Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose
Anika Noni Rose
	Rose at the 69th Annual Peabody Awards in 2010
Born	September 6, 1972; Bloomfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Education	Florida A&M University (BA); American Conservatory Theater (MFA)
Occupation	Actress; singer;
Years active	1998–present

Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for voicing Tiana, Disney's first African-American princess, in The Princess and the Frog (2009). She was named a Disney Legend in 2011.

She is also known her starring role as Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning film Dreamgirls (2006). She is also known for her performances in theatre, particularly for her starring roles as Emmie Thibodeaux in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change (2004), for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and Beneatha Younger in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun (2014), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Early life

Rose was born in Bloomfield, Connecticut to Claudia and John Rose, a corporate counsel.[1] She began her acting career in high school, appearing in a school production during her freshman year. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in theatre from Florida A&M University, then studied drama at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California.

Career

Early 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 ["tuner": theatre parlance introduced by Variety trade newspaper.[3]] 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. In 2014, Rose returned to Broadway in a revival of A Raisin in the Sun, receiving a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.[4]

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 Waterand Razor.

Rose also starred alongside Jill Scott in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency directed by Anthony Minghella.[5]

Princess and the Frog

Anike Noni Rose is best known for her role in 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 also said at the time, “Not only is [Tiana] the first black princess, she’s the first American princess. So, the scope and the significance is larger than people even realize.”[6] Rose added that she hoped her role in the film would help affirm young brown-skinned children by seeing someone who looks like them in a Disney film. The film being released in 2009, the same year that Barack Obama and Michelle Obama entered the White House was completely coincidental, according to the creators. But several commentators noted how the coincidence reinforced the positive portrayal of African-Americans.[7][8]

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.[9] Rose's performance in the film garnered one nomination for an NAACP Image Award and three nominations for the Black Reel Awards. She won the Black Reel Award for Best Outstanding Voice Performance.

Rose was named a Disney Legend on August 19, 2011.[10] Rose said of the honor, "I always dreamed of being a voice in a Disney movie, but even in those dreams, I never once dreamed of being a princess... I feel like what an honor that this is and how the dream comes true, bigger and stronger than I had even imagined it."[11]

2010s

In 2010, she played the role of Yasmine in the movie For Colored Girls. One critic described Rose's performance as "especially fierce".[12] From 2010 to 2013, Rose had a guest-starring role in the legal TV drama The Good Wife. 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.[13]

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 of that year.

Rose played the adult "Kizzy" in two episodes of television's Roots, an adaptation of the novel by Alex Haley and remake of the ground-breaking 1977 miniseries. Critic Alan Sepinwall, in suggesting Emmy nominees to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, called her "one of the best parts of the outstanding Roots ensemble."[14] She has a role in the Starz series Power and the leading role in the 2017 BET drama The Quad.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2004	Surviving Christmas	Choir
2006	Dreamgirls	Lorrell Maya Robinson
2008	Just Add Water	R'ch'lle
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Tiana (voice)
2010	For Colored Girls	Yasmine
2011	Company	Marta
2012	Skyler	Therapist
2013	As Cool as I Am	Frances
2013	Khumba	Lungisa (voice)
2013	Half of a Yellow Sun	Kainene
2014	Imperial Dreams	Miss Price
2014	The Blue Mauritius	Makeda
2017	Everything, Everything	Dr. Pauline Whittier
2018	Assassination Nation	Nance
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet	Tiana (voice)
2020	Body Cam	Taneesha Branz
2020	Jingle Jangle[15]		Post-production
TBA	Stellaluna	Narrator (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	100 Centre Street	Woman	Episode: "Domestic Abuses"
2002	Third Watch	Monay	Episode: "Thicker Than Water"
2007	The Starter Wife	Lavender	Miniseries
2008–09	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Grace Makutsi	Main role
2010–13	The Good Wife	Wendy Scott-Carr	14 episodes
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Miriam Deng	Episode: "Scorched Earth"
2011	Have a Little Faith	Annette	Television film
2011	Bag of Bones	Sara Tidwell	Television film
2012	Private Practice	Corinne Bennett	5 episodes
2012	Elementary	Dr. Carrie Dwyer	Episode: "Lesser Evils"
2012	The Simpsons	Rita LaFleur (voice)	Episode: "Gone Abie Gone"
2013	The Watsons Go to Birmingham	Wilona Sands Watson	Television film
2014	Sofia the First	Princess Tiana (voice)	Episode: "Winter's Gift"
2014	A Day Late and a Dollar Short	Paris Price	Television film
2015–16	Bates Motel	Liz Babbitt	5 episodes
2016–17	Power[16]	LaVerne "Jukebox" Thomas	6 episodes
2016	Roots	Kizzy Waller	2 episodes
2017–2018	The Quad	Dr. Eva Fletcher	Main role
2018	American Masters	Lorraine Hansberry	Episode: " Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart"
2019	Avengers Assemble	Yemandi (Voice)	Season 5 Episode 17: Yemandi
2020	Little Fires Everywhere	Pauline Hawthorne	Episode: "The Uncanny"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015–2016	Vixen	Kuasa (voice)	Main role
2017	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Acxa (voice)	2 episodes; role recast with Erica Luttrell.

