Anika Noni Rose Biography

Anika Noni Rose followed her work in the feature film Dreamgirls with a role in the comedy feature Just Add Water, in which she co-stars with Danny DeVito, Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill and Justin Long, under the direction of Hart Bochner.

In 2004, Rose was honored with a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the widely acclaimed Broadway show Caroline, or Change. In addition, Rose won a Lucille Lortell Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Clarence Derwent Award, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her work in the musical. Rose also reprised her role in the San Francisco and Los Angeles productions of Caroline, or Change. For her performance in the latter, she won the Los Angeles Critics Circle Award and an Ovation Award. Classically trained in drama at San Franciscos American Conservatory Theater, Rose moved to New York City to pursue her career, with great hopes of appearing on Broadway.

Her goal was first realized when she replaced another actor for the last few months of the Broadway run of Footloose. Her impressive theatre repertoire also includes Elis Comin, for which she received an Obie Award; the role of Lutiebelle in the Encores! Production of Purlie; and Threepenny Opera and Tartuffe at A.C.Ts Geary Theater. In addition, Rose received a Drama-Logue Ensemble Award for her role in Insurrection: Holding History, and won a GarlandDrama-Logue Award for Valley Song at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

In the midst of all of this, Rose was a featured vocalist at the Vatican in Leonard Bernsteins Mass. It was during this time that she also work shopped Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesoris Caroline, or Change, directed by the legendary George C. Wolfe. In 2003, the musical opened at New Yorks Public Theater, with Rose creating the role of Emmie Thibodeaux. In May 2004, Caroline, or Change moved to Broadway, taking Rose with it. In addition to her stage work, Rose has appeared on television in guest roles on such series as Third Watch and Hack. She also had a lead role in the film From Justin to Kelly.

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