hudson |
Nabil Elderkin | 808s & Heartbreak | 2009 | |
| "Can't Get Enough" | J. Cole Trey Songz |
Clifton Bell | Cole World: The Sideline Story | 2011 | |
| "Fashion Killa" | A$AP Rocky | A$AP Rocky, Virgil Abloh | Long. Live. ASAP | 2013 | |
| "Gangstas Don't Live That Long" | Snoop Dogg | Dah Dah | That's My Work Volume 3 | 2014 | |
| "Plain Jane" | A$AP Ferg | Hidji | Still Striving | 2017 | |
| "D.M.B." | A$AP Rocky | A$AP Rocky | Don't Be Dumb | 2022 |
Video albums
| Title | Album details | Certifications |
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| Good Girl Gone Bad Live |
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| Good Girl Gone Bad: The Videos |
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| Loud Tour Live at the O2 |
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| Rihanna 777 Documentary... 7Countries7Days7Shows |
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Film
| Film | Year | Director | Character | Description |
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| Bring It On: All or Nothing | 2006 | Steve Rash | Herself | Cameo appearance |
| Battleship | 2012 | Peter Berg | Petty Officer Cora Raikes | Rihanna stars in the film as a weapons specialist aboard a navy ship who fights aliens on the coast of Hawaii. |
| Katy Perry: Part of Me | Dan Cutforth & Jane Lipsitz | Herself | Cameo appearance | |
| Live 2012 | Paul Dugdale | Herself | Cameo appearance | |
| This Is the End | 2013 | Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen | Herself | The comedy action film features several celebrities attending a party at James Franco's house, while The Apocalypse breaks out. |
| Annie | 2014 | Will Gluck | Moon Goddess | Cameo appearance |
| Home | 2015 | Tim Johnson | Gratuity “Tip” Tucci | An animated film based on the book The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex. The film features friendly aliens invading the Earth and using it as a hideout from their enemies. Voice role |
| Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping | 2016 | Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone | Herself | Cameo appearance |
| Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | 2017 | Luc Besson | Bubble | The film is based on a French graphic novel set in the 28th century. |
| Ocean's 8 | 2018 | Gary Ross | Nine Ball | The film is both a continuation and a spin-off from Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's trilogy and features an all-female ensemble cast. |
| Guava Island | 2019 | Hiro Murai | Kofi | Lead role in Amazon Studios film, produced by Childish Gambino and marketed through his set at Coachella Festival in 2019 |
| The Smurfs Movie | 2025 | Chris Miller | Smurfette | Main role, voice role, also producer |
Television
| Television show | Year | Character | Description |
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| Las Vegas | 2005 | Herself | "The Real McCoy" (season 3: episode 6) |
| My Super Sweet 16 | 2006 | "Darnell" (season 3: episode 7) | |
| All My Children | (episode of July 25) | ||
| Punk'd | (season 7: episode 8) | ||
| Saturday Night Live | 2009 2010 2012 2015 |
"Blake Lively/Rihanna" (season 35: episode 8) "Jon Hamm/Rihanna" (season 36: episode 5) "Eli Manning/Rihanna" (season 37: episode 20) "Anne Hathaway/Rihanna" (season 38: episode 7) "Louis C.K./Rihanna" (season 40: episode 21) | |
| Chelsea Lately | 2011 | (episode of March 10) | |
| Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | "The Jubilee House/Marshall Family" (season 9: episode 1) | ||
| The X Factor | Guest judge (season 1, episodes 7, 8 and 9) | ||
| Styled to Rock | 2012 | Executive producer | |
| Oprah's Next Chapter | "Rihanna" (season 2: episode 1) | ||
| Styled to Rock | 2013 | Executive producer | |
| The Voice | 2015 | Contestant mentor (The Knockouts round; season 9) | |
| Bates Motel | 2017 | Marion Crane | Recurring role (season 5) |
| Victoria's Secret: Angels and Demons | 2022 | Herself | Episode: "Part Three: Tarnished Angels" (archive footage); Television documentary series |
| Power Book II: Ghost | 2023 | Episode: "Land of Lies" (archive footage) |