The famous Anika Noni Rose is an American actress and singer. She is best known for voicing Tiana, Disney’s first African-American princess, as seen in The Princess and the Frog. She was named a Disney Legend in 2011.
In 2010, Rose played the role of Yasmine in the movie For Colored Girls. One critic described Rose’s performance as “especially fierce”. 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.
In 2020, Rose starred in the Netflix musical Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey playing Jessica Jangle. Noni Rose applauded the film’s portrayal of black and brown professionals in an English Victorian setting.
Anika Noni Rose’s top movies and TV shows
Anika Noni Rose’s top album was Albums: Sara Tidwell (The Lost Recordings from Stephen King’s “Bag of Bones”) – EP. Her top movies and TV shows are The Princess and the Frog as Tiana (voice); 2009, The Good Wife (14 episodes) as Wendy Scott-Carr; 2009, The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (6 episodes), and many others.
Anika Noni Rose awards and nominations
Anika Noni Rose was nominated and has won several awards which include Black Reel Awards, Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards, Clarence Derwent Awards, Grammy Awards, Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, Image Awards (NAACP), and International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
