Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) is an American ballet dancer for the prestigious American Ballet Theatre (ABT). In 2015, Copeland became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.
Biography from TMDB.
- September 10, 1982 (44)
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Actor and producer
- 6 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Known for
What are Misty Copeland's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 6 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet2
- Cyclical1
- Other1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Misty Copeland's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Misty Copeland's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 18 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Match in a Haystack(2025)
Don't Touch My Hair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Lift(2022)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Bookmarks(2020)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Misty Copeland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
A Ballerina's Tale(2015)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
A Day in the Life(2011)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
Star power in the 43rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 7 titles from 2015 to 2025.
Biggest box office
A Ballerina's Tale (2015)
Highest rated
Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)
Most popular right now
Black Barbie: A Documentary (2023)
Film career
- 2018Screen debut· The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
How do Misty Copeland's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of the 3 of 4 with a score; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 79th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 5 titles are Divisive.
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive2
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Misty Copeland work with?
People who share at least 2 of Misty Copeland's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Leyla Fayyaz shares the most, 3.
Actors
- David ByrneShared titles: Twyla Moves (2021), Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016)See all 2 shared titles with David Byrne
Cinematographers
- David VlasitsShared titles: Lift (2022), A Day in the Life (2011)See all 2 shared titles with David Vlasits
Producers
- Leyla FayyazShared titles: Match in a Haystack (2025), Lift (2022), A Ballerina's Tale (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Leyla Fayyaz