Which Beyoncé film marked her feature-film acting debut?

Austin Powers in Goldmember marked Beyoncé’s feature-film acting debut. The 2002 comedy, directed by Jay Roach, stars Mike Myers as Austin Powers and features Beyoncé as Foxxy Cleopatra, an FBI agent and Austin’s ally.

Foxxy Cleopatra is styled as a playful homage to 1970s blaxploitation heroines. The film also includes Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, and Michael Caine. Beyoncé contributed to the soundtrack with “Work It Out,” which helped introduce her as a solo performer before her first solo album.

Beyoncé later took prominent film roles in The Fighting Temptations, Dreamgirls, Cadillac Records, Obsessed, and The Lion King. Dreamgirls is often mistaken for her debut because it was her first major dramatic musical role, but Austin Powers in Goldmember came earlier.