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2011	Kinect Disneyland Adventures	Princess Tiana
2012	Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1998	Insurrection: Holding History	Katie Lynn	American Conservatory Theater
	Valley Song	Veronica Jonkers	Berkeley Repertory Theater
	Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Browne	His Soul	Berkeley Repertory Theater
1999	Tartuffe	Marianne	American Conservatory Theater
1999	Threepenny Opera	Polly Peachum	American Conservatory Theater
2000	Footloose	Rusty	Richard Rodgers Theatre
2001	Carmen Jones	Cindy Lou	York Theatre
	Eli's Comin'	The Woman	Vineyard Theatre
	Me and Mrs. Jones	Cookie	Prince Music Theater
2003	Caroline, or Change	Emmie Thibodeaux	The Public Theatre
2004			Eugene O'Neill Theatre
2004			Ahmanson Theatre
2008	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Maggie "The Cat"	Broadhurst Theater
2011	Company	Marta	Avery Fisher Hall	New York Philharmonic concert
2013	Hamilton	Angelica Schuyler	Vassar College	Workshop
2014	A Raisin in the Sun	Beneatha Younger	Ethel Barrymore Theatre
2018	Carmen Jones	Carmen Jones	Classic Stage Company

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2001	Obie Award	Best Performance	Eli's Comin'	Won
2004	Clarence Derwent Award	Best Supporting Female	Caroline, or Change	Won
	Lucille Lortell Award	Outstanding Featured Actress		Won
	Theatre World Award	Theatre World Award		Won
	Tony Award	Best Featured Actress in a Musical		Won
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical		Nominated
2007	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture	Dreamgirls	Nominated
2007	Screen Actors Guild Award	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture\|	Dreamgirls	Nominated
2008	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	The Starter Wife	Nominated
2008	Grammy Award	Best Compilation Soundtrack for Motion Pictures, Television, or Other Visual Media	Dreamgirls	Nominated
2009	Satellite Award	Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Nominated
2010	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Nominated
	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture	The Princess and the Frog	Nominated
	Black Reel Award	Outstanding Voice Performance	The Princess and the Frog	Won
		Outstanding Original Song	"Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog	Nominated
		Outstanding Original Song	"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog	Won
2011		Outstanding Ensemble	For Colored Girls	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actress		Nominated
	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture		Nominated
	Disney Legend Award	Animation – Voice	The Princess and the Frog	Won
2012	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[17]	Nominated
2014	Tony Award	Best Featured Actress in a Play	A Raisin in the Sun	Nominated
2019	Lucille Lortel Award	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical	Carmen Jones	Won
	Outer Critics Circle Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical		Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical		Nominated

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References

"Rose, Anika Noni", Encyclopedia.com.
Gutman, Les."ACurtainUpReview:Eli's Comin'" Curtain Up.com, based on 5/2/01 performance, accessed September 1, 2011
Variety slanguage dictionary, glossary "t".
2014 Tony Award Nominations - The Complete List; A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE Leads With 10! broadwayworld.com, Retrieved May 5, 2014
Kimberly Nordyke (June 25, 2007). "Rose lands 'Agency' role". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2007.
"Meet Anika Noni Rose: Disney's First Animated Black Princess".
"Disney Debuts African-American Princess Heroine".
"NPR: Talking Race in Disney's Princess & The Frog".
Rodman, Sarah (December 6, 2009). "Wearing the crown". The Boston Globe.
"Photo Flash: Lea Salonga, Anika Noni Rose, Paige O'Hara et al. Honored at D23 Expo" BroadwayWorld.com, August 20, 2011
"D23: Anika Noni Rose".
Schwarzbaum, Lisa (November 3, 2010). "For Colored Girls". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
Levine, Stuart (August 3, 2011). "Rose lands role in 'Bag of Bones'". Variety. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
Alan Sepinwall, "These shows would make great Emmy nominees", June 14, 2016.
Netflix ‘Jingle Jangle’ Musical Adds Keegan-Michael Key, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose & Madalen Mills
"Anika Noni Rose: "Half of a Yellow Sun" actress joins TV series "Power"". Pulse Nigeria. Chidumga Izuzu. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
"NAACP Image Awards Winner Include 'The Help,' Stars Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis". The Hollywood Reporter. February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.

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[1] "Rose, Anika Noni", Encyclopedia.com.

[2] Gutman, Les."ACurtainUpReview:Eli's Comin'" Curtain Up.com, based on 5/2/01 performance, accessed September 1, 2011

[3] Variety slanguage dictionary, glossary "t".

[4] 2014 Tony Award Nominations - The Complete List; A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE Leads With 10! broadwayworld.com, Retrieved May 5, 2014

[5] Kimberly Nordyke (June 25, 2007). "Rose lands 'Agency' role". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved June 29, 2007.

[6] "Meet Anika Noni Rose: Disney's First Animated Black Princess".

[7] "Disney Debuts African-American Princess Heroine".

[8] "NPR: Talking Race in Disney's Princess & The Frog".

[9] Rodman, Sarah (December 6, 2009). "Wearing the crown". The Boston Globe.

[10] "Photo Flash: Lea Salonga, Anika Noni Rose, Paige O'Hara et al. Honored at D23 Expo" BroadwayWorld.com, August 20, 2011

[11] "D23: Anika Noni Rose".

[12] Schwarzbaum, Lisa (November 3, 2010). "For Colored Girls". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 26, 2010.

[13] Levine, Stuart (August 3, 2011). "Rose lands role in 'Bag of Bones'". Variety. Retrieved August 8, 2011.

[14] Alan Sepinwall, "These shows would make great Emmy nominees", June 14, 2016.

[15] Netflix ‘Jingle Jangle’ Musical Adds Keegan-Michael Key, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose & Madalen Mills

[16] "Anika Noni Rose: "Half of a Yellow Sun" actress joins TV series "Power"". Pulse Nigeria. Chidumga Izuzu. Retrieved December 9, 2015.

[17] "NAACP Image Awards Winner Include 'The Help,' Stars Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis". The Hollywood Reporter. February 17, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.