Anika Noni Rose

Infobox actor

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birthname = Anika Noni Rose
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birthplace = Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA
tonyawards = Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
2004 "Caroline, or Change"

Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an Tony-awarding winning, American singer and actress.

Biography

Early life

Rose was born in Bloomfield, Connecticut to Claudia and John Rose, Jr., a corporate counsel for the city of Hartford. [cite news | title=Star File: Anika Noni Rose | url=http://www.broadway.com/gen/Buzz_Star_File.aspx?ci=36512 | work=Broadway.com | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-07-06] 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. Then after studying drama at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California.

Career

Rose moved to New York without a job, and after three months she secured the role of Rusty in Broadway's "Footloose". She followed Footloose up with numerous workshops and two musicals using pre-existing song catalogs, Eli's Comin' off-Broadway 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. She was down to $20 in the bank before she landed her next gig, a movie musical. Rose's big Broadway break was getting cast as Tonya Pinkins' daughter in "Caroline, or Change". In 2004, Rose was awarded the Theatre World Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, for "Caroline, or Change".

Rose's debut in movies came with the 1999 film "King of the Bingo Game" as Film Noir Female. In 2003, she played the role of Kaya in "From Justin to Kelly", in 2004, "Temptation", followed by "Surviving Christmas" as the choir. In 2006, Rose starred in Dreamgirls as Lorrell Robinson with Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy. Rose is scheduled to appear in the upcoming films "Just Add Water", "Razor", and in Disney's upcoming animated feature "The Princess and the Frog" as the voice of the lead character Tiana, the first black Disney Princess. She also starred alongside Jill Scott in "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" directed by Anthony Minghella. [cite news | author=Kimberly Nordyke | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i1d4af5a7ea85ee1bfce281f286d97805 | title=Rose lands 'Agency' role | date=2007-06-25 | accessdate=2007-06-29]

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";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"

Work

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References

External links

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* [http://www.dreamgirls.dreamworks.com "Dreamgirls" official website]
* [http://www.cat2008onbroadway.com Cat on a Hot Tin Roof All African-American production website]