Watch Video of Nicki Minaj Acting in High School

— -- Before she was Nicki Minaj, she was Onika Maraj and the young rapper went to a performing arts school in Queens, New York.

For a British TV series "You Saw Them Here First," a clip was dug up from the archive of Minaj, 32, getting fierce during her time in high school, rehearsing a scene from what looks to be a play of some sort.

In the clip, she screams about getting her baby back and even throws a phone at a classmate.

She looks completely different and if things didn't work out as a rapper for Minaj, she certainly could have made it on TV and in film.

Check it out below!