Anika Noni Rose

born on 6/9/1972 in Bloomfield, CT, United States

Anika Noni Rose

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Anika Noni Rose

Rose at the 2010 Academy Awards
Born September 6 1972
Bloomfield, Connecticut, United States
Occupation Actress, singer

Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American singer and actress known for her Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change and her starring roles in the films Dreamgirls, The Princess and the Frog and For Colored Girls.

Early life

Rose was born in Bloomfield, Connecticut.[1] In her freshman year in high school, she appeared in a school production and caught the acting bug. She then attended Florida A&M University where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in theatre, and started studying drama at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California.

Career

Rose moved to New York without a job. After three months, she secured the role of Rusty in Broadway's Footloose. She followed Footloose with numerous workshops and two musicals using pre-existing song catalogs, Eli's Comin' Off-Broadway[2] and Me and Mrs. Jones with Lou Rawls in Philadelphia. Both of the full-scale tuners were rumored for transfers, but neither made it anywhere after their limited engagements ended. Rose's big Broadway break was getting cast as Emmie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change. In 2004, she was awarded the Theatre World Award, the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress, and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Caroline, or Change.

After her film debut, King of the Bingo Game, she played the role of Kaya in From Justin to Kelly in 2003 and she performed in Temptation in 2004, followed by Surviving Christmas as a singer in the choir. In 2006, Rose starred in Dreamgirls as Lorrell Robinson with Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy. Rose appeared in the films Just Add Water, Razor, and Disney's 2009 animated feature The Princess and the Frog, as the voice of the lead character Tiana; the character is Disney's first African-American princess. Rose hosted a hometown screening of The Princess and the Frog for children from the Charter Oak Cultural Center, a non-profit multi-cultural arts center that provides free after-school programs in Hartford, Connecticut.[3] Rose also stars alongside Jill Scott in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency directed by Anthony Minghella.[4]

In 2010, she played the role of Yasmine in the movie For Colored Girls. One critic described Rose's performance as "especially fierce".[5] She played the role of Sara Tidwell in the A&E miniseries Bag of Bones in 2011, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.[6]

Rose was named a Disney Legend on August 19, 2011.[7] In 2012, she guest-starred in "Gone Abie Gone", episode 3, season 24 of The Simpsons, voicing Abe Simpson's second wife, Rita LaFleur. The episode originally aired November 11.

Awards and nominations

Awards
  • 1998: Dean Goodman Choice Award Valley Song
  • 1998: Garland/Drama Logue Award Valley Song
  • 1999: S.F. Bay Guardian Upstage/Downstage Award Valley Song and Threepenny Opera
  • 2001: OBIE Award Eli's Comin'
  • 2004: Clarence Derwent Award Caroline, or Change
  • 2004: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress Caroline, or Change
  • 2004: Theatre World Award Caroline, or Change
  • 2004: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical Caroline, or Change
  • 2010: Black Reel Award Best Voice Performance The Princess and the Frog
  • 2010: Black Reel Award Best Song (Original or Adapted) "Almost There" The Princess and the Frog
  • 2011: Black Reel Award Outstanding Ensemble For Colored Girls
  • 2011: Disney Legend Award Animation (voice) The Princess and the Frog
Nominations
  • 2004: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Caroline, or Change
  • 2007: Image Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Dreamgirls
  • 2007: Screen Actors Guild for Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Dreamgirls
  • 2008: Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Mini-Series/ Television Movie The Starter Wife
  • 2008: Grammy Award Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media - Dreamgirls
  • 2009: Satellite Award Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, Comedy or Television-Movie or Mini-Series - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
  • 2010: Image Award Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture - The Princess and the Frog
  • 2010: Black Reel Award- Best Ensemble- The Princess and the Frog
  • 2010: Image Award- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
  • 2011: Black Reel Award- Best Ensemble - For Colored Girls
  • 2011: Black Reel Award- Best Supporting Actress - For Colored Girls
  • 2011: Image Award- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - For Colored Girls
  • 2012: Image Award - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[8]

Works

Stage

Year Show Role
1998 Valley Song Veronica Jonkers
Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Browne His Soul
1999 Tartuffe Marianne
Threepenny Opera Polly Peachum
2000 Footloose Rusty
2001 Carmen Jones [The York Theatre Company] Cindy Lou
Eli's Comin' The Woman
Me and Mrs. Jones Cookie
2003-2004 Caroline, or Change [Eugene O'Neill Theater, Broadway, NYC] Emmie Thibodeaux
2008 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [Broadhurst Theater, Broadway, NYC] Maggie "The Cat"
2011 Company Marta
2014 A Raisin in the Sun Beneatha Younger

Films

Year Movie Character
1999 King of the Bingo Game Film Noir Female
2000 Leonard Bernstein's Mass at Vatican City Ensemble
2003 From Justin to Kelly Kaya
2004 Temptation Fog
Surviving Christmas Choir
2006 Dreamgirls Lorrell Maya Robinson
2008 Just Add Water R'ch'lle
2009 The Princess and the Frog Princess Tiana (voice)
2010 For Colored Girls Yasmine
2011 Company Marta
2012 Skyler Therapist
2013 As Cool As I Am Frances
Khumba Lungisa (voice)
Half of a Yellow Sun Kainene
2014 Imperial Dreams Miss Price
The Blue Mauritius Makeda

Television

Year Show Role
2001 100 Centre Street (1 episode)
2002 Third Watch (1 episode) Monay
2007 The Starter Wife (miniseries) Lavender
2008-2009 The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Grace Makutsi
2010-2013 The Good Wife Wendy Scott-Carr
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) Miriam Deng
Have a Little Faith (movie) Annette
Bag of Bones Sara Tidwell
2012 Private Practice Corrine Bennett
Elementary Dr. Carrie Dwyer
The Simpsons Rita LaFleur (voice)
2013 The Watsons Go to Birmingham (movie) Wilona Sands Watson
Sofia the First Princess Tiana (Voice)
2014 A Day Late and a Dollar Short (movie) Paris

Video games

Year Show Role
2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures Princess Tiana (voice)

References

  1. Rizzo, Frank, Killer Performances ; 'Avenue Q,' 'Wife,' 'Assassins,' Phylicia Rashad Top Winners; 58Th Annual Tony Awards, Hartford Courant, June 7, 2004.
  2. Gutman, Les."ACurtainUpReview:Eli's Comin'" Curtain Up.com, based on 5/2/01 performance, accessed September 1, 2011
  3. Rodman, Sarah, Wearing the crown, The Boston Globe, December 6, 2009.
  4. Kimberly Nordyke, Rose lands 'Agency' role, The Hollywood Reporter, June 25, 2007. URL accessed on June 29, 2007.
  5. Schwarzbaum, Lisa, For Colored Girls, Entertainment Weekly, November 3, 2010. URL accessed on December 26, 2010.
  6. Levine, Stuart, Rose lands role in 'Bag of Bones', Variety, August 3, 2011. URL accessed on August 8, 2011.
  7. "Photo Flash: Lea Salonga, Anika Noni Rose, Paige O'Hara et al. Honored at D23 Expo" BroadwayWorld.com, August 20, 2011
  8. NAACP Image Awards Winner Include 'The Help,' Stars Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, February 17, 2012. URL accessed on February 17, 2012.

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