Anika Noni Rose

Anika Noni Rose

Known for
Acting
Born
September 6, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Bloomfield, Connecticut, USA

Biography

Anika Noni Rose (born September 6, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for voicing Tiana in The Princess and the Frog (2009). She was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Rose starred as Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning film Dreamgirls (2006). Her contribution to the film's soundtrack earned her a nomination for a Grammy Award. She is also known for her performances in theatre, particularly for starring 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anika Noni Rose, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Limbo

Limbo

Movie

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Shadow Dance

Shadow Dance

Movie · as Jemma Jordan

2026
Disney Princess Concert: Celebrating 70 Years of Disneyland poster

Disney Princess Concert: Celebrating 70 Years of Disneyland

Movie · as Self

2026
Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration poster

Disney Princess: The Ultimate Concert Celebration

Movie · as Self

2025
LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite poster

LEGO Disney Princess: Villains Unite

Movie · as Tiana (voice)

2025
Zootopia 2 poster

Zootopia 2

Movie · as Squeal of Fortune (voice)

2025
Eyes of Wakanda poster

Eyes of Wakanda

TV · as The Intruder / Black Panther (voice) · 1 ep

2025
The Mighty Nein poster

The Mighty Nein

TV · as Marion (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Mufasa: The Lion King poster

Mufasa: The Lion King

Movie · as Afia (voice)

2024
The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular poster

The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular

Movie · as Self - Performer

2024
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade poster

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade

Movie · as Self

2023
Outlaw Johnny Black poster

Outlaw Johnny Black

Movie · as Jessie Lee

2023
Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest poster

Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest

Movie · as Tiana (voice)

2023
Once Upon a Studio poster

Once Upon a Studio

Movie · as Tiana (voice)

2022
Pantheon poster

Pantheon

TV · as Nicole / Side-Pony (voice), Facility Manager / Side-Pony (voice), Ballet Teacher / News Anchor / Nurse (voice), Joey Coupet (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Let the Right One In poster

Let the Right One In

TV · as Naomi Cole · 10 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain poster

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Movie · as Candace Wade

2021
Injustice poster

Injustice

Movie · as Selina Kyle / Catwoman (voice)

2021
Star Wars: Visions poster

Star Wars: Visions

TV · as Eureka / Mother (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Them poster

Them

TV · as Ella Mae Johnson · 3 eps

2021
Maid poster

Maid

TV · as Regina · 7 eps

2020
Body Cam poster

Body Cam

Movie · as Taneesha Branz

2020
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey poster

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Movie · as Jessica

2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II poster

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

Movie · as Self

2020
Little Fires Everywhere poster

Little Fires Everywhere

TV · as Pauline Hawthorne · 1 ep

2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's poster

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Amphibia poster

Amphibia

TV · as Dr. Jan (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Assassination Nation poster

Assassination Nation

Movie · as Nancey Lacey

2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet poster

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Movie · as Tiana (voice)

2017
Everything, Everything poster

Everything, Everything

Movie · as Dr. Pauline Whittier

2017
Vixen: The Movie poster

Vixen: The Movie

Movie · as Kuasa (voice)

2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart poster

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Movie · as Lorraine Hansberry (voice)

2017
The Quad poster

The Quad

TV · as Dr. Eva Fletcher · 19 eps

2016
The Blue Mauritius poster

The Blue Mauritius

Movie · as Makeda

2016
Grace for President poster

Grace for President

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Roots poster

Roots

TV · as Kizzy · 2 eps

2015
Sofia the First: Dear Sofia...A Royal Collection poster

Sofia the First: Dear Sofia...A Royal Collection

Movie · as Princess Tiana (voice)

2015
Vixen poster

Vixen

TV · as Kuasa (voice) · 2 eps

2014
Imperial Dreams poster

Imperial Dreams

Movie · as Miss Price

2014
A Day Late and a Dollar Short poster

A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Movie · as Paris

2014
Power poster

Power

TV · as LaVerne "Jukebox" Ganner · 6 eps

2013
As Cool as I Am poster

As Cool as I Am

Movie · as Frances

2013
Khumba poster

Khumba

Movie · as Lungisa (voice)

2013
Half of a Yellow Sun poster

Half of a Yellow Sun

Movie · as Kainene

2013
The Watsons Go to Birmingham poster

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

Movie · as Wilona

2013
Bates Motel poster

Bates Motel

TV · as Liz Babbit · 2 eps

2013
Sofia the First poster

Sofia the First

TV · as Princess Tiana (voice) · 1 ep

2013
Marvel's Avengers poster

Marvel's Avengers

TV · as Yemandi (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Dr. Carrie Dwyer · 1 ep

2011
Have a Little Faith poster

Have a Little Faith

Movie · as Annette

2011
Company poster

Company

Movie · as Marta

2011
LA Phil Live

LA Phil Live

Movie · as Juliet

2011
Bag of Bones poster

Bag of Bones

TV · as Sara Tidwell · 2 eps

2010
For Colored Girls poster

For Colored Girls

Movie · as Yasmine / Yellow

2010
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess poster

Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess

Movie · as Self

2009
The Princess and the Frog poster

The Princess and the Frog

Movie · as Tiana (voice)

2009
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade poster

Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade

Movie · as Self

2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency poster

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

TV · as Grace Makutsi · 6 eps

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Wendy Scott-Carr · 14 eps

2008
Just Add Water poster

Just Add Water

Movie · as R'ch'lle

2007
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway poster

ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway

Movie · as Self

2007
Private Practice poster

Private Practice

TV · as Corinne Bennett · 5 eps

2007
The Starter Wife poster

The Starter Wife

TV · as Lavender · 6 eps

2006
Dreamgirls poster

Dreamgirls

Movie · as Lorrell Robinson

2004
Surviving Christmas poster

Surviving Christmas

Movie · as Choir

2004
Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City poster

Leonard Bernstein: Mass At The Vatican City

Movie

2004
Temptation

Temptation

Movie · as Fog

2003
From Justin to Kelly poster

From Justin to Kelly

Movie · as Kaya

2002
Hack poster

Hack

TV · 1 ep

2001
100 Centre Street poster

100 Centre Street

TV · 1 ep

1999
King of the Bingo Game poster

King of the Bingo Game

Movie · as Film Noir Female

1999
Third Watch poster

Third Watch

TV · as Monay · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Miriam Deng · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Rita LaFleur (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep