Monifah is a married woman. She is married to her long-term partner Terez Thorpe since 2014. Their wedding ceremony was held on the 4th of April. She also revealed that she is lesbian and she had a same-gender relationship for a long time. She also has a daughter named Akemi. Her nationality is American and she is of black ethnicity.
Monifah has been pursuing her career as a singer since she was aged 23 years old. In the mid-1990s, she signed a recording deal with Uptown Records and recorded her debut album. Her debut album Moods...Moments was finally released on the 28th of January 1996. Some of the hit songs from this album are Intro, You, It's Alright, Nobody's Body, and so on. On the 25th of August 1998, she released her second album under the title Mahogany. Her net worth is $1 million.