Biography
EARLY LIFE
Anika Noni Rose was born on September 6, 1972, in Bloomfield, Connecticut, to Claudia and John Rose, a corporate counsel. She attended Bloomfield High School, where she appeared in a school production during her freshman year. She earned a bachelor's degree in theatre from Florida A&M University, and then studied drama at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California.
CAREER
Rose moved to New York without a job. After three months, she played 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 and Me and Mrs. Jones with Lou Rawls in Philadelphia. Rose's big Broadway break was getting cast as Emmie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or Change, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2004. Her film debut was King of the Bingo Game, and she also appeared in From Justin to Kelly and Temptation. In 2006, Rose starred in Dreamgirls as Lorrell Robinson. She is best known for voicing Tiana in Disney's 2009 animated feature The Princess and the Frog and was named a Disney Legend in 2011. She has had various roles in film and television, including 'For Colored Girls,' 'The Good Wife,' 'Bag of Bones,' 'Roots,' 'Power,' 'The Quad,' 'Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,' 'Maid,' and 'Them.' She continues to act in theatre, film, and television, and is involved with Disney's Tiana's Bayou Adventure attraction. Anika Noni Rose has directly crossed over into African cinema and Nollywood through her starring role in the high-profile film adaptation of Half of a Yellow Sun (2014).
PERSONAL LIFE
Rose married actor Jason Dirden in October 2022. The wedding, officiated by Colman Domingo, took place at the Paramour Estate in Los Angeles. The couple kept their nuptials a secret before announcing their marriage in Brides magazine on January 16, 2023. During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown of 2020, Rose created a weekly series, 'Bedtime Stories for the Littles,' where she read bedtime stories to small children to help ease their fear during the lockdown.
Filmography
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Box Office
Weekly Top Grossing3 Cold Dishes
₦5,331,351.00
Gingerrr
₦12,727,775.00
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₦21,139,500.00
The Herd
₦16,977,673.00
3 Cold Dishes
₦15,261,240.00
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