Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose

actress

BIRTHDAY September 6, 1972
BIRTH SIGN Virgo
BIRTHPLACE Bloomfield, CT
AGE 53 years old
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ABOUT ANIKA NONI ROSE

Actress who won a Tony Award for her role in the Broadway production of Caroline, or Change in 2004 and starred as Lorrell Robinson in the 2006 musical film Dreamgirls . She also provided the voice of Disney's Princess Tiana in the 2009 film The Princess and the Frog .

She studied drama at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

Her role as Beneatha Younger in a 2014 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

She was raised in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Her parents are Claudia and John Rose. She married actor Jason Dirden in October 2022.

She co-starred with Jamie Foxx , Eddie Murphy , Beyonce Knowles and Jennifer Hudson in the 2006 musical film Dreamgirls .